Amsterdam Concert

Amsterdam Concert
Live album by Miles Davis Quintet
Released 2005
Recorded 1957
Genre Jazz
Length 58:53
Label Lone Hill Jazz (2005)
Miles Davis Quintet chronology

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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 did not 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.


Track listing

  1. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:07
  2. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 7:17
  3. "What's New" (Bob Haggart) - 3:41
  4. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin) - 6:52
  5. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie)- 7:30
  6. "Four" (Miles Davis)- 4:33
  7. "Walkin'" (R. Carpenter)- 6:48
  8. "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk)- 5:36
  9. "'Round About Midnight" (Monk)- 5:37
  10. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron)- 5:50

Personnel