Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux

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Miles & Quincy:
Live at Montreux
Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux cover.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedAugust 10, 1993
RecordedJuly 8, 1991
Venue Montreux Casino (Montreux)
Genre Jazz
Length56:45
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Quincy Jones
Miles Davis chronology
Miles! Miles! Miles!
(1992)
Miles & Quincy:
Live at Montreux

(1993)
1969 Miles: Festiva de Juan Pins
(1993)
Miles Davis live chronology
Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
(1991)
Live at Montreux
(1991)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction" (by Claude Nobs & Quincy Jones) 1:23
2."Boplicity"Cléo Henry3:40
3."Introduction" (to Miles Ahead Medley) 0:09
4."Springsville" John Carisi 3:34
5."Maids of Cadiz" Gil Evans 3:37
6."The Duke" Dave Brubeck 4:01
7."My Ship" Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weil 4:11
8."Miles Ahead"Miles Davis, Gil Evans3:39
9."Blues For Pablo"Gil Evans6:04
10."Introduction" (to Porgy and Bess Medley) 0:28
11."Gone" Gil Evans 4:09
12."Gone, Gone, Gone"George Gershwin1:48
13."Summertime"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin2:54
14."Here Come De Honey Man"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin3:41
15."The Pan Piper" (from Sketches of Spain )Gil Evans1:40
16."Solea" (from Sketches of Spain)Gil Evans11:44

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
U.S. Top Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [1] 1
U.S. Top R&B Albums (Billboard) [10] 86

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [11] Gold10,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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