A recent Facebook exchange with drummers Brooke Sofferman and Eric McKinley Thompson regarding the recent release of certain Miles Davis recordings from his performances in France 1963-64 prompted me to revisit another track that caught my attention some time ago.
I look forward to checking out these new discoveries, however it seems some of them might have appeared on an earlier collection that Columbia re-released around 2007-2008 as well.
I remember this as I was studying with Terry Clarke in Toronto at the time and he played me this particularly interesting and previously unreleased version of Bye Bye (the theme) recorded in Antibes circa. 1963 (originally part of the concert released as Miles in Europe).
Check out this extended version of their set closer which features a brilliant solo from Tony Williams, including moments of him improvising over Ron Carter's walking bass line:
I thought that was pretty hip when I first heard it and it still blows my mind today!
Anyways, here's a few more great Tony Williams solos for some inspiration:
Hey does anyone know how I can watch this documentary Tony Williams in Africa (1973) ???
I saw a special screening of this documentary in Brooklyn a year or two ago at Millenium Film Workshop. Really amazing footage of Tony playing duo with master African drummers. I'm not sure when it will be publicly available but I remember them mentioning that it was released from the Yale film archives a few years ago.
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