By 1965 Miles Davis had gone through a handful of stages, from the Birth of the Cool nonet's multihued orchestrations to the development of a hard-bop sound keeled on Davis's midregister wooziness and the band's driving backbone in the "first" great quintet (featuring John Coltrane), to the modal freedom of Kind of Blue. So when the solidly established Davis convened a new quintet, known as his "second" great one, and hired youngsters Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, it seemed a skewed move. These six CDs show just how creatively and intelligently skewed the move really was. The material here, which has also been reissued on expanded single CDs of the main full-length original LPs (E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky), is immediately and unceasingly startling. Davis & Co. were quickly discarding their live performance practice of playing loads of standards and were further discarding traditional melodic structures for more rigorous harmonic exercises. Shorter in particular, at times the most prolific composer in the band, was advancing his tunes and his solos in equal proportion. The tunes are increasingly sharp-edged and, with Williams driving the band with a categorical balance of abandon and control, loopily energized. Miles blows with tighter and tighter control of his tone even while the band seems to be finding all kinds of expressive freedoms that easily elongate into lengthier studies. Toward the end of this box, you'll hear the seeds of the Miles that went on to unloose Bitches Brew. Even though the roots of the aggressively electric Miles are in these sessions, there are uncategorizable points of beauty strewn all over the tunes. --Andrew Bartlett
The complete Columbia Studio recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet.
Recorded at the Columbia Studio B, NYC, the 30th Street Studio, NYC, and the Columbia Studios LA between January 20, 1965 and June 21, 1968.
On track 5-2 'I Have A Dream (Rehearsal Take)' either George Benson or Joe Beck is added on guitar. The Quintet never completed a take of either of these Hancock compositions (5-1, 5-2) and never returned to them.
Bass - Buster Williams (tracks: 2-3) , Ron Carter (tracks: 1-1 to 2-2, 2-4 to 6-6)
Bass Guitar - Ron Carter (tracks: 6-2 to 6-6)
Celesta - Herbie Hancock (tracks: 4-4)
Chimes - Miles Davis (tracks: 4-4, 4-5)
Drums - Tony Williams*
Electric Piano - Herbie Hancock
Guitar - Bucky Pizzarelli (tracks: 4-6) , George Benson (tracks: 5-1, 5-4, 5-6) , Joe Beck (tracks: 4-4, 4-5)
Harpsichord - Herbie Hancock (tracks: 4-5, 4-6)
Piano - Herbie Hancock
Saxophone [Tenor] - Wayne Shorter
Trumpet - Miles Davis
Tracklist
Disc 1
1-1 E.S.P. 5:27
1-2 R.J. 3:56
1-3 Eighty-One 6:11
1-4 Little One 7:21
1-5 Iris 8:29
1-6 Agitation 7:46
1-7 Mood 8:50
1-8 Circle 5:52
1-9 Orbits 4:35
1-10 Dolores 6:20
1-11 Freedom Jazz Dance 7:11
Disc 2
2-1 Gingerbread Boy 7:40
2-2 Footprints 9:44
2-3 Limbo (Alternate Take) 5:31
2-4 Limbo 7:13
2-5 Vonetta 5:36
2-6 Masqualero (Alternate Take) 7:30
2-7 Masqualero 8:53
2-8 The Sorcerer 5:10
2-9 Prince Of Darkness 6:27
2-10 Pee Wee 4:49
2-11 Water Babies 5:06
Disc 3
3-1 Nefertiti 7:52
3-2 Capricorn 8:27
3-3 Madness (Rehearsal Take) 1:54
3-4 Hand Jive (First Alternate Take) 6:45
3-5 Hand Jive (Second Alternate Take) 8:00
3-6 Hand Jive 8:54
3-7 Madness (Alternate Take) 6:40
3-8 Madness 7:31
3-9 Sweet Pea 7:59
3-10 Fall 6:39
3-11 Pinocchio (Alternate Take) 5:05
Disc 4
4-1 Pinocchio 5:08
4-2 Riot 3:04
4-3 Thisness 5:49
4-4 Circle In The Round 33:32
4-5 Water On The Pond 7:00
4-6 Fun 4:09
4-7 Teo's Bag (Alternate Take) 5:56
4-8 Teo's Bag 5:57
Disc 5
5-1 Paraphernalia 12:36
5-2 I Have A Dream (Rehearsal Take) 6:43
5-3 Speak Like A Child (Rehearsal Take) 2:25
5-4 Sanctuary 8:50
5-5 Side Car I 5:00
5-6 Side Car II 3:34
5-7 Country Son 13:49
5-8 Country Son (Alternate Take) 14:38
5-9 Black Comedy (Alternate Take) 6:23
Disc 6
6-1 Black Comedy 7:25
6-2 Stuff 16:58
6-3 Petits Machins 8:04
6-4 Tout De Suite (Alternate Take) 14:36
6-5 Tout De Suite 14:07
6-6 Filles De Kilimanjaro 12:01
From the albums:
E.S.P. originally released 1965, complete album (1-1 to 1-7)
Miles Smiles originally released 1967, complete album (1-8 to 1-11, 2-1, 2-2)
Sorcerer originally released 1967, complete album (2-4, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-10)
Nefertiti originally released 1968, complete album (3-1, 3-6, 3-8, 3-10, 4-1, 4-2)
Miles In The Sky originally released 1968, complete album (5-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2)
Filles De Kilimanjaro originally released 1969, complete album (6-3, 6-5, 6-6)
Water Babies originally released 1976, Compilation (2-11, 3-2, 3-9)
Circle In The Round originally released 1979, Compilation (5-4 to 5-6)
Directions originally released 1981, Compilation (2-3, 4-5, 4-6)
The Columbia Years originally released 1988, Compilation (3-11)
Previously unissued: 2-6, 3-3 to 3-5, 3-7, 4-3, 4-7, 5-2, 5-3, 5-8, 5-9, 6-4
Previously unissued in full: 4-4
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