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Sep 9, 2015
‘Miles Davis – The Lost Quintet’ – Jazzwise
‘Miles Davis – The Lost Quintet’ – Jazzwise

From the first electrifying notes of Miles Davis’ trumpet, hooked to the sheer ferocity of Jack DeJohnette’s drums, it’s clear that Live in Europe 1969 is an album of truly monumental music making – the like of which is rarely heard today. This groundbreaking quintet, often referred to as the ‘Lost Quintet’ was one of the most enigmatic of Davis’ groups and reveals a world of astonishing musical revelations, with the trumpeter at his most imperious and agile, backed by a band that shadowed his every move.

Jazzwise‘s Stuart Nicholson joins the dots of this remarkable, but little known, period of Davis’ life with recollections from Jack DeJohnette and Chick Corea, and examines the critical mass the group gathered at this tipping point in modern music at the birth of electric jazz.

Read more at Jazzwise.

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