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Title: Miles Davis - In Person, Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume I
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1961, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, East St. Louis, Illinois 10/26
Matrix #: LE 10018
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Miles D (26' - 91')
Cultural Facts:

1. A Tiny Club Caught a Great Band: These performances were recorded at San Francisco's Black Hawk on April 21, 1961, capturing Miles with Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb in the kind of intimate nightclub setting where the group normally worked, rather than a controlled studio.
2. Hank Mobley Had an Impossible Job: Mobley occupied the tenor-saxophone chair after John Coltrane and before Wayne Shorter, putting him between two of Miles' most celebrated collaborators. His warmer, more relaxed style gives these Black Hawk recordings a character unlike either the Coltrane or Shorter bands.
3. The Rhythm Section Had Serious History: Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb had all played on Kind of Blue just two years earlier. By the Black Hawk dates they were a deeply seasoned unit, giving Miles the loose, responsive foundation that makes these club recordings feel so alive.