Fillmore West 1971

DiscoFillmore West 1971
Year1971
VenueUSA, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
Date1971-05-07
NotesSource: roio
Original folder name: Fillmore West 1971
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MORE JAZZ ON SUNDAY: MILES DAVIS SEXTET - FILLMORE WEST 1971
March 26, 2017 – 10:22 am

MILES DAVIS SEXTET
Fillmore West 1971 [no label, 1CD]
Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA; May 7, 1971. Very good soundboard.

Thanks to conejo for sharing the show at The Traders’ Den.
Lineage: Unknown

Notes:
- this is a clean recording, little hiss, audio frequencies out to ~ 20khz; there might be a bit of dc offset to the wav’s
- track 01: starts in progress; pop at 0:55; diginoise rch at 2:11
- track 02: bass and piano sound somewhat distorted
- track 04: piano again sounds distorted; pop at 20:24; At end announcer says “Please, Miles Davis and his group. Now appearing here at the Fillmore next weekend will be Humble Pie…”
- From Plosin’s site: The Davis Sextet opened for The Elvin Bishop Group and Mandrill for four nights at the Fillmore West, May 6-9 (Thursday-Sunday). Columbia probably recorded these shows, but they remain unissued. According to Wolfgang’s Vault (wolfgangsvault.com), which owns all of the surviving recordings from the Fillmores and has made some available on the web, this music is from May 7, though the version that’s available online is also missing “Directions” and the beginning of “Honky Tonk.”

These tracks were previously shared on the net in 2005 as:
Miles Davis Sextet, May 6-9, 1971, Fillmore West Auditorium, San Francisco.

Lineage:
[Soundboard]
cassette? > DAT > Audiophile2496 > Soundforge > wave > cd-r > EAC > wave > flac (sector align)

It had the following notes:
Presumably the set began with “Directions.” The Davis Sextet opened for The Elvin Bishop Group and Mandrill for four nights at the Fillmore West, May 6-9 (Thursday-Sunday). Columbia probably recorded these shows, but they remain unissued. In any case, I’m not sure which night this music is from.
While on the west coast the Sextet also opened for The Band at the Hollywood Bowl, and played a week at Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Los Angeles (dates unknown). It was during this tour that Jarrett and DeJohnette recorded Ruta and Daitya (ECM 1021) in Sunset Studios. Later in May the Sextet returned to New York for a week at the Gaslight Club, New York (dates unknown); it was also booked at the Newport Jazz Festival (July 5) and The Beacon Theater, New York (July 20-21). Sometime in July or August Jack DeJohnette left the Sextet to form his own group, Compost.

Track 01. Honky Tonk (M Davis; incomplete) 7:46
Begins near the end of Davis solo
Track 02. What I Say (M Davis) 14:17
Track 03. Sanctuary (W Shorter-M Davis) 3:28
Track 04. It’s About That Time (M Davis) 19:21
Track 05. Funky Tonk (M Davis)/Sanctuary (W Shorter-M Davis)/closing theme/Bill Graham announcement 22:09
67 mins

Lineup:
Miles Davis (tp)
Gary Bartz (ss, as)
Keith Jarrett (el-p, org)
Michael Henderson (b)
Jack DeJohnette (d)
Airto Moreira (perc)
MediaMP3
Live1
Incomplete0
ALBW0
Compilation0
nVol380