Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 is a four-CD live album compiling the four nights of Miles Davis's performances at the Fillmore East in New York City, June 17–20, 1970, with three additional tracks recorded at the Fillmore West two months earlier.[1] The concert series was originally released in part as the double albumMiles Davis at Fillmore (Columbia, 1970) but was given the first complete unedited release on this box set.
Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 received mainly positive reviews on release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 92, based on 11 reviews which is categorised as universal acclaim.[2]
Thom Jurek's review on AllMusic stated: "The charts are loose but focused, and the group's improvisational dynamic is breathtaking, entirely different each night. Davis is exceptionally strong. His playing is inventive, full of questions and muscular statements."[3]PopMatters's Matthew Fiander gave the album 10 out of 10, saying: "It was a time of turmoil, but for Davis's music, turmoil was a state of creation, and these four nights give us four distinct and brilliantly built storms."[4]The Guardian's John Fordham called the band "controversial and brilliant" and the music "a chapter in the story of 20th-century music as a whole, not just the minutiae of jazz".[5]The Observer's Dave Gelly said: "It certainly gets close to chaos at times, but these live shows often did. From that point of view at least, it's truly authentic."[6]
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