Product details
- Label Columbia
- Artist Miles Davis
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 1965
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed No
- Media Condition Near Mint (NM)
- Sleeve Condition Very Good (VG)
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Condition: Used
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Condition Notes:
Record is super clean.
Cover has minor spine wear and spotting on the back. Yet still borderline VG+ cover
E.S.P. by Miles Davis.
Recorded over three days in January 1965, this album marks a pivotal moment for Miles Davis: the arrival of what would become his celebrated "Second Great Quintet." It was the first studio outing to feature this configuration together, and it signaled a decisive turn away from the standards-driven repertoire of his earlier work toward original compositions written by the band itself. Produced by Irving Townsend for Columbia, with liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason and cover photography by Bob Cato, it captures a group in the act of inventing a new language.
Musically, this is a record of extraordinary chemistry and restraint. Davis's trumpet is spare and searching, while Wayne Shorter's tenor saxophone brings a harmonically adventurous voice that reshapes the group's direction. Herbie Hancock's piano moves with a fluid, ambiguous elegance, and the rhythm section of Ron Carter on bass and the young Anthony Williams on drums pushes and breathes with remarkable interplay—Williams in particular driving the music with restless, elastic momentum.
This original Columbia pressing carries the 2-eye labels with "360 Sound" in white and "Nonbreakable" beneath the catalog number, details that mark it as an authentic period issue. For the collector, it's a foundational document of modern jazz—a quintet at the dawn of its greatness, pressed in a form worth seeking out and treasuring.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. E.S.P.
A2. Eighty-One
A3. Little One
A4. R.J.
B1. Agitation
B2. Iris
B3. Mood
Credits:
Ron Carter - Bass
Anthony Williams - Drums
Ralph J. Gleason - Liner Notes [Notes By]
Bob Cato - Photography By [Cover Photo]
Herbie Hancock - Piano
Irving Townsend - Producer
Wayne Shorter - Tenor Saxophone
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Notes:
2-eye labels with 360 Sound text in white, and "Nonbreakable" written underneath catalog number.
Also released in mono as cat# [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1119024]CL-2350[/url].
Recorded January 20-22, 1965.
Printed in U.S.A. (on label rim)
Matrix in runout groove partly are etched.
Artist: Miles Davis
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Columbia
Catalog Number: CS 9150
Release Year: 1965
Country: United States
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