Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

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Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

Live album by

Miles Davis

Released

June 25, 2021

Recorded

July 1, 1991

Venue

Jazz à Vienne, Vienne, France

Genre

Jazz

Length

80:21

Label

Rhino
Warner

Producer

Ashley Kahn
Florence Joelle Halfon
Vince Wilburn, Jr.

Miles Davis chronology

Rubberband
(2019)

Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
(2021)

Turnaround
(2023)

Miles Davis live chronology

Miles in Paris
(1989)

Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
(1991)

Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
(1991)

Merci Miles! Live at Vienne is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on Rhino and Warner Records in 2021. It was recorded in 1991 at the Jazz à Vienne festival.^[1]

The album was released as part of Rhino's celebration of Black Music Month.^[2]^[3]

Recording

The album was recorded at the Théâtre antique de Vienne on July 1, 1991, the opening night of the Jazz à Vienne festival.^[4] The set included interpretations of songs by pop musicians Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and Prince. Davis died less than three months later, making this one of his final live performances.^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
All About Jazz	^[1]

Reviews for the album have been largely positive. Writing for AllMusic, Thom Jurek noted "While none of this music is revelatory, it is intuitive and energetic," and described Davis's playing as "surprisingly muscular" despite the proximity to his death.^[5] Tom Moon considered it a quality late-era performance in Davis's career, writing "Where some late Davis performances tended to wander, this one is all show-biz discipline" in his JazzTimes review.^[6] In All About Jazz, Ian Patterson noted problems with the sound quality and mixing, but compared Davis's "brooding, melancholy and quite gorgeous" phrasing positively to his performance on Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.^[1]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hannibal"	Marcus Miller	15:58
2.	"Human Nature"	Steve Porcaro John Bettis	18:10
3.	"Time After Time"	Cyndi Lauper Rob Hyman	10:16
4.	"Penetration"	Prince	9:10

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wrinkle"	Miles Davis Zane Giles Randy Hall Wayne Linsey	8:35
2.	"Amandla"	Marcus Miller	6:08
3.	"Jailbait"	Prince	5:55
4.	"Finale (Band Only)"	Ricky Wellman	6:09

Personnel

Credits taken from the album's liner notes.^[7]

Miles Davis – trumpet
Kenny Garrett – saxophone
Deron Johnson – keyboard
Foley – lead bass
Richard Patterson – bass
Ricky Wellman – drums

Charts

Chart performance for *Merci Miles! Live at Vienne*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[8]	131
French Albums (SNEP)^[9]	99
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10]	72
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[11]	34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[12]	25

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Patterson, Ian (28 October 2021). "Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live At Vienne". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ Yoo, Noah. "One of Miles Davis' Final Live Performances Is Being Released for the First Time". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Album of the Day: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne!". Rhino. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Programmation Jazz à Vienne de 1980 à 2019" (PDF). Jazz à Vienne. p. 22. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jurek, Thom. "Merci Miles! [Live at Vienne]". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ Moon, Tom. "Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (Rhino)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (Media notes). Warner Records/Rhino. 603497844616/R2 653962.
^ "Ultratop.be – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Lescharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

Miles Davis

Discography

Studio albums

Prestige era	The New Sounds Young Man with a Horn Blue Period The Compositions of Al Cohn Miles Davis, Volume 2 Miles Davis, Volume 3 Miles Davis Quartet Miles Davis All Star Sextet Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1 Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2 The Musings of Miles Blue Moods Dig Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Quintet/Sextet Collectors' Items Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Bags' Groove Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Columbia era	'Round About Midnight Miles Ahead Milestones Porgy and Bess Kind of Blue Jazz Track Sketches of Spain Someday My Prince Will Come Seven Steps to Heaven Quiet Nights E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Live-Evil On the Corner The Man with the Horn Star People Decoy You're Under Arrest Aura
Warner Bros. era	Tutu Amandla Doo-Bop Rubberband
Soundtracks	Ascenseur pour l'échafaud Jack Johnson Music from Siesta The Hot Spot Dingo

Live
recordings

Compilations

Box sets

Remix albums

Compositions

Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (father)
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles: The Autobiography
Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection
That's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987
Live in Munich (1988)
Miles from India
A Different Kind of Blue (2004 documentary)
Miles Ahead (2015 movie)

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