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

The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
Box set by
Miles Davis
Released24 March 1998
RecordedJanuary 20, 1965 – June 21, 1968 (1965-01-20 – 1968-06-21)
GenreJazz, post-bop, jazz fusion
Length7:19:07
LabelColumbia/Legacy
The Miles Davis Series chronology
(Box 3)
Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963–1964
(2004) 		The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
(1998) 		(Box 5)
The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
(2001)

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.

The box set includes all songs from the albums E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, the quintet tracks from Sorcerer, Filles de Kilimanjaro, and Water Babies as well as some rehearsal and alternative takes. 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.[1]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."E.S.P."E.S.P.5:27
2."R.J."E.S.P.3:56
3."Eighty-One"E.S.P.6:11
4."Little One"E.S.P.7:21
5."Iris"E.S.P.8:29
6."Agitation"E.S.P.7:46
7."Mood"E.S.P.8:50
8."Circle"Miles Smiles5:52
9."Orbits"Miles Smiles4:35
10."Dolores"Miles Smiles6:20
11."Freedom Jazz Dance"Miles Smiles7:11
Disc two
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Gingerbread Boy"Miles Smiles7:40
2."Footprints"Miles Smiles9:44
3."Limbo (Alternate Take)"Directions5:31
4."Limbo"Sorcerer7:13
5."Vonetta"Sorcerer5:36
6."Masqualero (Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased7:30
7."Masqualero"Sorcerer8:53
8."The Sorcerer"Sorcerer5:10
9."Prince of Darkness"Sorcerer6:27
10."Pee Wee"Sorcerer4:49
11."Water Babies"Water Babies5:06
Disc three
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Nefertiti"Nefertiti7:52
2."Capricorn"Water Babies8:27
3."Madness (Rehearsal Take)"Previously unreleased1:54
4."Hand Jive (First Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased6:45
5."Hand Jive (Second Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased8:00
6."Hand Jive"Nefertiti8:54
7."Madness (Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased6:40
8."Madness"Nefertiti7:31
9."Sweet Pea"Water Babies7:59
10."Fall"Nefertiti6:39
11."Pinocchio (Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased5:05
Disc four
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Pinocchio"Nefertiti5:04
2."Riot"Nefertiti3:04
3."Thisness"Previously unreleased5:49
4."Circle in the Round [2]"Circle in the Round33:32
5."Water on the Pond"Directions7:00
6."Fun"Directions4:09
7."Teo's Bag (Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased5:56
8."Teo's Bag"Circle in the Round5:57
Disc five
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Paraphernalia"Miles in the Sky12:36
2."I Have a Dream (Rehearsal Take)"Previously unreleased6:43
3."Speak Like a Child (Rehearsal Take)"Previously unreleased2:25
4."Sanctuary"Circle in the Round8:50
5."Side Car I"Circle in the Round5:00
6."Side Car II"Circle in the Round3:34
7."Country Son"Miles in the Sky13:49
8."Country Son (Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased14:38
9."Black Comedy (Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased6:23
Disc six
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Black Comedy"Miles in the Sky7:25
2."Stuff"Miles in the Sky16:58
3."Petits Machins"Filles de Kilimanjaro8:04
4."Tout de Suite (Alternate Take)"Previously unreleased14:36
5."Tout de Suite"Filles de Kilimanjaro14:07
6."Filles de Kilimanjaro"Filles de Kilimanjaro12:01

Personnel

The Miles Davis Quintet

Additional musicians

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

References

  1. ^ Detailed track information in Discogs.com
  2. ^ Although track 4 appears edited on Circle in the Round, this is its first unedited release.