Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
Merci Miles! Live at Vienne | ||||
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Live album by Miles Davis | ||||
Released | June 25, 2021 | |||
Recorded | July 1, 1991 | |||
Venue | Jazz à Vienne, Vienne, France | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 80:21 | |||
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Merci Miles! Live at Vienne is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on Rhino and Warner Records in 2021. It was recorded in 1991 at the Jazz à Vienne festival.[1]
The album was released as part of Rhino's celebration of Black Music Month.[2][3]
Recording
The album was recorded at the Théâtre antique de Vienne on July 1, 1991, the opening night of the Jazz à Vienne festival.[4] The set included interpretations of songs by pop musicians Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and Prince. Davis died less than three months later, making this one of his final live performances.[5]
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
All About Jazz | [1] |
Reviews for the album have been largely positive. Writing for AllMusic, Thom Jurek noted "While none of this music is revelatory, it is intuitive and energetic," and described Davis's playing as "surprisingly muscular" despite the proximity to his death.[5] Tom Moon considered it a quality late-era performance in Davis's career, writing "Where some late Davis performances tended to wander, this one is all show-biz discipline" in his JazzTimes review.[6] In All About Jazz, Ian Patterson noted problems with the sound quality and mixing, but compared Davis's "brooding, melancholy and quite gorgeous" phrasing positively to his performance on Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.[1]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hannibal" | Marcus Miller | 15:58 |
2. | "Human Nature" | 18:10 | |
3. | "Time After Time" | 10:16 | |
4. | "Penetration" | Prince | 9:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wrinkle" |
| 8:35 |
2. | "Amandla" | Marcus Miller | 6:08 |
3. | "Jailbait" | Prince | 5:55 |
4. | "Finale (Band Only)" | Ricky Wellman | 6:09 |
Personnel
Credits taken from the album's liner notes.[7]
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Kenny Garrett – saxophone
- Deron Johnson – keyboard
- Foley – lead bass
- Richard Patterson – bass
- Ricky Wellman – drums
Charts
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] | 131 |
French Albums (SNEP)[9] | 99 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 72 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[11] | 34 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] | 25 |
References
- ^ a b c Patterson, Ian (28 October 2021). "Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live At Vienne". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ Yoo, Noah. "One of Miles Davis' Final Live Performances Is Being Released for the First Time". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Album of the Day: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne!". Rhino. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Programmation Jazz à Vienne de 1980 à 2019" (PDF). Jazz à Vienne. p. 22. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Merci Miles! [Live at Vienne]". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ Moon, Tom. "Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (Rhino)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (Media notes). Warner Records/Rhino. 603497844616/R2 653962.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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- Birdland 1951
- Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
- Miles & Coltrane
- Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
- Amsterdam Concert
- At Newport 1958
- Miles & Monk at Newport
- Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I
- Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
- In Person: At the Blackhawk, San Francisco
- Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
- Miles Davis in Europe
- Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
- My Funny Valentine
- Four & More
- Miles in Tokyo
- Miles in Berlin
- The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
- Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
- 1969 Miles – Festiva De Juan Pins
- Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
- Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That Time
- Bitches Brew Live
- Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West
- Miles Davis at Fillmore
- Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3
- The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
- Live-Evil
- In Concert
- Dark Magus
- Agharta
- Pangaea
- Miles! Miles! Miles!
- We Want Miles
- Live Around the World
- Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
- Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
- Miles Davis and Horns
- Blue Haze
- Birth of the Cool
- Walkin'
- Miles Davis Volume 1
- Miles Davis Volume 2
- Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
- Basic Miles: The Classic Performances of Miles Davis
- Big Fun
- Get Up with It
- Water Babies
- Circle in the Round
- 1958 Miles
- Directions
- The Columbia Years 1955–1985
- Love Songs
- Super Hits
- The Essential Miles Davis
- Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5
- That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7
- The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
- Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
- Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963–1964
- The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
- The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
- The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
- The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
- The Complete On the Corner Sessions
- In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
- The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
- The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux
- The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
- Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
- The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions
- Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951–1956
- Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
- Panthalassa: The Remixes
- Evolution of the Groove
- "All Blues"
- "Blue in Green"
- "Boplicity"
- "Dig"
- "Donna Lee"
- "Four"
- "Flamenco Sketches"
- "Freddie Freeloader"
- "Joshua"
- "Milestones"
- "Nardis"
- "Seven Steps to Heaven"
- "So What"
- Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (father)
- Miles Davis Quintet
- Miles: The Autobiography
- Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection
- That's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987
- Live in Munich (1988)
- Miles from India
- A Different Kind of Blue (2004 documentary)
- Miles Ahead (2015 movie)
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