Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 is a four-CD live album compiling the four nights of Miles Davis's performances at the Fillmore East in New York City, June 17–20, 1970, with three additional tracks recorded at the Fillmore West two months earlier.Miles Davis website album entry , accessed October 6, 2015 The concert series was originally released in part as the double album Miles Davis at Fillmore (Columbia, 1970) but was given the first complete unedited release on this box set.
Reception
Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 received mainly positive reviews on release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 92, based on 11 reviews which is categorised as universal acclaim.
Thom Jurek's review on AllMusic stated: "The charts are loose but focused, and the group's improvisational dynamic is breathtaking, entirely different each night. Davis is exceptionally strong. His playing is inventive, full of questions and muscular statements." PopMatterss Matthew Fiander gave the album 10 out of 10, saying: "It was a time of turmoil, but for Davis's music, turmoil was a state of creation, and these four nights give us four distinct and brilliantly built storms." The Guardians John Fordham called the band "controversial and brilliant" and the music "a chapter in the story of 20th-century music as a whole, not just the minutiae of jazz". The Observers Dave Gelly said: "It certainly gets close to chaos at times, but these live shows often did. From that point of view at least, it's truly authentic."
Track listing
Recorded at the Fillmore East in NYC on June 17, 1970 (tracks 1–6) and the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA on April 11, 1970 (tracks 7 & 8)
Recorded at the Fillmore East in NYC on June 18, 1970
Recorded at the Fillmore East in NYC on June 19, 1970 (tracks 1–7) and the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA on April 11, 1970 (track 8)
Recorded at the Fillmore East in NYC on June 20, 1970
Personnel
Miles Davis – trumpet with Harmon mute Steve Grossman – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Chick Corea – Fender Rhodes electric piano with delay/fuzz pedals and ring modulator Keith Jarrett – Fender Contempo Organ with delay/fuzz pedals + tambourine (Fillmore East tracks only) Dave Holland – acoustic and electric bass guitar with wah-wah pedal Jack DeJohnette – drums Airto Moreira – cuica, transverse flute, whistle, kazoo, shakers, bells, woodblock, tambourine
Charts Weekly Chart (2014)PeakpositionDutch Albums (MegaCharts)"Miles Davis – Miles At The Fillmore" (in French). Les Charts. Retrieved July 24, 2018.81French Albums (SNEP)182German Albums ((Offizielle Top 100)96Italian Albums (FIMI)83UK Albums (OCC)"CHART: CLUK Update 5.04.2014 (wk13)". zobbel.de. Retrieved July 24, 2018.120US Billboard 200"Miles Davis Miles at the Fillmore: Miles Davis 1970 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 3". Billboard 200. Retrieved July 24, 2018.189US Jazz Albums (Billboard)"Miles Davis Chart History". Billboard Jazz Albums. Retrieved July 24, 2018.1
Year-end Chart (2014)PositionUS Jazz Albums (Billboard)"Jazz Albums – Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2018.49
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