here is the info file from Dime
Miles Davis
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Concertgebouw
December 8, 1957
Miles Davis – trumpet
Barney Wilen – tenor saxophone
René Urtreger – piano
Pierre Michelot – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
1. Woody ‘n’ You (Dizzy Gillespie) 4:58
2. Bags’ Groove (Milt Jackson) 7:05
3. What’s New (Bob Haggart) 3:35
4. But Not for Me (George Gershwin) 6:41
5. A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) 7:18
6. Four (Miles Davis) > The Theme (Miles Davis) 4:25
7. Walkin’ (Richard Carpenter) 6:37
8. Well, You Needn’t (Thelonious Monk) 5:27
9. ‘Round About Midnight (Thelonious Monk) 5:28
10. Lady Bird (Tadd Dameron) > The Theme (Miles Davis) 5:40
TT: 57:18
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:: halowdance & goody notes ::
“Amsterdam Concert” is a rare live Miles Davis recording from 1957.
This album, one of the least known recordings of Miles Davis, was recorded at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on December 8, 1957, a couple of days after the recording of the movie soundtrack “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud.” On this concert, Miles didn’t play with his regular quintet, but with the same line-up he used for the recording of “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud.” It features Barney Wilen on tenor saxophone, René Urtreger on piano, Pierre Michelot on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.
This recording was 20-bit remastered in 2005.
As always, you’ll download also the complete artwork in JPEG format! (However, the track times in this edition do not match up with the ones on the original artwork. – Goody)
Enjoy!
Pitch was approx. 47 cents flat.
Goody’s additional lineage:
dBpoweramp (WAV) > Cool Edit Pro (Pitch Bender +47 cents) > Trader’s Little Helper (FLAC, ffp)
:: ubu note ::
In addition to the notes above: Miles already performed in Europe in November 1956 with the same trio plus Lester Young and the Modern Jazz Quartet.
He travelled alone, without his band, on both occasions.
:: losin note ::
Davis and the René Urtreger Quartet made this trip to Amsterdam during the otherwise-uninterrupted stay at Club St. Germain in Paris. The Celluloid LP and CD notes do not list either version of “The Theme.”
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:: losin discographical info (plosin.com/milesAhead) ::
December 8, 1957 (10 items; TT = 57:17) [timings reflect as was BEFORE speed fix!]
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
VARA radio broadcast
René Urtreger Quartet with Miles Davis
Miles Davis (tpt); Barney Wilen (ts); René Urtreger (p); Pierre Michelot (b); Kenny Clarke (d)
First set
1 Woody ‘n’ You (D. Gillespie) 5:11
2 Bags’ Groove (M. Jackson) 7:10
3 What’s New? (J. Burke-B. Haggart) 3:42 Wilen out
4 But Not for Me (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 6:56
5 A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) 7:20
6 Four (M. Davis) 4:20
7 The Theme (M. Davis) 0:18
Second set
8 Walkin’ (R. Carpenter) 6:43
9 Well, You Needn’t (T. Monk) 5:31
10 ‘Round Midnight (B. Hanighen-C. Williams-T. Monk) 5:44
11 Lady Bird (T. Dameron) 5:17
12 The Theme (M. Davis) 0:20
Release info for all tracks (all bootlegs!)
12″ LP: Celluloid 6715-16, Jazz O.P. OMS-7003
CD: Celluloid 668232, Lone Hill Jazz LHJ 10141
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Thanks to OBNOXIUs for posting the picture from the concert, now added to this edition.
OBJECT OF THIS AUCTION: Genuine master tape (reel) of the Amsterdam Concert on December 8th 1957.Featuring Miles Davis (tp), Barney Wilen (ts), Rene Urtreger (p), Pierre Michelot (b) and Kenny Clarke (d). Recorded and broadcasted by VARA Radio in Holland. The tape starts with an announcement in Dutch: ìVARA radio recorded this concert on December 8th 1957. it contains sufficient exiting music to put together an historical 1 hour program: 01. Woody & You 5:03 – 02. Bags Groove 7:00 – 03. Whatís New 3:38 – 04. But Not For Me 6:49 – 05. A Night In Tunisia 7:15 – 06. Four 4:28 – 07. Walkin’ 6:34 – 08. Well You Needn’t 5:26 – 09. Round About Midnight 5:33 – 10. Lady Bird 5:30 – THE WINNING BIDDER WILL RECEIVE THIS MASTER TAPE (REEL) AND A COPY OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFER ON A DVD The reel is in excellent condition and the sound quality is very good. Please refer to the transfer specialist’s technical information: The tape in question was a 10.5 inch reel of 1/4″ Agfa tape, purportedly recorded in Amsterdam on the 8th of December, 1957. The recording was done in mono at 7.5 inches per second. As there were no alignment tones on the tape, I utilized a standard MRL tape at 7.5 IPS to set the playback equalization. The playback machine was an Otari MX-5050BII. Normally, in the case of a mono tape such as this one, I would use the better sounding output (left or right) from the Otari. But for some reason, in this case the sound was always superior when I mixed the two outputs together (accomplished by busing within ProTools). The result was always fuller and less “hollow” than that of either channel on it’s own. The phasing sound evident in the cymbals was apparent in the individual channels and no worse when the channels were combined, which leads me to think that this anomaly was introduced at the time of the original recording or if and when a copy was made. The converter was a Digidesign 192 set up for 24 bit/192kHz. The file format was BWF. The nominal reference level (and I say nominal because the playback level of the Otari was set “by eye”) was -14dbFS. The tape was played in one pass into ProTools and the result was a single 1.97GB Broadcast File. This file was subsequently exported as a 16 bit/44.1kHz AIFF file and burned with IDs as a reference CD-A.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Q: I found your annoncement while making a dicographic research about Barney Wilen on the net. I was his french manager between 1985 and 1996, and consequently very close from him those years. The story of this tape (and his different official or bootleg editions) remains full of mistery for the jazzfans. And of course – though knowing that you will certainly not answer this question – I wonder who you are and how this tape is now in your hands? What is surprising and very moving for me is that, being of course very familiar with Barney Wilen’s handwriting, I am almost 100% sure that the liner notes appearing on the tape cover were written by Barney himself. Did you had any grapholigic expert evaluation on that point? I’m sure such an evaluation could increase the value of this rare item. I’m unfortunately not in position to buy it myself, but if you have any other Barney Wilen items (like LPs, posters, etc..), please keep me informed. Sep-28-05
A: Thank you very much for this most informative question. You are not wrong by assuming that I prefer to keep your first question unanswered. All I can say is that this tape was given to me by Barney Wilen himself and that I therefore have all the reasons to believe that it is an original. Concerning Mr. Wilen’s handwriting on the cover of the tape: I did not ask for a graphologist’s expertise simply because I assumed that it was his.
