Miles Davis E.S.P. (Impex Records, 180g)

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• ESP marks the beginning of a revitalization for Miles Davis, as his second classic quintet saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams gels, establishing what would become their signature adventurous hard bop. Miles had been moving toward this direction in the two years preceding the release of ESP and he had recorded with everyone outside of Shorter prior to this record, but his addition galvanizes the group, pushing them toward music that was recognizably bop but as adventurous as jazzs avant-garde.

  Outwardly, this music doesnt take as many risks as Coltrane or Ornette Colemans recordings of the mid-60s, but by borrowing some of the same theories a de-emphasis of composition in favor of sheer improvisation, elastic definitions of tonality they created a unique sound