MILES DAVIS QUINTET - Miles Smiles

MILES DAVIS QUINTET - Miles Smiles ( SPC9401 )

Speakers Corner - LP AUDIOPHILE PRESSING 180g

" Miles Smiles Miles Davis (tr); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (dr)

Aside from a recording of a live performance at the Portland Festival, Miles Davis's 1966 discography lists only the recordings made for the LP "Miles Smiles"! How odd, considering Miles and his ensembles' usual extensive output for Columbia Records in the 1960s.
Bassist Ron Carter was best suited to the complex rhythm part and remained Miles' "number one" in a quintet that covered Wayne Shorter compositions and jazz hits such as Eddie Harris's "Freedom Jazz Dance" and Jimmy Heath's "Gingerbread Boy."
Every second of Shorter's nine-minute "Footprints" is an absolute highlight, while young Tony Williams's drumming on "Freedom Jazz Dance" is vibrant, with a tight tempo, and even described as "menacing" in the liner notes. This music is neither "new wave" nor "old guard," but good modern jazz, according to Anthony Tuttle. That's exactly what "Miles Smiles" represented when it was released 40 years ago, and it still does today! And the fact that Miles Davis smiled for once thanks to the splendid musical understanding between the five musicians is certainly not mere hearsay.

This Speakers Corner LP has been remastered using only analog components, from the masters to the cutting head ( https://pure-analogue.com )

Recorded: October 1966 at Columbia Records Studios, New York, by Frank Laico
Production: Teo Macero

• Columbia CS 9401
• Format: 1LP 180g 33 rpm / standard case
• Original label: Columbia
• Barcode: 4260019713292
• Release date: 2008-03-11