Album Review: Miles in France 1963 & 1964: Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 by Miles Davis

At the time of this set's performances, Miles Davis was one of the most pivotal figures in jazz music, and he had long seen France as being important to his career. From a 1949 festival appearance while in his early 20s, the trumpeter/bandleader/composer went on to play more often in France than in any other country outside of the U.S. With a Miles Davis Quintet that formed for the recording of Davis' 1963 album Seven Steps to Heaven, the French audiences for his 1963-64 shows saw a group that would remain intact (with Wayne Shorter taking over on saxophone in 1964) for the next few years.

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