DESCRIPTION Miles Davis Quintet - The Complete Studio Recordings 1965-1968  is a 6 CD set originally released by Columbia Records in 1998. It compiles the complete studio recordings of Miles Davis’ legendary “Second Great Quintet,” which featured: Miles Davis on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor-saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums.

This quintet is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential jazz groups in history, pushing the boundaries of post-bop into free, more experimental territory. The box set gathers all the studio sessions from 1965 to 1968 that produced the albums: E.S.P. (1965), Miles Smiles (1967), Sorcerer (1967), Nefertiti (1968), Miles in the Sky (1968), and Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968). It includes both the originally released takes and several alternate versions and unreleased material.

These recordings document the transition from Miles’ structured post-bop sound toward the freer, more open-ended playing that paved the way for his electric period. CD1
E.S.P.
R.J.
Eighty-One
Little One
Iris
Agitation
Mood
Circle
Orbits
Dolores
Freedom Jazz Dance
CD2
Gingerbread Boy
Footprints
Limbo (Alternate Take)
Limbo
Vonetta
Masqualero (Alternate Take)
Masqualero
The Sorcerer
Prince of Darkness
Pee Wee
Water Babies
CD3
Nefertiti
Capricorn
Madness (Rehearsal Take)
Hand Jive (First Alternate Take)
Hand Jive (Second Alternate Take)
Hand Jive
Madness (Alternate Take)
Madness
Sweet Pea
Fall
Pinocchio (Alternate Take)
CD4
Pinocchio
Riot
Thisness
Circle in the Round[2]
Water on the Pond
Fun
Teo's Bag (Alternate Take)
Teo's Bag
CD5
Paraphernalia
I Have a Dream (Rehearsal Take)
Speak Like a Child (Rehearsal Take)
Sanctuary
Side Car I
Side Car II
Country Son
Country Son (Alternate Take)
Black Comedy (Alternate Take)
CD6
Black Comedy
Stuff
Petits Machins
Tout de Suite (Alternate Take)
Tout de Suite
Filles de Kilimanjaro

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