Second Great Quintet
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The Second Great Quintet was Miles Davis’s influential mid-1960s jazz group featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, renowned for its innovative, boundary-pushing approach to post-bop.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Miles Davis band
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jazz ensemble ⓘ |
| activeEnd | 1968 ⓘ |
| activeStart | 1964 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Herbie Hancock Mwandishi band
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis First Great Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ VSOP Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ Weather Report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation | one of the most influential small groups in jazz history ⓘ |
| era | mid-1960s ⓘ |
| followedBy | Miles Davis electric period bands ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
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modal jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary jazz ensembles
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jazz fusion ⓘ post-bop jazz ⓘ |
| innovation |
integration of composition and improvisation
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use of open forms in small-group jazz ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
double bass
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drums ⓘ piano ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| leader | Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Herbie Hancock
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
E.S.P.
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Miles Smiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles in the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ Nefertiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Sorcerer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLiveAlbum | The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTrack |
Eighty-One
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Footprints NERFINISHED ⓘ Freedom Jazz Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ Nefertiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Riot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Miles Davis First Great Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedFor | Columbia Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
collective improvisation
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harmonic ambiguity ⓘ loosely structured forms ⓘ rhythmic freedom ⓘ |
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