Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

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Recorded in Paris, December 4, 1957. Original edition of the 10-inch LP: Fontana 660.213 MR.In 1957, Miles Davis was in Paris for an engagement at the Club Saint-Germain and a wonderful concert at the Olympia. Once in Paris, Miles came into contact with many members of the modern existentialist cultural scene of the Saint-Germain-des-Près district. Among them, director Louis Malle, who had just finished his first film: "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud". Jean-Paul Rappeneau, a jazz fan and assistant to Louis Malle at the time, suggested asking Miles Davis to create the film's soundtrack. A private session was organized.