Live-Evil
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| Studio album by Miles Davis | |||||
| Released | November 17, 1971 | ||||
| Recorded | February 6, 1970 June 3, 1970 June 4, 1970 & December 19, 1970 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | ||||
| Length | 1:41:39 | ||||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | ||||
| Producer | Teo Macero | ||||
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- There is also a Black Sabbath album called Live Evil.
Live-Evil is an album by Miles Davis, part of which was recorded live at The Cellar Door on December 19, 1970, and part of which was recorded in Columbia's Studio B, with different personnel on February 6, June 3, 4, 1970. Though all compositions were originally credited to Miles Davis, the studio recordings "Little Church" ("Igrejinha") and "Nem Um Talvez" ("Not Even a Maybe") are by Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, who also played with the Davis band for his tunes. Davis had originally intended the album to be a spiritual successor to Bitches Brew, but this idea was abandoned when it became obvious that Live-Evil was "something completely different.[1]
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[edit] Mission: Music
The end of Innamorata appears to consist of a tape edit, terminating the band's performance, and introducing a segue of the band jamming. Then, appears Conrad Roberts:
"Inamorata, mission: music, masculinity, master of the art... music. Who is this music that which description may never justify? Can the ocean be described? Fathomless music, body of all that is, lived everlastingly... Man initiate inamorata, your music are tomorrow's unknown known life. I love tomorrow..."
[edit] Musician lineup on Cellar Door segments
- Trumpet: Miles Davis
- Saxophone: Gary Bartz
- Guitar: John McLaughlin
- Keyboard: Keith Jarrett
- Bass: Michael Henderson
- Drums: Jack DeJohnette
- Percussion: Airto Moreira
- Cellar Door Segments, December 19, 1970: Sivad (a blend of "Directions," a studio fragment of "Honky Tonk," and a live recording of "Honky Tonk"), What I Say, Funky Tonk, Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts.
[edit] Cover artwork
The album cover was illustrated by artist Mati Klarwein. Klarwein had painted the front cover independently of Davis, but the back cover was painted with a suggestion from Davis:
"I was doing the picture of the pregnant woman for the cover and the day I finished, Miles called me up and said, 'I want a picture of life on one side and evil on the other.' And all he mentioned was a toad. Then next to me was a copy of Time Magazine which had J. Edgar Hoover on the cover, and he just looked like a toad. I told Miles I found the toad."[2]
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one (25:20)
1. "Sivad" (15:13) Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC & May 19, 1970 at Columbia Studio C, New York, NY
| Timing | Source |
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| 00:00-00:01 | "Directions" (2nd set) 0:00-0:01 (drum roll) |
| 00:02-03:24 | "Directions" (2nd set) 11:30-14:44 + "Honky Tonk" 00:00-00:08 |
| 03:25-04:14 | "Honky Tonk" (studio, May 19, 1970) 00:00-00:49 |
| 04:15-09:11 | "Honky Tonk" (2nd set) 05:23-10:20 |
| 09:12-15:12 | "Honky Tonk" (2nd set) 15:13-21:14 |
May 19, 1970 Columbia Studio C, New York, NY
- Keith Jarrett: electric piano
- Herbie Hancock: organ
- John McLaughlin: electric guitar
- Michael Henderson: electric bass
- Airto Moreira: cuica
2. "Little Church" (3:14) Recorded June 4, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY
- Miles Davis: trumpet
- Herbie Hancock: organ
- Dave Holland: bass
- Hermeto Pascoal: whistling
3. "Medley: Gemini/Double Image" (5:53) Recorded February 6, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY
- Miles Davis: trumpet
- Wayne Shorter: soprano sax
- Joe Zawinul: electric piano - left
- Chick Corea: electric piano - right
- John McLaughlin: electric guitar
- Dave Holland: electric bass
- Jack DeJohnette: drums
- Airto Moreira: percussion
[edit] Side two (25:12)
1. "What I Say" (21:09) Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC
| Timing | Source |
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| 00:00-20:50 | What I Say (2nd set) 00:00-20:50 |
| 20:51-21:09 | Sanctuary (2nd set) 00:00-00:18 |
2. "Nem Um Talvez" (4:03) Recorded June 3, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY
- Miles Davis: trumpet
- Chick Corea: organ
- Herbie Hancock: electric piano
- Keith Jarrett: electric piano
- Ron Carter: bass
- Airto Moreira: percussion
- Hermeto Pascoal: voice, drums
[edit] Side three (25:38)
1. "Selim" (2:12) Recorded June 3, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY
- Miles Davis: trumpet
- Steve Grossman: soprano sax
- Chick Corea: organ
- Herbie Hancock: electric piano
- Keith Jarrett: electric piano
- Ron Carter: bass
- Hermeto Pascoal: voice
2. "Funky Tonk" (23:26) Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC
| Timing | Source |
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| 00:00-02:54 | "Directions" (3rd set) 00:47-03:41 (theme excised) |
| 02:55-04:53 | "Directions" (3rd set) 03:54-05:51 (theme excised) |
| 04:54-16:14 | "Directions" (3rd set) 06:20-17:39 (theme excised) |
| 16:15-16:50 | "Directions" (3rd set) 18:03-18:39 |
| 16:51-20:12 | "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 00:00-03:21 |
| 20:13-20:18 | "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 03:59-04:04 |
| 20:19-23:23 | "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 04:15-07:20 |
[edit] Side four (26:29)
1. "Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts" (26:29) Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC
| Timing | Source |
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| 00:00-16:34 | "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 07:21-23:55 |
| 16:35-16:47 | "Sanctuary" (3rd set) 01:50-02:02 |
| 16:47-23:08 | "It's About That Time" (3rd set) 00:00-06:21 |
| 23:09-26:08 | "It's About That Time" 0:00-2:59*
Narration by Conrad Roberts first 0:43 |
| 26:08-26:28 | "Sanctuary" 0:00-0:20* |
| (*) The final two sections are not from the The Cellar Door. |
Note: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 box set uses the titles "Improvisation #4" (for Keith Jarrett's keyboard intro) and "Inamorta" instead of "Funky Tonk". In the Source column of the tables above, the title "Funky Tonk" is used.
[edit] References
- ^ Davis, Miles. Miles: The Autobiography. ISBN 0634006827
- ^ Szwed, John. So What: the Life of Miles Davis, p. 319
