The Complete Plugged Nickel Live 1965

The most requested Miles Davis reissue arrives for his centennial in spectacular style. What began as a holiday residency at Chicago’s Plugged Nickel Café became the crucible where the Second Great Quintet forged its identity. Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams delivered a masterclass in risk and invention, dismantling familiar tunes and rebuilding them on the fly. Producer Teo Macero captured every note across seven sets on December 22 and 23, 1965. Portions trickled out in the ’70s and ’80s, but only in the early ’90s did Legacy (CD) and Mosaic (LP) reveal the full scope of seven and half hours of revelatory music—instantly hailed as one of the greatest live jazz recordings ever, earning the Penguin Jazz Guide’s coveted “Crown,” and becoming pricey, secondary-market rarities. Now, 30 years later and six decades after the shows themselves, veteran fans finally get the repress they’ve demanded, and new fans get a chance to own one of the most mythologized live engagements in jazz history. 

VINYL TRACKLIST

LP1 - December 22, 1965 – 1^st Set

Side A

1. If I Were A Bell                            16:42

Side B

1. Stella By Starlight                       13:09
2. Walkin’                                           11:01

LP2 - December 22, 1965 – 1^st Set (cont’d)

Side C 

1. I Fall In Love Too Easily             11:43
2. The Theme                                    10:19

Side D - December 22, 1965 – 2^nd Set

1. My Funny Valentine                  16:33

LP3 - December 22, 1965 – 2^nd Set (cont’d)

Side E 

1. Four                                                 15:05
2. When I Fall In Love                     10:44

Side F

1. Agitation                                       13:13
2. ‘Round Midnight                        8:42

LP4 - December 22, 1965 – 2^nd Set (cont’d)

Side G

1. Milestones                                    14:04                  
2. The Theme                                    0:38

December 22, 1965 – 3^rd Set

3. I Fall In Love Too Easily             11:53

Side H

1. All Of You                                      14:38    
2. Oleo                                                6:05

LP5 December 22, 1965 – 3^rd Set (cont’d)

Side I

1. No Blues                                        17:35

Side J

1. I Thought About You                 11:03
2. The Theme                                    8:05

LP6 - December 23, 1965 – 1^st Set

Side K

1. If I Were A Bell                            13:29
2. Stella By Starlight                       13:09

Side L

1. Walkin’                                           11:01
2. I Fall In Love Too Easily             12:07
3. The Theme                                    2:50

LP7 - December 23, 1965 – 2^nd Set

Side M

1. All Of You                                      10:39
2. Agitation                                       10:48

Side N

1. My Funny Valentine                  13:52
2. On Green Dolphin Street          12:48

LP8 - December 23, 1965 – 2^nd Set (cont’d)

Side O

1. So What                                         13:36
2. The Theme                                    3:28

Side P - December 23, 1965 – 3^rd Set

1. When I Fall In Love                     13:39
2. Milestones                                    11:49

LP9 - December 23, 1965 – 3^rd Set (cont’d)

Side Q

1. Autumn Leaves                            11:56
2. I Fall In Love Too Easily             11:43

Side R

1. No Blues                                        20:06
2. The Theme                                    0:22

LP10 - December 23, 1965 – 4^th Set

Side S

1. Stella By Starlight                       14:16
2. All Blues                                         12:18

Side T

1. Yesterdays                                    15:00
2. The Theme                                    4:51

CD TRACKLIST

CD1 - December 22, 1965 – 1^st Set

1. If I Were A Bell                            16:42
2. Stella By Starlight                       13:09
3. Walkin’                                          11:01
4. I Fall In Love Too Easily             11:43
5. The Theme                                    10:19

CD2 -December 22, 1965 – 2^nd Set

1. My Funny Valentine                  16:33
2. Four                                                 15:05
3. When I Fall In Love                     10:44

CD3 - December 22, 1965 – 2^nd Set (cont’d)

1. Agitation                                       13:03
2. ‘Round Midnight                        8:42
3. Milestones                                    14:04
4. The Theme                                    0:38

CD4 - December 22, 1965 – 3^rd Set

1. All Of You                                      14:38

3. Oleo                                                6:05
4. I Fall In Love Too Easily             11:53
5. No Blues                                        17:35
6. I Thought About You                 11:03
7. The Theme                                    8:05

CD5 - December 23, 1965 – 1^st Set

1. If I Were A Bell                            13:29
2. Stella By Starlight                       13:09
3. Walkin’                                           11:01
4. I Fall In Love Too Easily             12:07
5. The Theme                                    2:50

CD6 - December 23, 1965 – 2^nd Set

1. All Of You                                      10:39
2. Agitation                                       10:48
3. My Funny Valentine                  13:52
4. On Green Dolphin Street          12:48
5. So What                                         13:36
6. The Theme                                    3:28

CD7 - December 23, 1965 – 3^rd Set

1. When I Fall In Love                     13:39
2. Milestones                                   11:49
3. Autumn Leaves                            11:56
4. I Fall In Love Too Easily             11:43
5. No Blues                                        20:06
6. The Theme                                    0:22

CD8 - December 23, 1965 – 4^th Set

1. Stella By Starlight                       14:16
2. All Blues                                         12:18
3. Yesterdays                                    15:00
4. The Theme                                    4:51