There was a post a while back with all the must haves from Miles but I can't seem to find it in archives. I have Bitches Brew, Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, In a Silent Way, Birth of Cool and Jack Johnson. What else do I need to own?
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3. "2nd Great Quintet Records 65-68" In response to Reply # 0
Definitely check all the records with the 2nd Great Quintet (Shorter, Hancock, Carter, Williams) -E.S.P. -Sorcerer -Miles Smiles -Nefertiti -Filles De Killimanjaro
I would also check out the live set, My Funny Valentine, which features the quintet, minus Wayne Shorter (George Coleman was on Tenor duties before Shorter replaced him). Killer set!
If you dug Sketches of Spain, check his other Gil Evans collabs from that period: Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess
For the 1st Great Quintet (Coltrane, Philly Joe, Red Garland, Paul Chambers), check out 'Round About Midnight and Milestones(+Cannonball)
11. "for this quintet (best working jazz quintet of all times?)..." In response to Reply # 3
you also gotta get the Bootleg Series Vol 1
as great as their studio "ESP" was (hee hee) their live playing was absolutely magic
also, sleep on bootleg Series Vol 2 at your own risk, The Third Great Quintet that never recorded an album just the five of them, so maybe even more important than Vol 1 in a documentation sense
sound quality isn't great at times but the pure freedom of those shows is magic
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In general, I'll just echo here what's said in there (actually by Maxxx) 1957-1972 is a pretty immaculate run. I love just about every album recorded during that period. I'll come back with further specifics later.
* Any of the albums featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. That's the greatest jazz band of all time.
* Kind Of Blue. There's a reason it's the greatest jazz album of all time.
* Bitches Brew. Uncategorizable.
* In A Silent Way. The depth of the music is unrivaled.
* At least one of the early MD Quintet records, they're all great. I'd go with any that have My Funny Valentine (his cover of that classic is underrated in my opinion).
* On The Corner. Lest you think the '70s got funky without him.
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