The Bootleg Series is a collection of rare recordings by Miles Davis, offering insights into his live performances and studio sessions. Spanning various phases of his career, it highlights the evolution and innovation of Davis' jazz artistry. These recordings feature some of his most iconic collaborations with legendary musicians. Each volume showcases Davis' enduring influence on music and is now available as a deluxe lift-off box set.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• Deluxe 8-LP lift-off box set
• Printed inner sleeves, mini poster and 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes and rare photos
• 4 hours of rare live material from 8 festival performances
• Featuring Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Keith Jarrett, Tony Williams and many more

The 8-LP box set Miles At Newport 1955-1975 - The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 features of live performances by Miles' stellar band lineups from 1955, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, and 1975, in Newport, Rhode Island, New York City, Berlin, and Switzerland. From Miles' debut performance at NJF in 1955 (a hastily arranged jam session featuring Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan), to his final public performance of the '70s in 1975, the box set traces the ascendance of Miles' music as the jazz superstar he has become known to be.

The full-length concert performances alone of Miles' famed "Kind Of Blue" Sextet (with Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb), and second great quintet in '66 and '67 (with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams) represent templates that reverberate in jazz and popular music to this day.

Miles At Newport 1955-1975 - The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 is available as a deluxe 8LP box set, housed in a lift-off box. The set includes printed innersleeves, a mini poster of Miles, and a 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes and rare photos.

Track Listing:

LP 1
Side A
July 17, 1955, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Spoken Introductions By Duke Ellington And Gerry Mulligan
2. Hackensack
3. 'Round Midnight
Side B
July 17, 1955, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Now's The Time
July 3, 1958, Newport Jazz Festival
2. Spoken Introduction By Willis Connover
3. Ah-Leu-Cha
LP 2
Side C
July 3, 1958, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Straight, No Chaser
2. Fran-Dance
Side D
July 3, 1958, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Two Bass Hit
2. Bye Bye Blackbird
3. The Theme
LP 3
Side E
July 4, 1966, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Gingerbread Boy
2. All Blues
Side F
July 4, 1966, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Stella By Starlight
2. R.J.
3. Seven Steps To Heaven
4. The Theme / Closing Announcement by Leonard Feather
LP 4
Side G
July 2, 1967, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Spoken Introduction By Del Shields
2. Gingerbread Boy
3. Footprints
Side H
July 2, 1967, Newport Jazz Festival
1. 'Round Midnight
2. So What
3. The Theme / Closing Announcement by Leonard Feather
LP 5
Side I
July 5, 1969, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
2. Sanctuary
3. It's About That Time / The Theme
Side J
November 1, 1973, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Spoken Introduction by Ronnie Scott / Band Warming Up
2. Turnaroundphrase
3. Tune In 5
LP 6
Side K
November 1, 1973, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Ife
2. Untitled Original
Side L
November 1, 1973, Newport Jazz Festival
1. Tune In 5 / Closing Announcement by Ronnie Scott
July 1, 1975, Newport Jazz Festival
2. Mtume
LP 7
Side M
October 22, 1971, Newport Jazz Festival In Europe
1. Directions
2. What I Say
Side N
October 22, 1971, Newport Jazz Festival In Europe
1. Sanctuary
2. It's About That Time
LP 8
Side O
October 22, 1971, Newport Jazz Festival In Europe
1. Bitches Brew
Side P
October 22, 1971, Newport Jazz Festival In Europe
1. Funky Tonk
2. Sanctuary

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