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.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-7 taken from E.S.P., originally released 1965
Tracks 1-8 to 1-11, 2-1, 2-2 taken from Miles Smiles, originally released 1967
Tracks 2-4, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-10 taken from Sorcerer, originally released 1967
Tracks 3-1, 3-6, 3-8, 3-10, 4-1, 4-2 taken from Nefertiti, originally released 1968
Tracks 5-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 taken from Miles In The Sky, originally released 1968
Tracks 6-3, 6-5, 6-6 taken fro Filles De Kilimanjaro, originally released 1969
Tracks 2-11, 3-2, 3-9 taken from Water Babies, originally released 1976
Tracks 5-4 to 5-6 taken from Circle In The Round, originally released 1979
Tracks 2-3, 4-5, 4-6 taken from Directions, originally released 1981
Track 3-11 taken from The CBS Years 1955 - 1985, originally released 1988
Tracks 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.
Track 4-4 previously unissued in full.
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 (tracks 5-1, 5-2) and never returned to them.
Mastered by Mark Wilder and Rob Schwartz, Sony Music Studios, New York
Publishing Information
All compositions by Miles Davis under license from Jazz Horn Music administered by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)
All compositions by Wayne Shorter under license from Miyako Music, all rights administered by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI)
All compositions by Herbie Hancock under license from Hancock Music Co. (BMI)
All compositions by Ron Carter under license from Retrac Productions, Inc. (BMI)
All compositions by Tony Williams under license from Tillmon Music Co. (BMI)
"Freedom Jazz Dance" by Eddie Harris under license from Seventh House, Ltd. (BMI)
"Gingerbread Man" by Jimmy Heath under license from MJQ Music, Inc. (BMI)
Excerpts from "Miles: The Autobiography" by Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster.
Copyright © by Miles Davis.
© 1998 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Originally Recorded 1967, 1968 Sony Music Entertainmant Inc., Originally Released 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 Sony Music Entertainmant Inc., ℗ 1976, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1998 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records.
Six discs housed inside a hard back die cut hessian book pack with etched metal spine inside an outer slipcase box.
The 116-page integral booklet contains extensive liner notes, full discography of the time period and photographs.
