Miles Davis
Rare Miles 1946-1955

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3 Disc Set
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Source: Liberated bootlegs? Radio broadcasts? > ?? > CD-R
Conversion: CD-R > WAV (extracted with EAC) > mkwACT 0.97 b1 > SHN
Digital Audio Extraction and SHN encoding performed by Mike Vescovo (db.etree.org/shackaholic).



Disc 1
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March 31, 1946 (5 items, 24:36)
Streets of Paris, Los Angeles
Unknown radio broadcast
Benny Carter Orchestra

Miles Davis (tpt); Howard McGhee (tpt); Al Grey (tb); Britt Woodman 
(tb); Benny Carter (as); Hubert "Bumps" Myers (ts); James Cannady 
(g); Sonny White (p); Thomas Moultrie (b); Percy Brice (d)

Just You, Just Me (R. Klages-J. Greer) (incomplete) 7:59 
Don't Blame Me (D. Fields-J. McHugh) (incomplete) 8:58 
Sweet Georgia Brown (B. Bernie-M. Pinkard-K. Casey) (incomplete) 
7:30 

January 17, 1949 (4 items, 16:34)
WPIX Studio, New York
WPIX radio broadcast
All-Star jam session

Miles Davis (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Buddy DeFranco (cl); 
Eli "Lucky" Thompson (ts); Charlie Ventura (ts, bs); Al Haig (p); 
Oscar Pettiford (b); Shelly Manne (d)

The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 4:20 
Anthropology (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) 3:35 
Body and Soul (J. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton) 4:58 
How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) 3:41 

February 19, 1949 (5 items, 13:44)
Royal Roost, New York
WMCA radio broadcast
Tadd Dameron's Big Ten

Miles Davis (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Sahib Shihab [Edmund Gregory] 
(as); Benjamin Lundy (ts); Cecil Payne (bs); Tadd Dameron (p); John 
Collins (g); Dillon "Curly" Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Carlos 
Vidal (bgo)

Good Bait (T. Dameron-C. Basie) 3:19 
Focus (T. Dameron) 3:53 
April in Paris (E.Y. Harburg-V. Duke) 2:53 
Webb's Delight (T. Dameron) 3:36 

February 26, 1949 (2 items, 7:11)
Royal Roost, New York
WMCA radio broadcast
Tadd Dameron's Big Ten

Miles Davis (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Sahib Shihab [Edmund Gregory] 
(as); Benjamin Lundy (ts); Cecil Payne (bs); Tadd Dameron (p); John 
Collins (g); Dillon "Curly" Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Carlos 
Vidal (bgo)

Milano (J. Lewis) [Miles] 3:35 
Casbah (T. Dameron) 3:36 

May 15, 1949 (1 item, 3:47)
Salle Pleyel, Paris
ORTF radio broadcast
All-Star jam session

Miles Davis (tpt); Aime Barelli (tpt); Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpt); 
Kenny Dorham (tpt); Bill Coleman (tpt); Russell "Big Chief" Moore 
(tb); Hubert Rostaing (cl); Sidney Bechet (ss); Charlie Parker (as); 
Don Byas (ts); James Moody (ts); Hazy Osterwald (vb); Jean "Toots" 
Thielemans (g); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d)

Farewell Blues (Traditional) (incomplete) 3:47 
Begins toward the end of Byas's solo, followed by Page (0:32-1:38), 
then Bechet (1:40-2:30), then Davis (2:32-3:06), then Parker (3:06-
3:52). Cut off.


Disc 2
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February 18, 1950 (5 items, 21:56)
WNYC Studio, New York
WNYC radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Stan Getz (ts); Tadd Dameron 
(p); Gene Ramey (b); Art Blakey (d)

Conception (G. Shearing) 4:07 
Ray's Idea (R. Brown-W.G. Fuller) 5:54 
That Old Black Magic (J. Mercer-H. Arlen) 2:16 
Max is Making Wax (O. Pettiford) 3:59 
Woody 'n' You (D. Gillespie) 5:40 

June 2, 1951 (4 items, 21:13)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Sonny Rollins (ts); Kenny Drew 
(p); Tommy Potter (b); Art Blakey (d)

Move (D. Best) 6:15 
Half Nelson (M. Davis) 7:36 
Down (M. Davis) 7:17 

September 29, 1951 (3 items, 20:43)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts); George "Big Nick" 
Nicholas (ts); Billy Taylor (p); Charles Mingus (b); Art Blakey (d)

Move (D. Best) 6:23 
The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 8:43 
Lady Bird (T. Dameron-N. Heath) 5:37 


Disc 3
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April 25, 1952 (8 items, 12:45)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Beryl Booker Quintet with Miles Davis

Miles Davis (tpt); Don Elliot (vb, mellophone); Chuck Wayne (g); 
Beryl Booker (p); Clyde Lombardi (b); Connie Kay (d)

Unidentified title (theme?) 0:07 
(This is evidently the Booker group's opening and closing theme.)
Rifftide (T. Monk) 3:40 
All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) 4:44 
The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 3:31 

May 2, 1952 (2 items, 11:29)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); Jackie McLean (as); Don Elliot (vb, mellophone); 
Gil Coggins (p); Connie Henry (b); Connie Kay (d)

Confirmation (C. Parker) 5:47 
Out of the Blue (M. Davis) 5:42 

May 16, 1953 (9 items, 26:47) 
Birdland, New York
WABC radio broadcast
Miles Davis All-Stars
ed. note - a shoddy performance from the height of junkiedom. 
Included as a PSA on drug use.

Miles Davis (tpt); Sahib Shihab [Edmund Gregory] (bs); Wade Legge 
(p); Lou Hackney (b); Al Jones (d); Candido Camero (cga); Joe 
Carroll (voc); Bob Garrity (ann)

Move (D. Best) 5:35 
Tenderly (J. Lawrence-W. Gross) 4:40 
A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) 6:08 
Dig (M. Davis) 3:47 
I Got Rhythm (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 4:50 

July 17, 1955 (6 items, 23:50)
Festival Field, Newport
Voice of America (VOA) recording
All-Star jam session

Miles Davis (tpt); Zoot Sims [John Haley] (ts); Gerry Mulligan (bs); 
Thelonious Monk (p); Percy Heath (b); Connie Kay (d); Duke Ellington 
(ann)

Hackensack (T. Monk) 7:47 
'Round Midnight (B. Hanighen-C. Williams-T. Monk) 5:57 
Now's the Time (C. Parker) 8:30