Description
Release Date: 2021
Label: Warner Records / Rhino
Track List
Disc 1
- Hannibal
- Human Nature
- Time After Time
- Penetration
Disc 2
- Wrinkle
- Amandla
- Jailbait
- Finale (Band Only)
Personnel
Bass – Foley, Richard Patterson
Drums – Ricky Wellman
Keyboards – Deron Johnson
Saxophone – Kenny Garrett
Trumpet – Miles Davis
Notes
Miles Davis performed with the Miles Davis Group on July 1, 1991, at the Jazz à Vienne festival in France. Sadly, it was one of his last concerts before passing away on September 28 of that year. This previously unreleased concert will make its debut this summer during Rhino Records’ upcoming Black Music Month celebration.
Davis’ electrifying performance at Jazz à Vienne includes two songs – “Penetration” and “Jailbait” – that were written by Prince, with whom he had a mutual admiration and friendship. The collection features liner notes by music historian, journalist, and producer Ashley Kahn, along with art designed by Bruno Tilley.
Miles Davis’s lifelong love for France is well-documented, and in July 1991, he became a Knight of its Legion of Honour. Davis accepted the award from French culture minister Jack Lang, who described him as: “The Picasso of Jazz.” A few days before, he played the exhilarating concert captured on MERCI MILES! at Jazz à Vienne with the Miles Davis Group. He passed away soon after, in September.
