Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
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
Miles Davis live chronology

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.

[All_About_Jazz-1] Patterson, Ian (28 October 2021). "Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live At Vienne". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[Pitchfork-2] Yoo, Noah. "One of Miles Davis' Final Live Performances Is Being Released for the First Time". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[Rhino-3] "Album of the Day: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne!". Rhino. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[Jazz_à_Vienne_program-4] "Programmation Jazz à Vienne de 1980 à 2019" (PDF). Jazz à Vienne. p. 22. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[AllMusic-5] Jurek, Thom. "Merci Miles! [Live at Vienne]". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[JazzTimes-6] Moon, Tom. "Miles Davis: Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (Rhino)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[liner_notes-7] Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (Media notes). Warner Records/Rhino. 603497844616/R2 653962.

[Ultratop_Wallonia-8] "Ultratop.be – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[French_Albums-9] "Lescharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[German_Albums-10] "Offiziellecharts.de – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[Portuguese_Albums-11] "Portuguesecharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[Swiss_Hitparade-12] "Swisscharts.com – Miles Davis – Merci Miles! Live at Vienne". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

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Merci Miles! Live at Vienne

Recording

Critical reception

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

References

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