MILES DAVIS/HANCOCK/WAYNE SHORTER E.S.P. NM '65 "360" STEREO PROMO LP 1A/1A
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May 23, 2013 Sold Date
May 16, 2013 Start Date
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MILES DAVIS/HANCOCK/WAYNE SHORTER~E.S.P.~NM '65 "360" STEREO PROMO LP~1A/1A

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MILES DAVIS  "E.S.P." COLUMBIA RECORDS STEREO LP CS-8350   with WAYNE SHORTER, ANTHONY WILLIAMS, RON CARTER AND HERBIE HANCOCK  ORIGINAL 1965 PRESSING IN AMAZING CONDITION! THIS IS ALSO A PROMO COPY WITH "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE" STAMPED IN RED ON THE BACK! HEAVYWEIGHT COVER IS EXCELLENT WITH LIGHT WEAR AND LIGHT DISCOLORATION DUE TO ITS AGE 45+ YEARS. ALL SEAMS ARE STRONG AND UNDAMAGED. VINYL IS NEAR MINT WITH VERY LIGHT SCUFFS! ORIGINAL RED & WHITE "360 STEREO" COLUMBIA LABELS!   MATRIX NUMBER IS MACHINE-STAMPED IN THE TRAILOFF GROOVE OF THE LP AND ENDS IN "1A" ON BOTH SIDES INDICATING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS OF THIS CLASSIC JAZZ LP!!   ALTOGETHER, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST COPIES WE'VE EVER SEEN OF THIS RARE, ORIGINAL PRESSING BY ONE OF JAZZ'S GREATEST ENSEMBLES!!   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 jazz's avant-garde. Outwardly, this music doesn't take as many risks as Coltrane or Ornette Coleman's 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 that came to define the very sound of modern jazz. Certainly, many musicians have returned to this group for inspiration, but their recordings remain fresh, because they exist at this fine dividing line between standard bop and avant. On ESP, they tilt a bit toward conventional hard bop (something that's apparent toward the end of the record), largely because this is their first effort, but the fact is, this difference between this album and hard bop from the early '60s is remarkable. This is exploratory music, whether it's rushing by in a flurry of notes or elegantly reclining in Hancock's calm yet complex chords. The compositions are brilliantly structured as well, encouraging such free-form exploration with their elliptical yet memorable themes. This quintet may have cut more adventurous records, but ESP remains one of their very best albums.
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