{"product_id":"miles-davis-live-in-helsinki-berlin-1964-sapphire-edition","title":"MILES DAVIS - LIVE IN HELSINKI • BERLIN 1964 - TRIPLE VINYL","description":"\u003cp\u003e|STARTTITLEGOLD| 500 Copies |ENDTITLEGOLD|\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSapphire Edition®\u003c\/strong\u003e pushes the boundaries of audio media.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the pinnacle of our latest innovations in restoration and manufacturing processes, without any constraints or compromises, thus delivering \u003cstrong\u003ean unprecedented musical experience\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTOWARD A NEW WORLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Lost Recordings has already published Miles Davis’s concert given at the Olympia in Paris on 11 October 1960 with Sonny Stitt. We now bring you two recordings made in 1964 with the second quintet. The first, never before published, was made in Helsinki. The second, the famous concert at the Berlin Philharmonie during the Jazztage Festival, a few days before the Helsinki concert, is brought out here for the first time in its entirety on vinyl, in its original mono version. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1963, the Second Great Quintet had appeared at the festival in Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera. The band members had been changing and the configuration would only become stable in 1964. Impresario George Wein remembered: “I once told Miles, ‘When you had Herbie, Wayne, Tony and Ron on tour in Europe, I wouldn’t have dared to get on the bandstand with you.’ That group was not ahead of its time. They were the time.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The repertoire had not changed significantly and most of the standards were still being played. The style, however, was radically different. The interpretations were inventive, pushing boundaries and upturning the world of jazz. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was the newcomers who revolutionized things. They were all of a generation younger than Miles. There was Wayne Shorter, who in the 1970s created jazz fusion. A cerebral sax player, he was initially more drawn to the visual arts – drawing and cinema – than to music. As Miles said in his autobiography, “Wayne Shorter was the idea person, the conceptualizer of our musical ideas.” He extended the harmonic limits.  Hancock, a classically trained pianist with a predilection for Mozart – he had been performing his works on stage since he was a child – reworked improvisation techniques, breaking up chords to force himself to step out of his comfort zone. Ron Carter, who had started with a classical cello training, switched to the bass at the age of fourteen. No longer content only with the pizzicati traditionally relegated to the instrument, Carter created melodic lines that break with the traditional walking bass and introduced silently spaced interval jumps. He set form free. Then there was Tony Williams, the groundbreaking eighteen-year-old drummer, a true genius. Unlike his predecessors, who kept to a cyclical tempo, predictable because recurrent, Tony broke up musical space, instigating tensions, throwing himself to the forefront.  To quote Miles’s autobiography again, “[Tony] just lit a big fire under everyone in the group … I was beginning to realize that Tony and this group could play anything they wanted to. Tony was always the center that the group’s sound revolved around. He was something else, man.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs for Miles, he was no longer center stage, sometimes turning his back on the public. He liked to slip to the side to let the musicians he so admired have free rein in performing the themes. His personal life was full of upheavals. Between two lines of coke, there were violent interludes with Frances Taylor, his wife, marked by frequent rows and fits of jealousy. Perhaps this context also helps explain his need for disruption and his precipitous search for innovation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps we can say that a turning point in the history of jazz was reached late in 1964 during these legendary concerts given by Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet. The entire future of the genre was budding in the hands of this new generation of upstarts. Rhythm was now primordial, with violent fits and raw energy. Yet the lyricism of old times was never completely forgotten, soaring out unexpectedly with notes of tenderness that sometimes verged on despair and nostalgia. These are extraordinary moments of pleasure, a magical fulcrum between two eras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e |STARTGOLD|Miles Davis, truympet\u003cbr\u003e Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone\u003cbr\u003e Herbie Hancock, piano\u003cbr\u003e Ron Carter, bass\u003cbr\u003e Tony Williams, drums\u003cbr\u003e |ENDGOLD|\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"subdescription\"\u003e *Registered at Messuhali, Helsinki, Finland\u003cbr\u003e 6.X.1964, MONO ℗ 1964 YLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded during the Jazztage, Berlin Philharmonie, Germany\u003cbr\u003e 25.IX.1964, MONO ℗ 1964 RBB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"subdescription\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRestored by ℗ \u0026amp; © 2026 THE LOST RECORDINGS from the original analog tapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"subdescription\"\u003e Ref.: TLR-2504067VS\u003cbr\u003e 33rpm Lacquer-cuts: Kevin Gray\u003cbr\u003e 200g Triple Ultimate Record®\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited edition\u003c\/span\u003e : 500 copies\u003cbr\u003e Photos: © 1964 Jan Persson\u003cbr\u003e Tip-on Gatefold printed in Italy\u003cbr\u003eDeluxe Boxset\u003cbr\u003e Phoenix Pressings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tracklist_indications_single_product\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *A download card for the 16-bit album is included with the vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Lost Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53742352499034,"sku":"TLR-2604067VS","price":138.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0422\/4211\/3698\/files\/Davis_1_fondGris-CorrFred.jpg?v=1773069111","url":"https:\/\/thelostrecordings.store\/en\/products\/miles-davis-live-in-helsinki-berlin-1964-sapphire-edition","provider":"The Lost Recordings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}