The Miles Davis Quintet was an American jazz band from 1955 to early 1969 l… Read Full Bio ↴The Miles Davis Quintet was an American jazz band from 1955 to early 1969 led by Miles Davis. The quintet underwent frequent personnel changes toward its metamorphosis into a different ensemble in 1969. Most references pertain to two distinct and relatively stable bands: the First Great Quintet from 1955 to 1958; and the Second Great Quintet from late 1964 to early 1969, Davis being the only constant throughout.
In the summer of 1955, Davis performed a noted set at the Newport Jazz Festival, and had been approached by Columbia Records executive George Avakian, offering a contract with the label if he could form a regular band. Davis assembled his first regular quintet to meet a commitment at the Café Bohemia in July with Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. By the autumn, Rollins had left to deal with his heroin addiction, and later in the year joined the hard bop quintet led by Clifford Brown and Max Roach.
At the recommendation of drummer Jones, Davis replaced Rollins with John Coltrane, beginning a partnership that would last five years and finalizing the Quintet's first line-up. Expanded to a sextet with the addition of Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone in 1958, the First Great Quintet was one of the definitive hard bop groups along with the Brown-Roach Quintet and the Jazz Messengers, recording the Columbia albums Round About Midnight, Milestones, and the marathon sessions for Prestige Records resulting in four albums collected on The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions.
In mid-1958, Bill Evans replaced Garland on piano and Jimmy Cobb replaced Jones on drums, but Evans only lasted about six months, in turn replaced by Wynton Kelly as 1958 turned into 1959. This group backing Davis, Coltrane, and Adderley, with Evans returning for the recording sessions, recorded Kind of Blue, considered "one of the most important, influential and popular albums in jazz". Adderley left the band in September 1959 to pursue his own career, returning the line-up to a quintet. Coltrane departed in the spring of 1960, and after interim replacements Jimmy Heath and Sonny Stitt, Davis plus Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb continued through 1961 and 1962 with Hank Mobley on tenor sax.
The two rhythm sections from the Davis Quintet also achieved fame on their own. Garland, Chambers, and Jones recorded as a unit on Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section and Sonny Rollins' Tenor Madness, while Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb toured and recorded as a trio under Kelly's name, in addition to appearing on the albums Coltrane Jazz and the solo debut of Wayne Shorter, as well as backing Wes Montgomery on Full House and Smokin' at the Half Note. The Kelly-Chambers-Cobb trio also backed Art Pepper on the album Gettin' Together, which included trumpeter Conte Candoli.
Mobley, Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb all left Davis by the end of 1962, and during 1963 he struggled to maintain a steady line-up. By the late spring, he had hired the core of the Second Quintet with Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums. Initially with George Coleman or Sam Rivers on tenor sax, the final piece of the puzzle would arrive in late 1964 with saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
The performance style of the Second Great Quintet was often referred to by Davis as "time, no changes", incorporating elements of free jazz without completely surrendering to the approach, allowing the five men to contribute to the group as equals rather than as a leader and sidemen peeling off unrelated solos. This band recorded the albums E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro, and the live set considered by The Penguin Guide to Jazz to be their crowning achievement, The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965.
When Davis began to become more interested in the rock, soul, and funk music of the late 1960s, the Second Quintet unraveled. Carter departed during the sessions for Filles de Kilimanjaro, and Williams left in early 1969 to start his own band, the Tony Williams Lifetime, staying on with Davis to record the groundbreaking In a Silent Way. Davis would continue his innovations into jazz fusion with the album Bitches Brew and his work in the 1970s. As a result, the Second Quintet came to an end, though Hancock would contribute to subsequent sessions with Miles and appear on Jack Johnson, On the Corner, and Get Up with It. Players on In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew would go on to form the core jazz fusion bands of the 1970s away from Davis: Shorter and Josef Zawinul to Weather Report; John McLaughlin and Billy Cobham to the Mahavishnu Orchestra; Hancock and Bennie Maupin to Headhunters; and Chick Corea and Lenny White to Return to Forever.
Columbia/Legacy Recordings released Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series Vol. 5, a collection of previously unreleased tracks recorded by the Second Great Quintet between 1966 and 1968.
In the summer of 1955, Davis performed a noted set at the Newport Jazz Festival, and had been approached by Columbia Records executive George Avakian, offering a contract with the label if he could form a regular band. Davis assembled his first regular quintet to meet a commitment at the Café Bohemia in July with Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. By the autumn, Rollins had left to deal with his heroin addiction, and later in the year joined the hard bop quintet led by Clifford Brown and Max Roach.
At the recommendation of drummer Jones, Davis replaced Rollins with John Coltrane, beginning a partnership that would last five years and finalizing the Quintet's first line-up. Expanded to a sextet with the addition of Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone in 1958, the First Great Quintet was one of the definitive hard bop groups along with the Brown-Roach Quintet and the Jazz Messengers, recording the Columbia albums Round About Midnight, Milestones, and the marathon sessions for Prestige Records resulting in four albums collected on The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions.
In mid-1958, Bill Evans replaced Garland on piano and Jimmy Cobb replaced Jones on drums, but Evans only lasted about six months, in turn replaced by Wynton Kelly as 1958 turned into 1959. This group backing Davis, Coltrane, and Adderley, with Evans returning for the recording sessions, recorded Kind of Blue, considered "one of the most important, influential and popular albums in jazz". Adderley left the band in September 1959 to pursue his own career, returning the line-up to a quintet. Coltrane departed in the spring of 1960, and after interim replacements Jimmy Heath and Sonny Stitt, Davis plus Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb continued through 1961 and 1962 with Hank Mobley on tenor sax.
The two rhythm sections from the Davis Quintet also achieved fame on their own. Garland, Chambers, and Jones recorded as a unit on Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section and Sonny Rollins' Tenor Madness, while Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb toured and recorded as a trio under Kelly's name, in addition to appearing on the albums Coltrane Jazz and the solo debut of Wayne Shorter, as well as backing Wes Montgomery on Full House and Smokin' at the Half Note. The Kelly-Chambers-Cobb trio also backed Art Pepper on the album Gettin' Together, which included trumpeter Conte Candoli.
Mobley, Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb all left Davis by the end of 1962, and during 1963 he struggled to maintain a steady line-up. By the late spring, he had hired the core of the Second Quintet with Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums. Initially with George Coleman or Sam Rivers on tenor sax, the final piece of the puzzle would arrive in late 1964 with saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
The performance style of the Second Great Quintet was often referred to by Davis as "time, no changes", incorporating elements of free jazz without completely surrendering to the approach, allowing the five men to contribute to the group as equals rather than as a leader and sidemen peeling off unrelated solos. This band recorded the albums E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro, and the live set considered by The Penguin Guide to Jazz to be their crowning achievement, The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965.
When Davis began to become more interested in the rock, soul, and funk music of the late 1960s, the Second Quintet unraveled. Carter departed during the sessions for Filles de Kilimanjaro, and Williams left in early 1969 to start his own band, the Tony Williams Lifetime, staying on with Davis to record the groundbreaking In a Silent Way. Davis would continue his innovations into jazz fusion with the album Bitches Brew and his work in the 1970s. As a result, the Second Quintet came to an end, though Hancock would contribute to subsequent sessions with Miles and appear on Jack Johnson, On the Corner, and Get Up with It. Players on In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew would go on to form the core jazz fusion bands of the 1970s away from Davis: Shorter and Josef Zawinul to Weather Report; John McLaughlin and Billy Cobham to the Mahavishnu Orchestra; Hancock and Bennie Maupin to Headhunters; and Chick Corea and Lenny White to Return to Forever.
Columbia/Legacy Recordings released Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series Vol. 5, a collection of previously unreleased tracks recorded by the Second Great Quintet between 1966 and 1968.
Solar
Miles Davis Quintet Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Solar' by these artists:
Aaru Perceive just pain, putrid plight The past has painted us pr…
Alex A Yea all my days are sunny all my days are…
Algodón Hipnotizame Si Hipnotizame Por favor Antes que muera Antes q…
B.O.O.K.S. One The pink in the sky Caught my wandering eye And the wind…
BALTHVS (Instrumental)…
Banda do Mar Eu vivia sempre preocupado Com a situação solar Se eu estou …
Beach What do the planets mean? And have you ever seen Sunrise…
Bengala Déjame besar tus ojos Déjame secar tus labios Olvidemos el p…
Big & Fat We would like to thank you all For listening and we…
Blitz I couldn't fall for somebody else 100 degrees sitting by my…
Bug Eater With all your friends Where do you wanna be Life of mess Sto…
CIFIKA The sun hasn't come yet the solar hasn't come yet Solar Sola…
Cosmo Sheldrake I rose up at the dawn of day Get thee away,…
David Toledo [feat. Joana Castanheira] Sol que me leva até lá Sol menor Sol maior Sol tão ensolarad…
Domenico 2 Cedo ou tarde De manhã Sem destino A pino é total Ribanceiro…
Dorian A las mentiras fuimos malos perdedores, con la voz rota y…
Du Du A Brrrr que frio.... Uff... Que calor...! Mas afinal, quem es…
Edja Diaz Solar Conectada á luz do sol , se impregnou á…
El Toro Fuerte Vá por você Por quem não vai dizer Que a manhã tem…
Everyday Sunday Here we go Five o'clock On the dot Thank God it's Friday It…
F.C.C Strapped down To the Bed Shivers In my head I don't Want you…
F.M.K.D. Verse I Fear and pain is what you making me suffer …
Flash-X To all the peoples in the struggle know what I'm…
Gio. Solar I rock the beat like a boulder This ain’t no luck…
H-Zero Mano sul collo bitch Ti tengo stringo più forte Voglio veder…
Hotel Costes Vol. 4 Say girl you a star Not talking bout Pluto or Mars But…
I Nine My love will come through shadow into light of how…
Inner Wave An invitation to move away from To crawl back inside back…
Invernal Tantos años he pasado en ti las tristezas viajes nuevos y em…
J.J. Johnson Peace to the global mind Mourning this is the afterlife Spea…
Jade Faria Solar teu corpo tateia o meu vestir-se nu mundo, janela que…
Jejune Will they know of all the ways I sold it all…
Joe Pass & J.J.Johnson Peace to the global mind Mourning this is the afterlife Spea…
Johnna M. our sun is down…
Jojow Pude ver de perto Sua areia já não impede de enxergar Hoje…
Juliette Hoje o dia não veio Meu Deus, o que aconteceu? O mundo…
Komba Elimina la pena todo por recolectar Cuando el alma vuela me…
Loyal Sally I left the world last night, again Tucked away, safe and…
Lucio Mantel Solar El sol está en la puerta Y el cielo Y la salida Y…
Lums eu quero sentir profundamente toda dor a dor de não ter…
Man & Machine What lies we tell ourselves Behind the blue motel Out…
Miles Davis All-Stars/Miles Davis Quintet Our mission is to boldly go, where no MC, or…
Miles Davis All-Stars; Miles Davis Quintet From a dying world they came A milion light years away Destr…
Milton Nascimento Olha A volta do rio Virou a vida A gua da fonte Nossa trist…
Miss Johnna M. our sun is down…
MonstrO I've seen you catch the sun, Make it yours, and make…
Moonheads Desperta os meus desejos minhas vontades mais loucas Chega d…
Myridia Mother earth is empty A blind titan at its natural end Teari…
Neglected Fields When day is gone the night is dusk Grotesquely dark, hostil…
Paapa feat. Jayso Can i have your attention A pair or couple of minutes Got…
rei brown Lay down, acclimating to a different place Now Watching as i…
Scalar Стой! Пока ещё не выключен свет Я хочу услышать ответ Скажи,…
Solar To the beat Okay okay Might rock a Kangol Because the ladies…
Stam1na Solar nousethan vielä Suden kuun jäätiköllä odotan sappeasi …
Stéphane Pompougnac our sun is down…
The J.J. Johnson Quintet Peace to the global mind Mourning this is the afterlife Spea…
The Planets I got a system for you baby A plan to for…
The R.E.G. Project Galaxies are intertwined Clouds of dust spreading apart Aste…
Thunderball our sun is down…
Weeekly Born in the new world Let's count down, one, two, three Hey,…
White Noise Babies J′veux plus qu'mama s′fasse de l'anxiété Le sang, quand ça v…
Y.LOH Le tue, le mie Le tue, i miei Le tue, le mie,…
Zero Sanity See the sun [? X] We are one And we feel peace…
➨ Thunderball our sun is down…
위클리 (Weeekly) Born in the new world Let's count down, one, two, three Hey,…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Miles Davis Quintet:
'Round Midnight It begins to tell, 'round midnight, midnight. I do pretty …
A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
Ahmad's Blues I go through the strangest kind of changes Tryin' to find…
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Budo Goodnight my love, the tired old moon is descending Goodnig…
But for Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true J…
Bye Bye No one here can love or understand me Oh, what hard…
Dear Old Stockholm Dear old Southland I hear you calling me. And I long…
Four Of the wonderful things that you get out of life…
I When the mellow moon begins to beam Every night I dream…
I Could Write a Book If they ask me, I could write a book About the…
I fall in love too easily I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
I'll Remember April This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodb…
If I Were a Bell Ask me how do I feel, Now that we're cosy and…
Just Squeeze Me Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you…
Love Me Or Leave Me Love me or leave me and let me be lonely You…
No Blues It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Round Midnight It begins to tell, 'round midnight, midnight. I do pretty …
So What Miles Davis walked off the stage That's what the folks are…
Something I Dreamed Last Nigh I can't believe that you're not here with me To have…
Stella By Starlight The song a robin sings, Through years of endless springs, …
There Is No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
When Lights Are Low Listen to the melody entrancing Blending in a soft and swee…
You Go to My Head You go to my head And you linger like a haunting…
You're My Everything You're my everything underneath the sun You're my everythin…
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