The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions

The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
Box set by Miles Davis
Released	2001, reissued in 2004
Recorded	September 24, 1968-February 20, 1969
Genre	Jazz, fusion, avant-garde jazz
Length	3:19:24 (total) 71:55 (CD 1) 67:09 (CD 2) 71:59 (CD 3)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero, David Redfern, Seth Rothstein

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The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions is a three-disc box set of music recordings by trumpeter Miles Davis. As well as the CDs, it includes essays by Michael Cuscuna and Bob Belden and details of the recording sessions. It is number five in the Legacy series of Miles Davis' Complete Sessions box-sets.

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.

- "Mademoiselle Mabry" and "Frelon Brun" can be found on Filles de Kilimanjaro

- "Two Faced" and "Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process" on Water Babies

- "Splash" on Circle in the Round

- "Ascent", "Directions, I" and "Directions, II" on Directions

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Mademoiselle Mabry" - 16:37
2. "Frelon Brun" (Brown Hornet) - 5:40
3. "Two Faced" - 18:03
4. "Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process" - 13:23
5. "Splash: Interlude 1/Interlude 2/Interlude 3" [rejected] - 10:08
6. "Splashdown: Interlude 1 (no horns)/Interlude 2" (no horns) - 8:03 unreleased track

Disc 2

1. "Ascent" - 14:54
2. "Directions, I" - 6:50
3. "Directions, II" - 4:53
4. "Shhh/Peaceful" - 19:17 unreleased
5. "In a Silent Way" (Rehearsal) - 5:26 unreleased
6. "In a Silent Way" - 4:18 unreleased
7. "It's About That Time" - 11:27 unreleased

Disc 3

1. "The Ghetto Walk" - 26:49 unreleased
2. "Early Minor" - 6:58 unreleased
3. "Shhh/Peaceful/Shhh" (LP Version) - 18:18
4. "In a Silent Way/It's About That Time/In a Silent Way" (LP Version) - 19:52

Personnel

Musicians

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Wayne Shorter – 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)