What this disc represents is an abridged version of 1998's mammoth box set for listeners who feel they don't need six whole discs of the classic Quintet--and in many ways they may be right: Miles after all was always an experimenter, looking for new ways to test the membrane of jazz before it finally burst, and even his classic works had their flaws. Keeping that in mind, this disc might not be a bad place for a neophyte Miles fan to start. There's no debating this was one of the stellar lineups in all of jazz: Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and of course Miles himself. All the signature tracks from that period are here, but what's surprising is how few of them Miles himself wrote. The complicated "E.S.P.", the track that basically ushered in this era (and not surprisingly the first song on this compilation), was written by Wayne Shorter, at that time a young prodigy (as were virtually all the members of the band). Ditto for the innovative "Nefertiti" and the dramatic "Masqualero." Meanwhile, such tracks as Tony Williams's "Hand Jive" and Hancock's "Riot" pointed the way to the Zen-like octagonal composition that they'd both become famous for in later years. This disc gives a good glimpse of the years when those ideas were forming. To those who followed, the Miles Davis Quintet led the way. --Joe S. Harrington
The Best of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968,Miles Davis,Sony,Hard Bop,Jazz,Jazz Music,Modal Music,Modern Creative,Pop
Jazz Music:
- The Right Track
- Time After Time [Import]
- Time Will Tell
- Winard
- Yasmina a Black Woman [Import]
- You and the Night and the Music [Import]
- You Were Meant For Me
- Young Men and Olds
- 1935-1938
- 1946-1950
Jazz Music
Greatest Hits 1970-2002 [Limited Edition] [Import]
Music: Singles A's & B's [Import]
Mephisto: Subterranean Sound of San Francisco [Import]
I Love Music 1990-1994: U Can't Touch This [Import]