Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection
Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection 1973–1991 is a 10-DVD box set by Miles Davis, comprising 10 separate concerts and interviews, recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, between 1973 and 1991.
Tracks, personnel and audio format
All DVDs are in PCM Stereo, Dolby Surround 5.1, and DTS Digital Surround.
DVD1: July 8, 1973
Tracks: Ife. Bonus Features: Interviews with Claude Nobs, Carlos Santana and Herbie Hancock; About Miles Davis, with Monty Alexander, Helen Merrill, Betty Carter, Charlie Haden, Gil Goldstein, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Al Di Meola, Michel Petrucciani. Concert runtime: 28 minutes; Bonus Features runtime: 114 minutes.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet, organ; Dave Liebman: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Reggie Lucas: guitar; Pete Cosey: guitar, percussion; Michael Henderson: bass; Al Foster: drums; James Mtume: congas, percussion.
DVD2: July 8, 1984 (Afternoon)
Tracks: Speak/That's What Happened; Star People; What It Is; It Gets Better; Something's On Your Mind; Time After Time; Hopscotch/Stars on Cicely; Bass Solo; Jean-Pierre; Lake Geneva; Something's On Your Mind (Reprise). Runtime: 98 minutes.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet; Bob Berg: saxophone, keyboards; Robert Irving III: keyboards; John Scofield: guitar; Darryl Jones: bass; Al Foster: drums; Steve Thornton: percussion.
DVD3: July 8, 1984 (Evening)
Tracks: Speak/That's What Happened; Star People; What It Is; It Gets Better; Something's On Your Mind; Time After Time; Hopscotch/Stars on Cicely; Bass Solo; Jean-Pierre; Lake Geneva; Something's On Your Mind (Reprise). Runtime: 109 minutes.
Personnel: As DVD2.
DVD4: July 4, 1985 (Afternoon)
Tracks: Theme From Jack Johnson/One Phone Call/Street Scenes/That's What Happened; Star People; Maze; Human Nature; MD1/Something's On Your Mind/MD2; Time After Time; Code MD; Pacific Express; Hopscotch; You're Under Arrest; Jean-Pierre/You're Under Arrest/Then There Were None; Decoy. Runtime: 120 minutes.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet; Bob Berg: saxophone, keyboards; Robert Irving III: keyboards; John Scofield: guitar; Darryl Jones: bass; Vince Wilburn Jr.: drums; Steve Thornton: percussion.
DVD5: July 4, 1985 (Evening)
Tracks: Theme From Jack Johnson/One Phone Call/Street Scenes/That's What Happened; Star People; Maze; MD1/Something's On Your Mind/MD2; Time After Time; Code MD; Pacific Express; Hopscotch; You're Under Arrest; Jean-Pierre/You're Under Arrest/Then There Were None; Decoy. Runtime: 121 minutes.
Personnel: As DVD4.
DVD6: July 17, 1986
Tracks: Theme From Jack Johnson/One Phone Call/Street Scenes/That's What Happened; New Blues; Maze; Human Nature; Wrinkle; Tutu; Splatch; Time After Time; Al Jarreau; Carnival Time; Burn; Portia; Jean-Pierre. Runtime: 106 minutes.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet, keyboards; Bob Berg: saxophone; Adam Holzman: keyboards; Robert Irving III: keyboards; Robben Ford: guitar; Felton Crews: bass; Vince Wilburn Jr.: drums; Steve Thornton: percussion; George Duke: synthesizer (6, 7); David Sanborn: saxophone (11-13).
DVD7: July 7, 1988
Tracks: In a Silent Way; Intruder; New Blues; Perfect Way; The Senate/Me & U; Human Nature; Wrinkle; Tutu; Time After Time; Movie Star; Splatch; Heavy Metal Prelude; Heavy Metal; Carnival Time; Jean-Pierre; Tomaas. Runtime: 130 minutes.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet, keyboards; Kenny Garrett: saxophone; Adam Holzman: keyboards; Robert Irving III: keyboards; Foley: lead bass; Benny Reitveld: bass; Ricky Wellman: drums; Marilyn Mazur: percussion.
DVD8: July 21, 1989
Tracks: Intruder; New Blues; Perfect Way; Hannibal; Human Nature; Mr Pastorius; Tutu; Jilli; Time After Time; Jo Jo; The Senate/Me & U; Wrinkle; Portia. Runtime: 113 minutes.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet, keyboards; Rick Margitza: tenor saxophone; Adam Holzman: keyboards; Robert Irving III: keyboards; Foley: lead bass; Benny Reitveld: bass; Ricky Wellman: drums; Marilyn Mazur: percussion.
DVD9: July 20, 1990
Tracks: Hannibal; The Senate/Me & U; In The Night; Human Nature; Time After Time; Wrinkle; Tutu; Don't Stop Me Now; Carnival Time. Runtime: 93 minutes.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet, keyboards; Kenny Garrett: saxophone; Kei Akagi: keyboards; Foley: lead bass; Richard Patterson: bass; Ricky Wellman: drums; Erin Davis: percussion.
DVD10: July 8, 1991
Tracks: Introduction by Claude Nobs & Quincy Jones; Boplicity; Maids of Cadiz; The Duke; My Ship; Miles Ahead; Blues for Pablo; Orgone; Gone, Gone, Gone; Summertime; Here Comes De Honey Man; The Pan Piper; Solea.
Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet; Quincy Jones: conductor; Kenny Garrett: alto saxophone; Wallace Roney: trumpet, flugelhorn; Lew Soloff: trumpet; Miles Evans: trumpet; Tom Malone: trombone; Alex Foster: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute; George Adams: tenor saxophone and flute; Gil Goldstein: keyboards; Delmar Brown: keyboards; Kenwood Dennard: drums (8); percussion; Benny Bailey: trumpet, flugelhorn; Charles Benavent: bass, electric bass (12, 13); Grady Tate: drums; George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band. Runtime: 60 minutes.
External links
- All About Jazz review
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recordings
- 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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