Miles Davis- October 22, 1971 Stadthalle Dietikon, Zürich- 2nd concert | REMASTERED and COMPLETE

Superb 1971 concert in excellent sound, now unedited
October 22, 1971
Stadthalle Dietikon, Dietikon, Zürich, Switzerland
2nd concert
MILES DAVIS
Miles Davis- trumpet
Gary Bartz- alto and soprano saxophones
Keith Jarrett- electric piano, organ
Michael Henderson- bass guitar
Ndugu Leon Chancler- drums
Don Alias- congas, percussion
James Mtume- congas, percussion
Directions (Joe Zawinul) 0:00
Honky Tonk 12:45
What I Say [intro] 24:03
What I Say 25:56
Sanctuary (Wayne Shorter-Miles Davis) 37:55
It's About That Time 41:05
Yesternow 55:08
Funky Tonk [false start] 1:14:44
Funky Tonk 1:16:58
Sanctuary [theme] (Wayne Shorter-Miles Davis) 1:36:48
closing announcement and credits 1:37:47
All compositions by Miles Davis except where noted
Live concert originally broadcast by Deutsche und Rätoromanische Schweiz radio.
2021 rebroadcast by SRF
with additional material from 2001 broadcast by DSR3
In contrast to the astonishing stream of music Miles Davis had recorded from late 1969 to mid 1970- sixteen studio sessions in total- Miles and his coterie of musicians did not enter the studio at all from mid 1970 for almost two years. There were a few live recordings- the legendary Isle Of Wight festival in August 1970 and the stunning Cellar Door sessions in December were notable- but the period of almost obsessive documentation had ground to a halt.
That makes the extensive live recordings from his European tour of autumn 1971 all the more valuable. The core of the band had been together for some time- Jarrett had joined the working band in the late spring of 1970, Bartz that summer in time for the Isle Of Wight gig; Henderson had been playing studio sessions with Miles for some months and joined the live band around a year before this recording. Crucially, Jack DeJohnette had left in mid-1971 to form fusion band Compost, while Airto Moreira had jumped ship to join Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul's new band Weather Report.
Mlies recruited two musicians who had been playing with Freddie Hubbard. One was 19 year old drummer Leon Chancler, who had also recorded with Harold Johnson, Harold Land, and with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band, and had adopted the Swahili name Ndugu ('brother'). He's been a controversial signing- he's somewhat erratic across the European tour recordings, perhaps unclear as to what Miles required from him. The other was percussionist James Mtume. He was the adopted son of jazz pianist James Forman and his birth father was saxophonist Jimmy Heath, Miles' bandmate in the 1950s. Mtume was deep into the politics of Black empowerment and had recorded a live album at a Brooklyn Black nationalist arts and education centre, The East (Mtume's Swahili name means 'messenger'). Miles bolstered the rhythm team with another percussionist, Don Alias, who had recorded with Davis on the legendary Bitches Brew sessions. This team brought a level of complexity to the music that pointed the way to the rhythmic density of the following year's On The Corner.
This recording comes from the fifth date of a month long 22 stop tour, at the Stadthalle in Dietikon. In 2015 I posted the first concert from this date- it was subsequently released by Columbia Legacy on The Bootleg Series, Volume 4: At Newport 1955-1975 (the gigs were part of a 'Newport In Europe' touring package)- a decent but tentative performance, it was an odd choice for official release. The second set is a completely different beast- an extraordinary concert with astonishing performances from Bartz, who plays out of his skin, a brilliantly creative Jarrett, and a driving rhythm section- you can almost hear Ndugu grow in confidence as the evening progresses. Miles plays incisively, shaping his strongly rhythmic phrases with his wah-wah pedal.
The repertoire is mostly similar to that on the soon-to-be-released Live/Evil. One point of interest- this is the first recording where What I Say picks up a brief intro, slower in tempo, with one of Henderson's funkiest basslines. This first version is less than two minutes but would grow in length during the tour. This technique of having passages of different tempos in a tune was also used in Directions, Ife and, in later years, Wrinkle.
This gig has appeared on numerous bootlegs, usually taken from a 2001 rebroadcast. There were clumsy edits made to eliminate station idents, and Funky Tonk was incomplete. This version comes from a 2021 broadcast and restores these missing sections (although there were also station announcements which I have patched using material from 2001). The sound is excellent, expertly engineered by Klaus Koenig for Swiss radio and the new broadcast eliminates the FM hiss heard on previous versions (the bootlegs also run ever so slightly sharp). I have given it some small tweaks to enhance the frequency range and better balance the stereo field.
Dietikon stands as one of the highlights of the 1971 tour and is among the great unofficial Davis recordings. It's one not to be missed.

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[@PhilDawsonmusic]

another classic. and great sound too. thank you.

[@CristianXanco-gu4uc]

Todo un genio Miles Y siempre bien acompañado Hermoso ❤

[@docnelson2008]

A great band at one of it's creative peaks. A timely reminder that Miles was a catalyst for getting a band to produce magic, as well as inspiring with his horn.Back of the hair raising stuff-terrific.

[@barrazahector9330]

The greatest of all time; Miles.

[@rainerloretan1608]

unbelievable! Exactly around this time, at the age of 18, I discovered the modal jazz of the great Miles for the first time on Swiss radio. theoretically I could have been there..!! 🫥 'live evil' - my first album by miles - with this cast! wonderful: jarret in top form 🤩

[@jameskennedy721]

This is great . The expanded versions of Jack Johnson and On The Corner are a real treat too .

[@teelurizzo8542]

In a way, this is Miles Davis best 'post acoustic' band line up. Don't get me wrong, the 'original' 1969 incarnation w/ Jack, Chick, Dave and Wayne was great and so was the super dense and trippy 1970 ensemble (Jack, Dave, Chick , Keith, Airto and either Steve or Gary) that played the many Fillmore gigs and the Isle of Wight Festival. But this 1971 band somehow has a more stripped dow, funkier, more groove oriented footing that perfectly mixed the earthy w/ the cerebral. And yeah as the liner notes here describe this band's sound is a direct predecessor to the 1972 On The Corner concept of rhythmic layering, textures and free counterpoint that would more or less inform the Miles Davis working bands thereafter.

[@eugeneeaves867]

you nailed it

[@AeroModule]

And one of the best things about this band is that Airto isn't here, endlessly farting around with that cuica

[@teelurizzo8542]

@@AeroModule Respectfully disagree. The Cuíca has a very unique sound, and was totally fitting w/ Miles' 1970, freer, kinda overcrowded, dual keyboard live band.Also, the cuíca was not the only instrument Airto played in the band. Still I think that for this 1971, stripped down band, Mtume and Don Alias approach was the more fitting.

[@ulyssesgrantgarnerjr6395]

Stage dynamics set the format for the integrity and compositional brilliance of the photographs.Music is the completion of daily life experiences.

[@Musicdigger62]

Finally on YT! I've already recorded this concert from a radio broadcast, maybe 30 years ago...i'll throw the CC Tapes away...I'm going to enjoy this one here! THX!!!

[@PhilDawsonmusic]

don't throw tapes away ever

[@PhilDawsonmusic]

private websites like youtube are not to be trusted 100% to keep stuff forever. why would they be?

[@guymorrison4800]

jeece this ones good. Michael Henderson is an under recognised numero uno funk bassist i think though we dont get to hear everything that was going on in the US then i sppose. But he does very nicely indeed.

[@Azel954]

Absolutely killer set.

[@louise_rose]

Great upload! Miles' output from these years is spread out over so many different albums and archival releases (som emerging only long after his death in 1991) that I didn't quite realize there had been a complete break-off in studio work for almost two years after the summer of 1970 up till May 1972, and so few official live recordings from the same period. Are there any clues about the reasons for this sudden drop-off? He had one of the greatest live bands of his career (as documented here and on Live-Evil), they were steadily touring and he knew he was making history. Did Columbia refuse to fund more recording when they already had a backlog of unreleased material? There was the planned but aborted project of sessions with Jimi Hendrix as a featured soloist - I remember reading a comment here on KZbin last year by some guy who had been a junior engineer at the time, he claimed to have seen (in August 1970) a note in somebody's calendar at the CBS studios in NY for October 2, a session booked for Miles and Jimi. Of course that never happened, instead Hendrix was buried in Seattle the same day, with Miles Davis in attendance. :(

[@jrheatwarp]

Really great to finally hear this second show in its complete form and in improved fidelity to boot! To my ears, the best set from the Fall '71 tour with Ndugu behind the kit.

[@MilestonesArchive]

Thanks, Jeremy!

[@theodekker7688]

Sure thing! Swings like hell, man .

[@theodekker7688]

Joe Xawinul is tremendous!

[@bmuhamad]

Got a chance to meet Ndugu @ one of the NAMM shows on the early 2000's. Think I had "What I Say", twin European tour sets from Switzerland & Fillmore West, circa Nov '71 with Jarrett, Ndugu, Bartz, Alias, Mtume, & Henderson. I showed them to him, he got excited. He said he needed to get more of the CDs...

[@rainerberneth437]

@@theodekker7688 This is Keith Jarrett, Zawinul was doing WR by that time.

[@philjm3103]

Can I be the first to thank you for this, and all the other wonderful posts - the Bitches Brew set the other week is astonishing!

[@toshimasakinoshita173]

Thanks for posting. The sound quality is very good!

[@bmuhamad]

Excellent set, and great pictures....

[@kadro06]

Great. Thanx so much for posting this precious recording...

[@balthazartyshow1765]

🎵 🎶 💫 🎶🎵 🎶

[@ledzeppelin1023]

thanks for all the new miles content, i am a mega fan of his electric/fusion period, adore all these uploads!

[@mortensteen]

What a fantastic upload! My favorite Miles concert of all time. Everything is just magic here, and it's so great to hear the complete performance, running about 7 minutes longer than the edited version I've heard. A small note, though - there seems to be a "hiccup" at 10:14. This doesn't occur on the edited version. Other than that, absolutely stellar stuff! Thanks!

[@MilestonesArchive]

Hm, yes, that's odd. It is present in the 2021 rebroadcast version, not sure why. Thanks for the positive comments though!

[@paulklein6337]

I don't care how creative this is, I am so glad Miles disbanded this line-up and had Lucas, Cosey, Liebman et al by 1973.

[@erikheddergott5514]

I am a twin Guitar Freak, but this Concert is extraordinarily good. I was given a Cassette of the Broadcast back in the 90ties and I felt delighted. See, you have been given the Twin Guitars by Miles, so why having quarrels with hearing this?

[@stanleyscott9786]

Yes, indeed thanks so much for posting all the Directions In Music that you do!

[@jeffjazzwraight]

Many thanks again! J

[@tigers050929]

Thanks!😄

[@theodekker7688]

Geweldig! Mikes = de shit!

[@theodekker7688]

Bedoel natuurlijk MILES!

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[@monsterjazzlicks]

JD is drumming on the "What I Say" two volumes, but it looks like LC took over the drum chair?

[@MilestonesArchive]

Jack is on the Fillmore West material on Volume 2, but the rest of it is Ndugu.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

Good to hear, but it’s too bad the drum set wasn’t miked better.

[@Notjustmovies296]

Any chance you might make this available as an audio download? This sounds absolutely incredible

[@MilestonesArchive]

Not something I plan to do at the moment, I'm afraid. Apologies.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Can't you just use a 'grabber'?

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Superb audio quality! Is this concert "What I Say Vol. 2", please?

[@MilestonesArchive]

No, that CD had the second part of the Vienna gig, which can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noG7o6aGf9-jaaM, alomg with half an hour of a Fillmore West gig, which is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3ush4xth8x3bKs in better sound.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

@@MilestonesArchive Thanks. You did a great job with this one.

[@klassfreudman7359]

Manchmal stimmt die Chemie einfach...nicht immer

[@jamesalbert9744]

Yes,I would like to know who his sidemen are.

[@MilestonesArchive]

Listed in full in the notes above, and at the start and end of the video.

[@rainerberneth437]

Can't understand why this should be so good regarding the sound. Why would Miles have 2 Percussionists, if you can hardly hear them? Also the drum sound is out of balance, floor tom to loud. There is a video which is far better in every way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGGseIlmiKxnq7M