From the opening four notes of Michael Henderson's hypnotically minimal bass that open the unedited master of "On the Corner," answered a few seconds later by the swirl of color, texture, and above all rhythm, it becomes a immediately apparent that Miles Davis had left the jazz world he helped to invent -- forever.
The 19-minute-and-25-second track has never been issued in full until now.
It is one of the 31 tracks in The Complete On the Corner Sessions, a six-disc box recorded between 1972 and 1975 that centers on the albums On the Corner, Get Up with It, and the hodgepodge leftovers collection Big Fun.
It is also the final of eight boxes in the series of Columbia's studio sessions with Davis from the 1950s through 1975, when he retired from music before his return in the 1980s.
Previously issued have been Davis' historic sessions with John Coltrane in the first quintet, the Gil Evans collaborations, the Seven Steps to Heaven recordings, the complete second quintet recordings, and the complete In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and Jack Johnson sessions.
There have been a number of live sets as well; the most closely related one to this is the live Cellar Door Sessions 1970, issued in 2005.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One and One | Miles Davis | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | U-Turnaround | Miles Davis | Play | 08:27 | 19 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The Hen | Miles Davis | Play | 12:36 | 28 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Peace | Miles Davis | Play | 07:02 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Mr. Foster | Miles Davis | Play | 15:16 | 34 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Minnie | Miles Davis | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Red China Blues | Miles Davis | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | One and One | Miles Davis | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | On The Corner (Unedited Master) | Miles Davis | Play | 19:25 | 44 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | On The Corner (Take 4) | Miles Davis | Play | 05:16 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Rated X (Album Version) | Miles Davis | Play | 06:50 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Big Fun/Holly-wuud (take 2) | Miles Davis | Play | 06:34 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Big Fun/Holly-wuud (take 3) | Miles Davis | Play | 07:07 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Mtume (take 11) | Miles Davis | Play | 06:51 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | What They Do (Album Version) | Miles Davis | Play | 11:45 | 26 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | Big Fun (Derived from take 3) | Miles Davis | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | Holly-wuud (Derived from take 3) | Miles Davis | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 133 mins | 305 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Alias | African Percussion, Congas, Kalimba, Main Personnel, Percussion |
| 2 | Khalil Balakrishna | Main Personnel, Sitar (Electric) |
| 3 | Bob Belden | Compilation Producer, Introduction, Liner Notes, Producer, Remixing |
| 4 | Steven Berkowitz | Series Director |
| 5 | Paul Buckmaster | Liner Notes |
| 6 | Alice Butts | Art Direction, Design |
| 7 | Wally Chambers | Harmonica |
| 8 | Chick Corea | Main Personnel, Synthesizer |
| 9 | Pete Cosey | Drums, Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 10 | David Creamer | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 11 | Michael Cuscuna | Compilation Producer, Discography, Producer |
| 12 | Dave Lieberman | Main Personnel, Sax (Soprano) |
| 13 | Miles Davis | Main Personnel, Organ, Piano (Electric), Primary Artist, Trumpet |
| 14 | Jack DeJohnette | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 15 | Dominique Gaumont | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 16 | Cornell Dupree | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 17 | Sonny Fortune | Flute, Main Personnel, Sax (Soprano) |
| 18 | Al Foster | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 19 | Howard Fritzson | Art Direction |
| 20 | David Gahr | Photography |
| 21 | Carlos Garnett | Main Personnel, Sax (Sopranino), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) |
| 22 | Dominique Gaumont | Guitar |
| 23 | John Guerriere | Remixing |
| 24 | Herbie Hancock | Main Personnel, Organ, Piano (Electric), Synthesizer |
| 25 | Billy Hart | Cowbell, Drums, Main Personnel, Percussion, Wood Block |
| 26 | Michael Henderson | Bass (Electric), Main Personnel |
| 27 | Don Hunstein | Photography |
| 28 | Billy Jackson | Audio Production |
| 29 | Richard King | Remixing, Tape Transfer |
| 30 | Urve Kuusik | Photography |
| 31 | Cedric Lawson | Main Personnel, Organ, Piano (Electric) |
| 32 | David Liebman | Flute, Main Personnel, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) |
| 33 | Joe Lizzi | Tape Transfer |
| 34 | Kenneth Lloyd | Tape Transfer |
| 35 | Reggie Lucas | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 36 | Teo Macero | Audio Production, Producer |
| 37 | Art Maillet | Photography |
| 38 | Wade Marcus | Arranger, Brass Arrangement |
| 39 | Bennie Maupin | Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Main Personnel |
| 40 | Bernie Maupin | Clarinet (Bass), Flute |
| 41 | John McLaughlin | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 42 | James Mtume | African Percussion, Claves, Congas, Main Personnel, Percussion |
| 43 | Russ Payne | Engineer, Remixing |
| 44 | Jan Persson | Photography |
| 45 | Doug Pomeroy | Engineer |
| 46 | Don Puluse | Engineer |
| 47 | Bernard "Pretty" Purdie | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 48 | Mark Rinaldi | Tape Transfer |
| 49 | Christian Rose | Photography |
| 50 | Badal Roy | Main Personnel, Tabla |
| 51 | Lonnie Liston Smith | Main Personnel, Piano (Electric) |
| 52 | John Stubblefield | Main Personnel, Sax (Soprano) |
| 53 | Tom Terrell | Liner Notes |
| 54 | Stanley Tonkel | Engineer |
| 55 | Collin Walcott | Main Personnel, Sitar (Electric) |
| 56 | Wally Chambers | Harmonica, Main Personnel |
| 57 | Stan Weiss | Remixing |
| 58 | Vince Wilburn, Jr. | Executive Producer |
| 59 | Mark Wilder | Editing, Mastering |
| 60 | Harold "Ivory" Williams | Main Personnel, Organ, Piano (Electric), Synthesizer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |