The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions is a three-disc box set, featuring recordings from the sessions that would produce his 1969 album In A Silent Way, as well as transitional pieces from the era.
It is notable since it includes several previously unreleased tracks on CD, namely "Splashdown", "The Ghetto Walk" and "Early Minor", plus a longer and different version of "Shhh/Peaceful" and two "In a Silent Way" alternate takes.
Session One:1. Mademoiselle Mabry (00:00)
2. Frelon Brun (16:28)
3. Two Faced (22:03)
4. Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process (39:58)
5. Splash: Interlude 1/Interlude 2/Interlude 3 (53:14)
6. Splashdown: Interlude 1/Interlude 2 (1:03:14)
Session Two:
1. Ascent (1:11:10)
2. Directions, I (1:26:00)
3. Directions, II (1:32:41)
4. Shhh/Peaceful (1:37:30)
5. In A Silent Way [Rehearsal] (1:56:35)
6. In A Silent Way (2:01:54)
7. It's About That Time (2:06:01)
Session Three:
1. The Ghetto Walk (2:17:23)
2. Early Minor (2:44:07)
Original 1969 LP Release:
A Side: Shhh/Peaceful/Shhh (2:51:04)
B Side In A Silent Way/It's About That Time/In A Silent Way (3:09:18)
Musicians (click on the names for more info):
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone (Disc 1: All), soprano saxophone
- John McLaughlin – electric guitar (Disc 2: Tracks 4-7; Disc 3: All)
- Chick Corea – electric piano
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano
- Joe Zawinul – organ (Disc 2; Disc 3)
- Dave Holland – double bass
- Tony Williams – drums
- Jack DeJohnette – drums (Disc 2: Tracks 1-3)
- Joe Chambers – drums (Disc 3: Tracks 1 and 2)
And my personal all-time favourite gig: Miles Davis Group Live at Jazz Fest, New Orleans 1991!
