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Of all the recording sessions completed by Miles Davis with his various bands, the sessions surrounding In a Silent Way Sessions in 1968 and 1969 are easily the most mysterious and enigmatic. For starters, they signified the completion of his transformation from acoustic to electric sound, and secondly, they marked the complete dissolution of the "second" quintet of Davis, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, and Ron Carter that had begun on Filles de Kilimanjaro. The addition of Chick Corea as a second keyboard player and the replacement of Ron Carter with Dave Holland had changed the sound of the band's dynamic, textural, and rhythmic palettes. The final break with Davis' own previous musical sound happened when he added guitarist John McLaughlin and keyboardist/composer Joe Zawinul (for a temporary three-keyboard sound). The music on the In a Silent Way Sessions comes packaged three ways, all of it chronologically ordered: there is the material used to finish Filles de Kilimanjaro ("Mademoiselle Maby" and "Freon Brun"); material that has been, up until now, unissued in any form; session outtakes that appeared, in edited form, on Circle in the Round, Water Babies, and Directions; unissued and rejected takes; and finally, the music recorded for In a Silent Way itself as it was rehearsed, played, and finally, heavily edited into the released album, which also appears here.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Mademoiselle Mabry 16:37
2 Frelon Brown 5:40
3 Two Faced 18:03
4 Dual Mr. Anthony Tillman Williams Process 13:23
5 Splash 10:08
6 Splashdown 8:03
Disc 2
1 Ascent 14:54
2 Directions I 6:50
3 Directions II 4:53
4 SHHH/Peaceful 19:17
5 In a Silent Way Rehearsal 5:26
6 In a Silent Way 4:18
7 It's About That Time 11:27
Disc 3
1 The Ghetto Walk 26:49
2 Early Minor 6:58
3 SHH/Peaceful [LP Version] LP Version 18:18
4 In a Silent Way/It's About That Time [LP Version: In a Silent Way/It's About That Time/In a Silent Way] 19:52
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