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Miles Smiles

Miles Davis · 1967 · Columbia

Personnel

Miles Davis

leader · Trumpet

Wayne Shorter

played Saxophone / Tenor Saxophone on this album

Herbie Hancock

played Piano on this album

Ron Carter

played Double Bass on this album

Tony Williams

played Drums on this album

Williams's drumming became even more liberated here. One of his final peaks with Miles.

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

Herbie Hancock Miles Davis Ron Carter Tony Williams Wayne Shorter

ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター appears on 21 albums here — from E.S.P. 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.

Wayne Shorter

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.

Tony Williams Ron Carter