The Blue Danube Jazz Summit 1985 was a one time only event held in Hollabrunn not far from Vienna, Austria on July 5th to July 7th.
Line-up:
July 5th:
Miles Davis Group
Modern Jazz Quartet
Astrud Gilberto Group
Shankar – Jan Garbarek Group
Jamalaadeen Tacuma Band
Mingus Dynasty
Charlie Mariano – Jasper van’t Hof Group
Albert Mair Group
July 6th:
James Brown Revue
Woody Herman All Stars
Airto Moreira & Flora Purim Group
Astor Piazzolla Sextet
Cedar Walton Quartet
Jackie McLean Sextet
Tommy Flanagan Trio (with bassist George Mraz & drummer Art Taylor)
Leon Thomas – Jimmy Witherspoon Band with Arnett Cobb
Pharoah Sanders Quartet (with pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Clinton Houston and drummer Victor Lewis)
Rory Gallagher
Lou Donaldson Quartet
Benny Wallace Trio
Steve Lacy
Wide Fields
July 7th:
Fats Domino Rhythm & Blues Explosion
Joe Zawinul
Working Week
Stéphane Grappelli Trio
George Wein’s Newport All Stars (Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, Johnny Griffin, Nathan Davis, Slide Hampton, Kenny Drew, Jimmy Woode)
Paris Reunion (Woody Shaw - tpt, Dizzy Reece - tpt, Slide Hampton - tbn, Johnny Griffin - tenor sax, Nathan Davis - saxes & flute, Kenny Drew - pno, Jimmy Woode - bass, Billy Brooks - drums)
Gilberto Gil Brazilian Band
Lounge Lizards
Bob Moses Group
Joanne Brackeen – Clint Houston Duo
Big Band Machine
Miles Davis Setlist:
- Robot
- Maze
- Human Nature (Michael Jackson cover)
- Something's on Your Mind
- Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper cover)
- Ms. Morrisine
- Code M.D.
- Pacific Express
- Katia
- Hopscotch
Band lineup: Miles Davis (tp, keyb); Bob Berg (ts, ss); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth); Darryl Jones (elb); Vincent Wilburn Jr. (dr); Steve Thornton (perc).