In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
2003 box set by Miles Davis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco. These sets, performed with recording in mind,[1] forged new ground for jazz musician Miles Davis, who had never previously been recorded live in a club with his combo.[2] Material from the four sets was first released simultaneously by Columbia Records on two albums in September 1961, titled In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 1 and In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 2. Although those albums were subsequently rereleased several times, the complete sets were not commercially available until Sony Records released a digital mastering of this collection. Simultaneous to this release, the material was made available as two separate double-albums, entitled Friday Night: In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, Complete and Saturday Night: In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, Complete.[3] In conjunction with Sony, Mosaic Records released the 6 LP set.[4]
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Released | June 3, 2003 (2003-06-03) | |||
Recorded | April 21–22, 1961 (1961-04-21 – 1961-04-22) | |||
Venue | Black Hawk San Francisco | |||
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Length | 117:29 ("Friday"), 123:51 ("Saturday") | |||
Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
Producer | Irving Townsend (1961) Bob Belden and Michael Cuscuna (reissue 2003) | |||
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The complete collection, which included liner notes from the original release by Monterey Jazz Festival co-founder Ralph J. Gleason as well as additional notes by jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson, was critically and commercially well received. The collection peaked at #9 on Billboard's "Top Jazz Albums" chart.