Live-Evil (Miles Davis Album) - Recording Details

Recording Details

Side One (25:20)
1. "Sivad" (15:13)
(Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC & May 19, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY)

Timing Source
00:00-00:01 "Directions" (2nd set) 0:00-0:01 (drum roll)
00:02-03:24 "Directions" (2nd set) 11:30-14:44 + "Honky Tonk" 00:00-00:08
03:25-04:14 "Honky Tonk" (studio, May 19, 1970) 00:00-00:49
04:15-09:11 "Honky Tonk" (2nd set) 05:23-10:20
09:12-15:12 "Honky Tonk" (2nd set) 15:13-21:14
  • Miles Davis: electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Gary Bartz: soprano saxophone, flute
  • John McLaughlin: electric guitar
  • Keith Jarrett: electric piano, organ
  • Michael Henderson: electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion

2. "Little Church" (3:14)
(Recorded June 4, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY)

  • Miles Davis: trumpet
  • Steve Grossman: soprano sax
  • Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea: electric piano
  • Keith Jarrett: organ
  • John McLaughlin: electric guitar
  • Dave Holland: electric bass, acoustic bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion
  • Hermeto Pascoal: drums, whistling, voice, electric piano

3. "Medley: Gemini/Double Image" (5:53)
(Recorded February 6, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY)

  • Miles Davis: trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter: soprano sax
  • Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea: electric piano
  • John McLaughlin: electric guitar
  • Dave Holland: acoustic bass
  • Khalil Balakrishna: electric sitar
  • Billy Cobham: drums
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion

Side Two (25:12)
1. "What I Say" (21:09)
(Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC)

Timing Source
00:00-20:50 "What I Say" (2nd set) 00:00-20:50
20:51-21:09 "Sanctuary" (2nd set) 00:00-00:18
  • Miles Davis: electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Gary Bartz: soprano saxophone, flute
  • John McLaughlin: electric guitar
  • Keith Jarrett: electric piano, organ
  • Michael Henderson: electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion

2. "Nem Um Talvez" (4:03)
(Recorded June 3, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY)

  • Miles Davis: trumpet
  • Steve Grossman: soprano sax
  • Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea: electric piano
  • Keith Jarrett: organ
  • Ron Carter: acoustic bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion
  • Hermeto Pascoal: drums, vocals

Side Three (25:38)
1. "Selim" (2:12)
(Recorded June 3, 1970 at Columbia Studio B, New York, NY)

  • Miles Davis: trumpet
  • Steve Grossman: soprano sax
  • Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea: electric piano
  • Keith Jarrett: organ
  • Ron Carter: acoustic bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion
  • Hermeto Pascoal: drums, vocals

2. "Funky Tonk" (23:26)
(Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC)

Timing Source
00:00-02:54 "Directions" (3rd set) 00:47-03:41 (theme excised)
02:55-04:53 "Directions" (3rd set) 03:54-05:51 (theme excised)
04:54-16:14 "Directions" (3rd set) 06:20-17:39 (theme excised)
16:15-16:50 "Directions" (3rd set) 18:03-18:39
16:51-20:12 "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 00:00-03:21
20:13-20:18 "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 03:59-04:04
20:19-23:23 "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 04:15-07:20
  • Miles Davis: electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Gary Bartz: soprano saxophone, flute
  • John McLaughlin: electric guitar
  • Keith Jarrett: electric piano, organ
  • Michael Henderson: electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion

Side Four (26:29)
1. "Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts" (26:29)
(Recorded December 19, 1970 at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC)

Timing Source
00:00-16:34 "Funky Tonk" (3rd set) 07:21-23:55
16:35-16:47 "Sanctuary" (3rd set) 01:50-02:02
16:47-23:08 "It's About That Time" (3rd set) 00:00-06:21
23:09-26:08 "It's About That Time" 0:00-2:59*

Narration by Conrad Roberts first 0:43

26:08-26:28 "Sanctuary" 0:00-0:20*
(*) The final two sections are not from The Cellar Door.
  • Miles Davis: electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Gary Bartz: soprano saxophone, flute
  • John McLaughlin: electric guitar
  • Keith Jarrett: electric piano, organ
  • Michael Henderson: electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion
  • Conrad Roberts: vocal narration, poem

Note: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 box set uses the titles "Improvisation #4" (for Keith Jarrett's keyboard intro) and "Inamorata" instead of "Funky Tonk". In the Source column of the tables above, the title "Funky Tonk" is used.

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