| The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 | ||||
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| Box set by Miles Davis | ||||
| Released | December 27, 2005 (2005-12-27) | |||
| Recorded | December 16–19, 1970 (1970-12-16 – 1970-12-19) | |||
| Venue | The Cellar Door Georgetown, Washington, D.C. | |||
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| Length | 5:52:04 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| Pitchfork | 9.4/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  |
The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 is a boxed live album released in 2005. It compiles six of ten sets that were performed over four December nights in 1970 at the D. C. nightclub the Cellar Door. Despite similar formatting, it is not a part of the Miles Davis Series of box sets.
Significant portions of Davis' Live-Evil were edited and compiled from the music that appears on discs 5 and 6. The sections labelled "Improvisation" into "Inamorata" are most commonly known as "Funky Tonk," but were released on Live-Evil as "Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts."
Live-Evil and this collection are the only official recordings of John McLaughlin's live performances with Miles Davis.
Track listing
Columbia and Legacy – C6K 93614
All tracks are written by Miles Davis unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Directions" | Josef Zawinul | 8:55 |
| 2. | "Yesternow" | 17:05 | |
| 3. | "What I Say" | 13:10 | |
| 4. | "Improvisation #1" | Keith Jarrett | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Inamorata" | 14:00 | |
| Total length: | 57:39 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What I Say" | 13:33 | |
| 2. | "Honky Tonk" | 20:00 | |
| 3. | "It's About That Time" | 14:41 | |
| 4. | "Improvisation #2" | Jarrett | 6:39 |
| 5. | "Inamorata" | 14:33 | |
| 6. | "Sanctuary" | Wayne Shorter | 0:30 |
| Total length: | 1:09:56 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Directions" | Zawinul | 13:11 |
| 2. | "Honky Tonk" | 18:32 | |
| 3. | "What I Say" | 15:09 | |
| Total length: | 46:52 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Directions" | Zawinul | 11:53 |
| 2. | "Honky Tonk" | 17:01 | |
| 3. | "What I Say" | 14:12 | |
| 4. | "Sanctuary" | Shorter | 2:04 |
| 5. | "Improvisation #3" | Jarrett | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Inamorata" | 15:14 | |
| Total length: | 1:05:29 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Directions" | Zawinul | 15:09 |
| 2. | "Honky Tonk" | 20:49 | |
| 3. | "What I Say" | 21:31 | |
| Total length: | 59:29 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Directions" | Zawinul | 19:05 |
| 2. | "Improvisation #4" | Jarrett | 5:04 |
| 3. | "Inamorata" | 18:28 | |
| 4. | "Sanctuary" | Shorter | 2:13 |
| 5. | "It's About That Time" | 7:49 | |
| Total length: | 52:39 | ||
Personnel
- Miles Davis – electric trumpet with wah-wah
- Gary Bartz – soprano and alto sax, flute
- Keith Jarrett – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Fender Contempo organ
- Michael Henderson – electric bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Airto Moreira – percussion, cuica (CDs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Guest musician
- John McLaughlin – electric guitar (CDs 5, 6 only)
References
- "The Cellar Door Sessions (AllMusic Review)". AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "The Cellar Door Sessions (Pitchfork Review)". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "The Cellar Door Sessions (Rolling Stone Review)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- "The Cellar Door Recordings". miles-beyond.com. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "The Cellar Door Sessions on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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