This incomplete broadcast recording from VARA has been rebroadcast several times.
It would be nice to find a complete version including "Agitation" and the beginning
of "Footprints" prior to Shorter's solo, along with whatever else might be missing.
The Quintet played several venues in Europe in late October-early November 1967
as part of the "Newport Jazz Festival in Europe" produced by George Wein. According
to Billboard magazine, groups from the tour were booked in the following
cities, although each booking involved a subset of the groups involved: Baden (Germany),
Barcelona (Spain), Belfast (Ireland), Berlin (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dublin
(Ireland), Epernay (France), Helsinki (Finland), Karlsruhe (Germany), Lecco (Italy),
London (England), Lugano (Switzerland), Lyons (France), Mainz (Germany), Paris (France),
Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden). The Quintet, usually paired with
the Archie Shepp Quintet, was booked in ten cities:
October 28: Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
October 29: Hammersmith Odeon, London
October 30: De Doelen, Rotterdam
October 31: Konserthuset, Stockholm
November 1: Kulttuuritalolla, Helsinki
November 2: Tivoli Konsertsal, Copenhagen
November 4: Philharmonie, Berlin
November 5: Teatro Europa, Lecco
November 6: Salle Pleyel, Paris
November 7: Stadthalle, Karlsruhe
Also on the tour were the Thelonious Monk Octet, the Gary Burton Quartet with Larry
Coryell, Sarah Vaughan and the Bob James Trio, and many others. Davis apparently
left the tour early after a dispute with producer George Wein. The rest of the Quintet
performed the final concert or two of the tour as "The Wayne Shorter Quartet."
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