Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall [Original recording remastered, Live]

Miles Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1961
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Live
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000062EZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,733 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese DSD mastered reissue of 1962 release for the late jazz icon. Packaged in a miniature LP sleeve for the first pressing only. 2001 release. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great performance, important document, not good sound., September 30, 2005

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A. Rocheleau "Al from Orlando" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

This was a great and underrated Davis ensemble. The fact that they were playing some of the innovative pieces of the Gil Evans/Davis era with full orchestral accompaniment and in a live setting (and with acoustics of Carnegie Hall no less) should have made for a mounumental recording. As a historic document, it's a must-have: the playing is without reservation, first rate. But then, the sound. Even with remastering, you can't fix mike overload, and it is there often, and most specifically on Miles' principal mike of all places. At best the high dyanmics make for a rough sound, almost frayed and thready in its texture. Anyone used to listening to overmiked recordings, especially live ones from the 30's and 40's can deal with this, and enjoy it, if you like a rough, electric timbre to your trumpet sound. But at worst it's just full-blown distortion, distracting and disappointing and would have been so if any other instrument or player was playing in any other venue, whether Carnegie Hall or your cousin's wedding reception at the Elks Club. And this after all, IS Miles Davis, and this IS Carnegie Hall. Me, I can live with the sonic shortcomings; the performace, the occasion, and the lineup are all too important not to. But it's really a shame; this could have been, all around, one of the finest recordings, live or in studio, of Miles' career. As it is-- well, I have it playing now. So there you go.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Beautiful, September 24, 2001

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This review is from: Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

This is a very good mono soundboard recording of (indeed) a legendary concert. Miles is at the peak of his acoustic form, the rhythm section really cooks, Gil Evans and friends add some tasteful backing, and saxophonist Hank Mobley steps out of the Coltranian shadows for his moment in the sun.

And if you're wondering why "Someday My Prince Will Come" is so short, it's because Miles walked off during a protest against the concert's organisers by Max Roach at the foot of the stage. The otherwise excellent liner notes make no mention of the incident.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A historical document, June 12, 2006

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David G. "David G." (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

Teo Macero sold Miles and Columbia on recording this event. He ordered all the necessary equipment to record what would have been a terrific recording. However -- unsurprising considering his temprement -- Miles decided the day before the event he neither wanted to play nor record the event. While he was convinced to play, he would not budge on the recording.

Macero, however, had four single mics hid strategically throughout the stage so he could at least have one copy of the event. For all of the tribulations (Max Roach's protest nonwithstanding), Miles, Gil Evans, the band, and the orchestra were all able to put on an impressive event. The crowd was overwhelmed, and Miles himself said to Teo afterward that he wanted to release it after all.

Blame the temper of the times for the poor recording. But remember to praise Teo for his foresight in recording this anyways.