Miles Davis
Live-Evil (2LP)
Label4 Men With BeardsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (records/cover): NM / EX
Gatefold sleeve.
December 1970, the Cellar Door in Washington, and Miles Davis with a band containing John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett, Michael Henderson, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Bartz and Airto Moreira. Live-Evil takes those tapes, splices them with studio material and lets Teo Macero loose with a razor blade, so the record lurches between howling electric funk and passages of near-silence with Hermeto Pascoal humming into a microphone. Henderson's bass lines are the engine of the whole thing: he plays the same figure for ten minutes and it never stops being thrilling. Mati Klarwein's cover remains one of the great pieces of jacket art.
Reissue on 4 Men With Beards, gatefold double LP. Electric Miles at its most violent and most beautiful.
Release notes
180 gram, gatefold cover, reissued on 4 Men With Beards 2011. Recorded at various venues and dates, some on stage and some in studio.
| A1 | Sivad | 15:15 | |
| A2 | Little Church | 3:15 | |
| A3 | Medley: Gemini / Double Image | 5:54 | |
| B1 | What I Say | 21:11 | |
| B2 | Nem Um Talvez | 4:03 | |
| C1 | Selim | 2:13 | |
| C2 | Funky Tonk | 23:26 | |
| D | Inamorata And Narration By Conrad Roberts | 26:37 |
- Dave Holland
- Bass (A2, A3)
- Michael Henderson
- Bass (A1, B1, C2, D)
- Ron Carter
- Bass (B2, C1)
- Billy Cobham
- Drums (A3)
- Jack DeJohnette
- Drums (all)
- Hermeto Pascoal
- Electric Piano, Whistling (A2), Vocals (B2, C1)
- John McLaughlin
- Guitar (A1, A2, A3, B1, C2, D)
- Chick Corea
- Keyboards (A2, A3, B2, C1)
- Herbie Hancock
- Keyboards (A2, B2, C1)
- Joe Zawinul
- Keyboards (A3)
- Keith Jarrett
- Keyboards (A2, B2, C1), Piano (A1, B1, C2, D)
- Airto Moreira
- Percussion (all)
- Gary Bartz
- Saxophone (A1, B1, C2, D)
- Steve Grossman
- Saxophone (A2, B2, C1)
- Wayne Shorter
- Saxophone (A3)
- Khalil Balakrishna
- Sitar (A3)
- Miles Davis
- Trumpet (all)
