Miles Davis - Live Evil (1971) (Quadraphonic pressing)

Miles Davis - Live Evil (Quadraphonic)
Vinyl rip in 24-bit / 96kHZ | FLAC | no cue or log (vinyl) | artwork
2.25 GB (24/96) | torrent| Jazz | Columbia GQ 30954

Live-Evil is an album by Miles Davis, much of which was recorded live at The Cellar Door on December 19, 1970, and part of which was recorded in Columbia's Studio B, with different personnel, on February 6 and June 3–4, 1970.

Original Rolling Stone review (1972)

By Bob Palmer
January 20, 1972Miles' touted "Fillmore Band" didn't sound much like a band to me. In an area of music where individual virtuosity is the rule rather than the exception, give-and-take between players becomes all important. And only occasionally did the Fillmore crew get down to taking care of business as a unit. There was lots of individual brilliance of course, just like there is lots of individual brilliance on Live-Evil. But this is no collection of isolated geniuses; it's a band, and it's going to take the top of your head clean off.

The band that performs "Sivad," "What I Say." "Funky Tonk," and "Innamorata." which are the extended, "blowing" tracks on the album, is Keith Jarrett, keyboards (he has never sounded better); John McLaughlin, guitar (taking more chances than usual); Gary Bartz, saxophone (occasionally stiff, usually exciting and committed, finally the right reed player for Miles' new conception); Jack DeJohnette, drums (absolutely uncanny, and irreplaceable); and Airto, percussion (his rapport with Miles is telepathic by this time). I've saved the new bassist, Michael Henderson, for last, because he's the only really new member, and because his concept is so different from that of his predecessor. Dave Holland. Henderson plays Fender, and he doesn't play very many notes at all. His solidity, and his simplicity, have reduced the "busy" textures of the ensemble to a point where everything sounds clear, clean, and direct. Everybody is just playing away, there aren't any weak links, and there isn't any congestion to speak of. Miles reacts to this happy situation by playing his ass off, too. Inspiration is catching, especially when everybody listens. For all you technology buffs, Miles has the wah-wah pedal mastered, but he steps up to the open mike very once in a while to remind you that he doesn't need it; he just digs it.

"Little Church," "Nem Um Talvez," and "Selim" are what used to be called "ballads." They feature larger groups but there aren't any solos. Just stunning, bittersweet lines, often voiced by Miles, vocalist Hermeto Pascoal, and either Steve Grossman or Wayne Shorter on saxophone, in unison. Each of these tracks is under four minutes, and they are all things of great beauty.

This sounds like what Miles had in mind when he first got into electric music and freer structures and rock rhythms. He's been refining it in public, but they used to accuse Coltrane of practicing his scales in public. So What. In both cases, practice made perfect.

 note: the hum and buzz you hear is present in the source, it's not my rig with a ground fault issue...

tracks
A1              Sivad   15:15
A2              Little Church   3:15
A3              Medley: Gemini / Double Image   5:54
B1              What I Say      21:11
B2              Nem Um Talvez   4:03
C1              Selim   2:13
C2              Funky Tonk      23:26
D1              Inamorata And Narration By Conrad Roberts       26:37

credits
Trumpet – Miles Davis (tracks: all)Drums – Billy Cobham (tracks: A3), Jack DeJohnette (tracks: all)Electric Piano, Whistling – Hermeto Pascoal (tracks: A2)
Guitar – John McLaughlin (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B1, C2, D)
Bass – Dave Holland (tracks: A2, A3)
Bass - Michael Henderson (tracks: A1, B1, C2, D)
Bass - Ron Carter (tracks: B2, C1)
Keyboards – Chick Corea (tracks: A2, A3, B2, C1)
Keyboards - Herbie Hancock (tracks: A2, B2, C1)
Keyboards - Joe Zawinul (tracks: A3)
Keyboards - Keith Jarrett (tracks: A2, B2, C1)
Percussion – Airto Moreira (tracks: all)
Piano – Keith Jarrett (tracks: A1, B1, C2, D)
Saxophone – Gary Bartz (tracks: A1, B1, C2, D)
Saxophone - Steve Grossman (tracks: A2, B2, C1)
Saxophone - Wayne Shorter (tracks: A3)
Sitar – Khalil Balakrishna (tracks: A3)
Vocals – Hermeto Pascoal (tracks: B2, C1)

transfer: January 23, 2013
Record Doctor RCM
Audio-Technica AT33EV
Sota Sapphire w/ Eminent Technology Tonearm 2 (ET-2)
Tube Box SE II w/NOS Telefunken ECC83
E-MU 0404
Sound Studio [capture 24-bit/96kHZ]
Amadeus Pro [Analyze, split tracks, verify waveform, no clipping]
Izotope RX2 [manual de-clicking]
xACT [flac conversion, tagging, ffp]

matrix/deadwax info, stamped:
side 1 P Q AL 30955-1A
side 2 P Q AL 30956-1B
side 3 P Q BL 30956-1A
side 4 P Q BL 30955-1A

flac fingerprints:
A1 Sivad.flac:318c869f8780ed1812f468157e3d5226
A2 Little Church.flac:d4b79bbf12d60c3085de3e3f018e8065
A3 Medley - Gemini - Double Image.flac:c962a7929a2dd257675d56e50336f395
B1 What I Say.flac:b017b9d621a671ea5e992811f8bcb410
B2 Nem Um Talvez.flac:a0a154ebfd7d107d064a33b9344186a0
C1 Selim.flac:5e4fef2bd63a6b088e70a32b0af686b9
C2 Funky Tonk.flac:95e31d36030edaf267575b5634c8fff0
D1 Inamorata And Narration By Conrad Roberts.flac:9ef95ed2167344db0cdc42347091e157