Water Babies (album)
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| Studio album by Miles Davis | ||||
| Released | November 2, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | June 7, 13, 23, 1967 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York; November 11–12, 1968 at Columbia Studio B, New York |
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| Genre | Jazz-fusion, post-bop | |||
| Length | 53:05 (original) 63:10 (2002 reissue) |
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| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Water Babies is a studio album by Miles Davis. Released during Miles Davis's retirement in the second half of the seventies, it is a collection of stylistically diverse "leftovers" spanning eighteen months, from the Nefertiti sessions with the Miles Davis Quintet (1967) to the experimental, transitional period between Filles de Kilimanjaro and In a Silent Way (late 1968).
Due to these recordings being released years after they were recorded, the three Wayne Shorter compositions recorded during the 1967 session had made their first appearance in 1969 on Shorter's album Super Nova in a much more free jazz, avant-garde style.
Side 1 features the second great quintet of Davis, Shorter, Hancock, Williams and Carter. On Side 2, Ron Carter is replaced by Dave Holland and Chick Corea doubles with Hancock on electric piano; this line-up is very similar to the one that recorded In a Silent Way, tracks 4 to 6 being from those sessions. Shorter would switch from tenor to soprano saxophone after this session.
Contents
Track listing
All songs composed by Wayne Shorter except as noted.
1976 original LP version
- Side one
- "Water Babies"– 5:06
- "Capricorn" – 8:26
- "Sweet Pea" – 7:59
- Side two
- "Two Faced" – 18:00
- "Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process" (Miles Davis, Tony Williams) – 13:20
2002 CD reissue
- "Water Babies" – 5:06
- "Capricorn" – 8:26
- "Sweet Pea" – 7:59
- "Two Faced" – 18:00
- "Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process" (Miles Davis, Tony Williams) – 13:20
- "Splash" (Miles Davis) – 10:05
Performers
Tracks 1-3
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock – piano
- Ron Carter – bass
- Tony Williams – drums
Tracks 4-6
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock – electric piano
- Dave Holland – bass
- Tony Williams – drums
