Jimmy Forrest, Miles Davis – Live At The Barrel (NM/VG+) – LP, JP 1983, No OBI

Live At The Barrel is an LP by Miles Davis, Jimmy Forrest from 1983 released on the Prestige label.

About this album

Live At The Barrel is a vivid hard-bop document that finds Jimmy Forrest and Miles Davis in commanding live form. Issued in 1983 from an earlier club performance, the album captures the two horn voices in a loose but focused setting, where familiar bop vehicles such as “Ray’s Idea” and “A Night In Tunisia” provide the springboard for extended, conversational improvising. With its mono live sound and straightforward rhythm-section drive, the record preserves the feel of a working band night, highlighting Forrest’s muscular tenor tone alongside Davis’s cool, incisive phrasing. It stands as a valuable snapshot of post-bop jazz in motion.

Genre: Jazz