In a Silent Way

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concept album jazz fusion album studio album

In a Silent Way is a 1969 jazz album by Miles Davis that marked a pivotal step into jazz fusion through its atmospheric, electric, and studio-edited soundscapes.

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Label Occurrences
In a Silent Way canonical 4
In a Silent Way/It’s About That Time 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
jazz fusion album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Miles Davis ⓘ
composer Chick Corea ⓘ
Dave Holland ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Joe Zawinul ⓘ
John McLaughlin ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Tony Williams ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
engineer Frank Laico ⓘ
featuresInstrument acoustic piano ⓘ
bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric bass ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
electric piano ⓘ
organ ⓘ
soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
featuresMusician Chick Corea ⓘ
Dave Holland ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Joe Zawinul ⓘ
John McLaughlin ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Tony Williams ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
followedBy Bitches Brew ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
hasPart In a Silent Way self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: In a Silent Way/It’s About That Time

Shhh/Peaceful ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length 38:05 ⓘ
mainTheme electric, atmospheric jazz improvisation ⓘ
musicalDirector Miles Davis ⓘ
notableFor atmospheric soundscapes ⓘ
extensive studio editing ⓘ
pioneering jazz fusion sound ⓘ
use of electric instruments ⓘ
originalFormat vinyl LP ⓘ
performer Miles Davis ⓘ
precededBy Filles de Kilimanjaro ⓘ
producer Miles Davis ⓘ
Teo Macero ⓘ
recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio ⓘ
surface form: CBS 30th Street Studio
recordingDate 1969-02-18 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1969-07-30 ⓘ

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Miles Davis → notableWork → In a Silent Way ⓘ
In a Silent Way → hasPart → In a Silent Way self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: In a Silent Way/It’s About That Time
Joe Zawinul → notableWork → In a Silent Way ⓘ
Bitches Brew → precededBy → In a Silent Way ⓘ
John McLaughlin → workedOn → In a Silent Way ⓘ