E.S.P.

The Second Great Quintet of 1964–68. Each member had independent careers, but together they fundamentally reinvented how jazz treated time.

E.S.P.E.S.P.Miles Davis · 1965 (1965) was the first studio album by Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's Second Great Quintet. Wayne ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター emerged as music director, presenting a new compositional vocabulary on "Iris," "ESP," and others.

ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター appears on 21 albums here — from E.S.P.E.S.P.Miles Davis · 1965 through NefertitiNefertitiMiles Davis · 1968 to In a Silent WayIn a Silent WayMiles Davis · 1969, supporting Miles's musical evolution with his saxophone and pen.

Ron Carter — now the most-recorded bassist in jazz — was an Eastman student with a 1950 Ford. After a Rochester gig, Miles Davis, Red Garland and Paul Chambers had no ride to the station, so he packed them into the car and drove them there. The future master was just the kid with wheels.

In 1963, Miles Davis hired 17-year-old Tony Williams as the drummer for his new quintet. Bassist Ron Carter later recalled that Williams opened up a rhythmic vocabulary on drums that nobody had thought possible.