MILES DAVIS QUINTET - Miles Smiles

Miles Smiles captures Miles Davis's second great quintet in the studio in 1966. Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams create an exceptionally open musical conversation around six compositions.

The second quintet

Shorter's Footprints shows the group's rhythmic interplay. Eddie Harris's Freedom Jazz Dance and Jimmy Heath's Ginger Bread Boy are transformed through collective improvisation. This Speakers Corner edition preserves the original Columbia LP programme.

Tracklist — side A

1. Orbits
2. Circle
3. Footprints

Tracklist — side B

1. Dolores
2. Freedom Jazz Dance
3. Ginger Bread Boy

Musicians and recording

Miles Davis — trumpet; Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock — piano; Ron Carter — double bass; Tony Williams — drums. Recorded in October 1966 at Columbia Recording Studios, New York; engineer Frank Laico, producer Teo Macero.

JBC vinyl edition

Speakers Corner reissue of Columbia CS 9401: 180 g, 33 rpm LP with standard sleeve. All-analogue mastering as specified by the label. Released 11 March 2008; barcode 4260019713292. JBC offers the physical LP only, SKU SPC9401.