Peacock Alley Lounge, St. Louis, 1957-02-16&23

DiscoPeacock Alley Lounge, St. Louis, 1957-02-16&23
Year1957
VenueUSA, St. Louis, Peacock Alley Lounge
Date
NotesSource: bt.easytree.org
Original torrent name: Miles Davis.torrent
Original folder name: Miles Davis/md1957-02-xx St Lous AM
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miles195702xx.txt

The Miles Davis Quintet
Peacock Alley Lounge, St. Louis
February 16 & 23, 1957

Presided Over by the lengendary Spider Burks

STL-AM Broadcast > Spider's Archives? > Original Silver of Soulard CD
(VGM-SOU 1997) > cdparanoia -B > flac -8

Miles Davis, tp
John Coltrane, ts
Red Garland, p
Paul Chambers, b
Philly Joe Jones, d
Jesse "Spider" Burks, ann

February 16, 1957
1. Intro (0:41)
2. Ah-leu-cha (5:53)
3. A Foggy Day (5:19)
4. All of You (6:35)
5. Woody 'n' You (5:13)
6. Walkin' (7:27)
7. Sign Off/The Theme (1:16)

February 23, 1957
1. Two Bass Hit (5:16)
2. Well You Needn't (7:39)
3. Billy Boy (4:23)
4. All of You (11:03)
5. Oleo (6:07)
6. Airegin / The Theme (7:01)

Original CD dates the show as 7/14 & 7/21, 1956.
Further research placed the shows at the dates listed above; details below.
I moved the Sign Off from the 13th track on the CD to the end of the first show, so the track transition may
be poor -- if you want to recreate the original boot, put the last track from
the 16th on the end of the 23rd. In general, this is not a great sounding
show, but definately listenable. Besides, how often do you get to hear the
great Spider Burks? Oh and those Miles and Coltrane guys are on here too as
well as a couple features for the rhythm section.



The Soulard CD lists the date for this performance as July 21, 1956, but this seems to be wrong.
Spider Burks was fired by KXLW-AM on July 11, 1956, two days before the Davis Quintet opened
a nine-day gig at Peacock Alley (July 13-21, Friday-Saturday). He was hired by KSTL-AM in
August 1956 and quickly began live Saturday matinee broadcasts from Peacock Alley.
The Davis Quintet returned to Peacock Alley in February 1957 for a nine-day gig
(February 15-23,Friday-Saturday). In all likelihood, then, the Soulard material comes from
broadcasts on February 16 and 23, and the correct station is KSTL-AM. Many thanks to
Chris DeVito for careful research here.
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miles 1957.txt

The Miles Davis Quintet
Peacock Alley Lounge, St. Louis
February 16 & 23, 1957
Presided Over by the lengendary Spider Burks

KSTL-AM Broadcast > Spider's Archives? > Original Silver of Soulard CD
(VGM-SOU 1997) > cdparanoia -B > flac -8

Miles Davis, tp
John Coltrane, ts
Red Garland, p
Paul Chambers, b
Philly Joe Jones, d
Jesse "Spider" Burks, ann

February 16, 1957
1. Intro (0:41)
2. Ah-leu-cha (5:53)
3. A Foggy Day (5:19)
4. All of You (6:35)
5. Woody 'n' You (5:13)
6. Walkin' (7:27)
7. Sign Off/The Theme (1:16)

February 23, 1957
1. Two Bass Hit (5:16)
2. Well You Needn't (7:39)
3. Billy Boy (4:23)
4. All of You (11:03)
5. Oleo (6:07)
6. Airegin / The Theme (7:01)

Original CD dates the show as 7/14 & 7/21, 1956. Further research placed the
shows at the dates listed above; details below. I moved the Sign Off from the
13th track on the CD to the end of the first show, so the track transition may
be poor -- if you want to recreate the original boot, put the last track from
the 16th on the end of the 23rd. In general, this is not a great sounding
show, but definately listenable. Besides, how often do you get to hear the
great Spider Burks? Oh and those Miles and Coltrane guys are on here too as
well as a couple features for the rhythm section.

Here are Losin's entries:

February 16, 1957 (12 items; TT = 32:22)
Peacock Alley Lounge, St. Louis MO
KSTL-AM radio broadcast
Miles Davis Quintet

Miles Davis (tpt); John Coltrane (ts); William "Red" Garland (p); Paul Chambers
(b); Philly Joe Jones (d); Spider Burks (ann)

Introduction (Spider Burks, Miles Davis) 0:51
Burks: "...tenor sax, Mr. Coltrane blowing tenor, ladies and gentlemen... We
have on drums, just behind Mr. Coltrane, Mr. Philadelphia Joe Jones... And
way over yonder on bass fiddle, one of the swingin'est bassists in the
business, Mr. Paul Chambers, ladies and gentlemen... And NEVER ceasing to
swing, and so many inventive ideas on his instrument, playing piano we have
Red Garland, ladies and gentlemen... And last but not least, St Louie's own
favorite son, the leader of this group, Mr. Miles Davis, ladies and
gentlemen... called 'Ah-Leu-Cha'. Is that a foreign language?" Davis:
"Charlie Parker's language." Burks: "Charlie Parker's language. (Laughter.)
Called 'Ah-Leu-Cha'..."
Ah-Leu-Cha (C. Parker) 5:43
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:06
"...oh the trio, the rhythm section, huh? All right, 'A Foggy Day'..."
A Foggy Day (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 5:03
Rhythm section only.
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:12
"Joe Jones on drums, Paul Chambers on bass, and Red Garland on piano, the
rhythm section of Miles Davis' Quintet that's currently appearing here in the
room. Here's Miles Davis and the combo with 'All of You'..."
All of You (C. Porter) 6:27
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:12
"Miles Davis with trumpet and quintet, ladies and gentlemen, with 'All of
You', right from Peacock Alley. Have you run the book, huh? 'Woodn' You'?
'Woody 'n' You', okay, the Dizzy Gillespie thing..."
Woody 'n' You (D. Gillespie) 4:59
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:11
"Miles Davis and the Quintet, ladies and gentlemen, right from Peacock Alley
on a Saturday afternoon, with a good old Dizzy Gillespie favorite called
'Woody and You'... Walkin', by Miles Davis and the Quintet..."
Walkin' (R. Carpenter) 7:20
Announcement (Spider Burks) 0:41
"Miles Davis and the combo, ladies and gentlemen..." (splice) "Thank you.
Spider Burks thanks you so much for coming to our Saturday afternoon jazz
concert, and I hope you'll find it convenient to come down and join us again
next Saturday afternoon. Remember that the matinee runs from four till seven,
we broadcast four till five over this station. Ladies are admitted free, so
you be sure to come down and catch the show. Now even though we're going off
the air in a couple of minutes, the matinee goes on until seven, then Miles
is back on the stand with the group at nine until one-fifteen. So Spider
Burks thanks you so much for listening, hope to see you again next Saturday
afternoon, and we'll be one the air Monday through Friday one-fifteen until
three over this station. Now have a good weekend, friends, and don't lose
your cool. Later, much later, [undecipherable]."
The Theme (M. Davis) (incomplete) 0:37
Faded at 0:37.

For some reason most of the concluding announcement (0:42) and the concluding
fragment of "The Theme" (0:37) appear at the end of the Soulard CD, after the
February 23 material; but they clearly belong here.

February 23, 1957 (13 items; TT = 41:26)
Peacock Alley Lounge, St. Louis MO
KSTL-AM radio broadcast
Miles Davis Quintet

Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:04
"'Two Bass Hit', Miles Davis and the Quintet..."
Two Bass Hit (J. Lewis-D. Gillespie) 5:10
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:05
"Boy, that's a rousing way to open a show." (splice) "... You Needn't'. Miles Davis and the Quintet..."
Well, You Needn't (T. Monk) (incomplete) 7:36
Two splices: at 5:21, omitting end of tenor solo and beginning of piano solo; at 6:26, near beginning of bass solo.
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:08
"All right, we're gonna feature the trio. Now what are we gonna do this
afternoon? You did 'Foggy Day' last week, what are you gonna do this week?
'Billy Boy'. Paul Chambers, Joe, and Red..."
Billy Boy (Traditional, arr. A. Jamal) 4:07
Rhythm section only.
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:09
"'Billy Boy', ladies and gentlemen. Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on
bass, and Philadelphia Joe Jones swinging like crazy over here on the
drums..."
All of You (C. Porter) 11:01
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:04
"Here's one called 'Airegon' by Miles Davis and the Quintet. Is that good, huh? All right..."
Oleo (S. Rollins) 5:59
Introduction (Spider Burks) 0:13
"Miles Davis and the Quintet, ladies and gentlemen..." (splice) "...wrap it up in grand style. What you like? 'Blues Number', ah 'Newk's Number 2'? Here's one called 'Newk's Number 2'..."
Airegin (S. Rollins) 5:42
The Theme (M. Davis) (incomplete) 1:08
Faded at 1:09.

The Soulard CD lists the date for this performance as July 21, 1956, but this
seems to be wrong. Spider Burks was fired by KXLW-AM on July 11, 1956, two days
before the Davis Quintet opened a nine-day gig at Peacock Alley (July 13-21,
Friday-Saturday). He was hired by KSTL-AM in August 1956 and quickly began live
Saturday matinee broadcasts from Peacock Alley. The Davis Quintet returned to
Peacock Alley in February 1957 for a nine-day gig (February 15-23,
Friday-Saturday). In all likelihood, then, the Soulard material comes from
broadcasts on February 16 and 23, and the correct station is KSTL-AM. Many
thanks to Chris DeVito for careful research here.
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