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Miles Smiles is an album by the jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released on February 16, 1967 [ 1 ] through Columbia Records . It was recorded by Davis and his second quintet at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City on October 24 and October 25, 1966. [ 4 ]
On Miles Smiles, the band playfully explores the correlation between African-based 12 8 (or 6 8) and 4 4. Drummer Tony Williams freely moves from swing, to the three-over-two cross rhythm—and to its 4 4 correlative. [5] The ground of four main beats is maintained throughout the piece. The bass switches to 4 4 at 2:20. Ron Carter’s 4
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.
Collectors' Items is a 1956 studio album by Miles Davis.There are two sessions collected on the album with largely different musicians. The first 1953 session is "Compulsion", "The Serpent's Tooth" (two takes) and "'Round About Midnight". [5]
Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 is a 3-CD box set by the Miles Davis Quintet compiling studio recordings by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis recorded between 1966 and 1968. [8] The album contains remastered versions, alternate takes, and conversations among the musicians.
Sorcerer is an album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis.It is the third of six albums that his 1960s quintet recorded. It also includes one track from a 1962 session with vocalist Bob Dorough, which was the first time Wayne Shorter recorded with Davis.
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle is a 1982 documentary film about a group of Pullman car porters who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - claimed to be the first African American trade union. The film examines issues of work, race and dignity.
Miles! Miles! Miles!: Live in Japan '81 is an album by Miles Davis, released exclusively in Japan in 1993.It contains recordings from the October 4, 1981 concert in Tokyo, some of which had appeared on We Want Miles, including the original version of the track "Jean-Pierre", elsewhere edited by producer Teo Macero to remove the first twenty-five seconds of introduction, consisting primarily of ...