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The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968

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Released
  
24 March 1998

Artist
  
Miles Davis

Label
  
Columbia/Legacy

Length
  
7:19:07

Release date
  
24 March 1998

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Post-bop

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Recorded
  
20 January 1965 – 21 June 1968

Similar
  
Miles Davis albums, Jazz fusion albums

The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 is a box set of six CDs covering the work of Miles Davis and his critically acclaimed second great quintet which featured Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.

Contents

The box set includes all songs from, as well as some rehearsal and alternative takes, the albums E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky and the quintet tracks from Filles de Kilimanjaro and Water Babies. The track list is sequenced in chronological order with the alternative takes preceding the final album version. A few of the tracks were previously unissued.

Track listing

Original CD release Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 , 1998 (Columbia)

Disc 1

  1. "E.S.P." (Wayne Shorter) - 5:27 1
  2. "R.J." (Ron Carter) - 3:56 1
  3. "Eighty-One" (Carter, Miles Davis) 1
  4. "Little One" (Herbie Hancock) - 7:21 1
  5. "Iris" (Shorter) - 8:29 1
  6. "Agitation" (Davis) - 7:46 1
  7. "Mood" (Carter, Davis) 8:50 1
  8. "Circle" (Davis) - 5:52 2
  9. "Orbits" (Shorter) - 4:35 2
  10. "Dolores" (Shorter) - 6:20 2
  11. "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Eddie Harris) - 7:11 2

Disc 2

  1. "Gingerbread Boy" (Jimmy Heath) - 7:40 2
  2. "Footprints" (Shorter) - 9:44 2
  3. "Limbo (Alternate Take)" (Shorter) - 5:31 9
  4. "Limbo" (Shorter) - 7:13 3
  5. "Vonetta" (Shorter) - 5:36 3
  6. "Masqualero (Alternate Take)" (Shorter) - 7:30 *
  7. "Masqualero" (Shorter) - 8:53 3
  8. "The Sorcerer" (Hancock) - 5:10 3
  9. "Prince of Darkness" (Shorter) - 6:27 3
  10. "Pee Wee" (Tony Williams) - 4:49 3
  11. "Water Babies" (Shorter) - 5:06 7

Disc 3

  1. "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 7:52 4
  2. "Capricorn" (Shorter) - 8:27 7
  3. "Madness (Rehearsal Take)" (Hancock) - 1:54 *
  4. "Hand Jive (First Alternate Take)" (Williams) - 6:45 *
  5. "Hand Jive (Second Alternate Take)" (Williams) - 8:00 *
  6. "Hand Jive" (Williams) - 8:54 4
  7. "Madness (Alternate Take)" (Hancock) - 6:40 *
  8. "Madness" (Hancock) - 7:31 4
  9. "Sweet Pea" (Shorter) - 7:59 7
  10. "Fall" (Shorter) - 6:39 4
  11. "Pinocchio (Alternate Take)" (Shorter) - 5:05 *

Disc 4

  1. "Pinocchio" (Shorter) - 5:08 4
  2. "Riot" (Hancock) - 3:04 4
  3. "Thisness" (Davis) - 5:49 *
  4. "Circle in the Round" (Davis) - 33:32 **
  5. "Water on the Pond" (Davis) - 7:00 9
  6. "Fun" (Davis) - 4:09 9
  7. "Teo's Bag (Alternate Take)" (Davis) - 5:56 *
  8. "Teo's Bag" (Davis) - 5:57 8

Disc 5

  1. "Paraphernalia" (Shorter) - 12:36 5
  2. "I Have a Dream (Rehearsal Take)" (Hancock) - 6:43 *
  3. "Speak Like a Child (Rehearsal Take)" (Hancock) - 2:25 *
  4. "Sanctuary" (Shorter) - 8:50 8
  5. "Side Car I" (Davis) - 5:00 8
  6. "Side Car II" (Davis) - 3:34 8
  7. "Country Son" (Davis) - 13:49 5
  8. "Country Son (Alternate Take)" (Davis) - 14:38 *
  9. "Black Comedy (Alternate Take)" (Williams) - 6:23 *

Disc 6

  1. "Black Comedy" (Williams) - 7:25 5
  2. "Stuff" (Davis) - 16:58 5
  3. "Petits Machins" (Gil Evans, Davis) - 8:04 6
  4. "Tout de Suite (Alternate Take)" (Davis) - 14:36 *
  5. "Tout de Suite" (Davis) - 14:07 6
  6. "Filles de Kilimanjaro" (Davis) - 12:01 6


1 from E.S.P. (1965)
2 from Miles Smiles (1967)
3 from Sorcerer (1967)
4 from Nefertiti (1968)
5 from Miles in the Sky (1968)
6 from Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969)
7 from Water Babies (1976)
8 from Circle in the Round (1979)
9 from Directions (1981)

* previously unreleased

** previously unreleased in full; edited version on Circle in the Round

The Miles Davis Quintet

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, chimes on "Circle in the Round" and "Water on the Pond"
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano; celeste on "Circle in the Round"; Wurlitzer electric piano on "Water on the Pond"; electric harpsichord on "Water on the Pond" and "Fun"; Fender Rhodes electric piano on "Stuff", "Petits Machins", "Tout de Suite" (both takes) and "Filles de Kilimanjaro"
  • Ron Carter – double bass except on "Limbo (Alternate Take)"; electric bass on "Stuff", "Petits Machins", "Tout de Suite" (both takes) and "Filles de Kilimanjaro"
  • Tony Williams – drums

    • Additional musicians

  • Buster Williams – double bass on "Limbo (alternate take)"
  • Joe Beck – guitar on "Circle in the Round", "Water on the Pond"
  • Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar on "Fun"
  • George Benson – guitar on "Paraphernalia", "I Have a Dream (rehearsal)", "Sanctuary", "Side Car II"

    • Songs

    1ESP5:29
    2RJ3:56
    3Eighty-One6:13

    References

    The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 Wikipedia
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