MILES DAVIS Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud (2024 UK/EU limited
edition 10-track LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl,
originally released in 1958 Miles Davis' creation of the
soundtrack to Louis Malle's film noir Ascenseur pour
l'Échafaud remains oneof his finest albums — and one of the
only jazz soundtracks that was entirely improvised. Decca
France presents this beautiful limited edition reissue of the
original album, starring Miles Davis, Barney Wilen, Rene
Urtreger, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke, recorded in Paris,
Le Poste Parisien, December 4/5 1957. High quality gatefold
picture sleeve with liner notes, factory sealed.
Recommended).
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Miles Davis Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud - 180 Gram - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
Contradictory accounts of Miles Davis' creation of the soundtrack to Louis Malle's film noir Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud have all become part of its legend. Rarely has a soundtrack been so decisive. Nearly seventy years on, beyond the myth, this taut, feverish recording, imbued with extreme dramatic tension, remains one of the Miles' finest records. The basic outline remains: Jean-Paul Rappeneau suggested to Malle asking Miles Davis to create the film's soundtrack who agreed to record the music after attending a private screening. Davis was performing at the Club Saint-Germain in Paris in November 1957 and on December 4, he brought his four sidemen to the recording studio without having had them prepare anything. Davis only gave the musicians a few rudimentary harmonic sequences he had assembled in his hotel room, and, once the plot was explained, the band improvised without any precomposed theme, while edited loops of the musically relevant film sequences were projected in the background. Bassist Pierre Michelot recalled in 1988 that “Miles just asked us to play two chords, D minor and C7, 4 bars of each, ad lib.” Typically, Miles planned very little but know exactly what he wanted. François Leterrier, the film's Second Assistant Director picks up the story: “The session started at around ten o'clock and went on until dawn. The screen in the auditorium was showing the scenes for which Miles had devised some harmonies, and they were edited into a loop. And that's what makes this music unique: it was entirely improvised in conditions that went back to the days of silent films, while watching frames shot in black and white by cinematographer Henri Decaë: tracking shots of Jeanne Moreau wandering down the Champs-Elysées at night, passing in front of lit window displays or going into bars, while looking for her lover/murderer alias Maurice Ronet … This beautiful re-issue of the original recording is pressed on 180g vinyl at GZ, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket with Boris Vian's original liner notes and Jean-Pierre Leloir's iconic studio photo of Miles and Jeanne Moreau, and an essay on the circumstances that led to this out-of-the ordinary music by Franck Bergerot.
Side A
Generique
L’assassinat de Carala
Sur l’autoroute
Julien dans l’ascenseur
Florence sur les Champs-Elysees
Side B
Diner au motel
Evasion de Julien
Visite du vigile
Au bar du petit bac
Chez le photographe du motel
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Wednesday 1st May
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| Year of Release: |
2024 |
| Artist: |
Miles Davis (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 29.99, US$ 37.79
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Decca France |
| Catalogue No: |
45830942 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
09 February 2024
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
MDALPAS829602 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
602458309423 |
| Genres: |
Jazz, Male Solo, Progressive
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| Related Artists: |
Al Foster, Dave Holland, George Coleman, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland, Ron Carter, Sonny Fortune, Teo Macero, The Brass Ensemble |
| Complete Stock List: |
Miles Davis |
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| Alternative Names: |
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