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An electrifying experience as Davis moves away from his traditional quintet sound toward a more jazz/rock feel later to be known as fusion. Illuminated by Herbie Hancock's Fender Rhodes, along with a... more

The last performance of the lost quintet. The 'third great quintet' by itself was never documented in the recording studio. Their European tour of 1969, represented on this new CD, is one of only two... more

"We were as intense as any rock band, and just as loud." That's how saxophonist Gary Bartz remembers this septet, which toured Europe in the fall of '71 but never visited the studio. Recorded during... more

This inventive post-bop treasure finds Miles totally reenergized by the young talent of his second quintet. His first album of new material in six years is a brilliantly excecuted exercise in tension... more

Seven Steps to Heaven is the product of two separate sessions recorded during Miles' search for a new sound in early 1963. Victor Feldman, a young Herbie Hancock and an even younger Tony Williams... more

In a live set bristling with energy, Miles keeps an exhilarating pace playing essentially the same repertoire of bebop tunes and standards that earlier quintets had played—but with increasing... more

The fourth studio album by the second great Miles Davis quintet (and the second recorded in 1967), Nefertiti marked yet another metamorphosis in Miles' career. Includes Fall; Hand Jive; Madness;... more