Session details: Columbia 30th Street Studio (June 23, 1967)

Miles Ahead session details

June 23, 1967 (4 items; TT = 23:06)

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

Show chatter

Miles Davis (tpt); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d)

1	Madness (take 1) (H. Hancock)	0:59
	Hancock: "Right, right, right. So what's that?" Williams: "So listen for it, guys." Count off. As the tune winds down, Davis says, "Hey, play it Teo, I just wanna hear that..."
2	Madness (take 2) (H. Hancock)	6:41
	Shorter begins his solo with the theme from "Sweet Pea" (1:59-2:04)
	As the tune winds down, Davis says "Let's play that..."
3	Madness (take 4) (H. Hancock)	7:28
	Shorter again quotes the "Sweet Pea" theme during his solo (4:28-4:38)
4	Sweet Pea (take 3) (W. Shorter)	7:58


2 Madness (take 2) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ10-177 CD: Columbia Legacy C6K 67398, Columbia Legacy C6K 90925, Sony SRCS 8575/80, Sony SICP 663/8, Sony SICP 30265, Sony SICJ 30071, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 28)
3 Madness (take 4) 12" LP: Columbia CL 2794 (= CS 9594), Music on Vinyl MOV LP031, Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory MFSL 2-45436, CBS/Sony SONP 50186, CBS/Sony SONP 52049, CBS/Sony SOPL 167, CBS/Sony 18AP 2071, CBS/Sony 23AP 2571, CBS/Sony 25AP 767, Mosaic MQ10-177 CD: Columbia CK 46113, Columbia CK 65681, Columbia Legacy C6K 67398, Columbia Legacy C6K 90925, Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory UDSACD 2146, CBS/Sony 32DP 726, CBS/Sony CSCS 5149, Sony SRCS 9116, Sony SRCS 8575/80, Sony SICP 663/8, Sony SRCS 9747, Sony SRGS 4521, Sony SICP 829, Sony SICP 1218, Sony SICP 20082, Sony SICP 30265, Sony SICJ 30071, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 28)
4 Sweet Pea (take 3) 12" LP: Columbia PC 34396, CBS/Sony 18AP 2072, CBS/Sony 23AP 2572, CBS/Sony 25AP 314, Mosaic MQ10-177 CD: Columbia Legacy C6K 67398, Columbia Legacy C6K 90925, Columbia CK 61405, CBS/Sony 32DP 727, Sony SRCS 5710, Sony SRCS 9307, Sony SRCS 8575/80, Sony SICP 663/8, Sony SRCS 9736, Sony SICP 831, Sony SICJ 30072, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 29)

This version of "Madness" is very different from the rehearsal take recorded on June 13.

"Sweet Pea" -- listed on the track sheet as "Sweet Pee's Theme" -- was not issued by Columbia until 1976, by which time Shorter's own remake of it on his Blue Note record Super Nova (Blue Note BST 84332, recorded in August 1969) was familiar. The issued version is the only complete take from this session.

This is another in the ongoing series of New York studio sessions during May-July 1967. These sessions allowed the Quintet to develop new repertoire centered around original compositions. Only a few of these tunes -- "Masqualero," "Nefertiti," and "Riot" -- became staples of the Quintet's live performances, however.

After returning from the west coast in mid-May, the Quintet was booked at the Village Vanguard (June 2-4). They traveled to Atlanta GA for a concert on June 16 or 17, and to Newport RI for the Newport Jazz Festival (July 2). They were booked at the Village Gate (July 4-16 opposite Dizzy Gillespie, and August 15-27 opposite Ornette Coleman). They also played at The Watts Summer Festival, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on August 21-22.