Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Mike Stern, Marcus Miller – Netherlands (FM Broadcast Edition Remastered, April 28, 1982)

This album features a recording of a live performance from Miles Davis’s 1982 European tour in The Hague, Netherlands, broadcast by local FM station AVRO. The tape, restored by an overseas Miles Davis enthusiast, boasts superb sound quality. Here lies the “new form of jazz” that Miles Davis, having made a complete comeback after a long silence, constructs with a new generation band. The minimalist yet funky and urbanly tense performance is a refined culmination of his 70s electrified sound. The muted trumpet soars sharply above the groove woven by the guitar, synth, and rhythm section; each note dominates a “space” beyond the mere number of notes—a hallmark of Miles Davis. Moments of tension and silence, explosion and restraint, intertwine, drawing you in with the thrill unique to a live performance. Miles’s charisma and leadership, which dominate everything, reside even in the spaces between the sounds. What you hear here is not merely his post-comeback form, but the true essence of Miles as an artist who continuously redefines the future. Live At Congresgebouw, The Hague, The Netherland April 28th, 1982 Disc 1 1.Back Seat Betty(inc) 2.My Man’s Gone Now 3.Fat Time 4.Aida Disc 2 1.Ife 2.Jean Pierre Miles Davis(tpt, el-p) Bill Evans(ss, ts, fl) Mike Stern(g) Marcus Miller(b) Al Foster(dr) Mino Cinelu(perc)