Tony Williams

E.S.P.

Miles Davis · 1965

Miles Smiles

Miles Davis · 1967

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

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis · 1982

Life Time

Tony Williams · 1964

E.S.P.

Miles Davis · 1965

Miles Smiles

Miles Davis · 1967

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.

— Statement stmt-ron-carter-on-tony-williams

Empyrean Isles

Herbie Hancock · 1964

Empyrean IslesEmpyrean IslesHerbie Hancock · 1964 (1964) was Herbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック's fourth Blue Note album, made at 25. Its "Cantaloupe Island" later became the basis for US3's sampling hit, spreading the tune well beyond the jazz canon.

— Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook, 2003

Nefertiti

Miles Davis · 1968

On the title track of NefertitiNefertitiMiles Davis · 1968 (1967), the Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス/Wayne ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター front line repeats a single melody while the rhythm section improvises around them — an inverted approach that was avant-garde for its time.

— Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter, Michelle Mercer, 2004

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · 1970

In a Silent Way

Miles Davis · 1969

Miles's 1969–70 studio experiments fused rock's rhythmic sensibility with jazz improvisation. Bitches BrewBitches BrewMiles Davis · 1970 layered McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン, CoreaChick Coreaチック・コリア, HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック, and others in simultaneous collective improvisation.

Empyrean Isles

Herbie Hancock · 1964

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock · 1965

Freddie HubbardFreddie Hubbardフレディ・ハバード was the sole horn on Herbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック's masterpieces Empyrean IslesEmpyrean IslesHerbie Hancock · 1964 (1964) and Maiden VoyageMaiden VoyageHerbie Hancock · 1965 (1965). His piercing tone and lyrical solos became signatures of Hancock's modal work.

— Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook, 2003