Miles Davis - E.s.p.

The 1965 release E.S.P. is often referred to as the first album of Miles Davis's second great quintet. The young guns in the quintet are superb, with Miles being pushed in new directions by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. E.S.P. is post-bop excursion into mostly modal songs with Miles, Wayne and Herbie playing interlocking melodies that they improvise and fracture into something new. All compositions are originals by various band members. Mastered using all analog master tapes. All tube mastering by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman's Studio. Limited edition of 3,000.

Released in 1965, E.S.P. is the album that introduced Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet, one of the most important and influential line-ups in jazz history. Alongside Davis, the group features Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums. The album consists entirely of original compositions, with Wayne Shorter contributing the title track, E.S.P., while Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams and Miles Davis each bring their own material. Today, E.S.P. is regarded as a key album of 1960s modern jazz and the starting point of one of Miles Davis' most celebrated periods. It remains an essential record for anyone interested in the development of jazz and the extraordinary musicianship of the Second Great Quintet. E.S.P. is available on black vinyl.

This inventive post-bop treasure finds Miles totally reenergized by the young talent of his second quintet. His first album of new material in six years is a brilliantly excecuted exercise in tension and release! Includes Eighty-One; Little One; R.J.; Agitation; Iris; Mood, and the title track.