Award winning author Dr. Keith Waters will give a lecture on his book The Studio Recordings of Miles Davis's Second Quintet. The six studio recordings of Miles Davis’s Second Quintet, made between 1965-68, exemplify what pianist Herbie Hancock referred to as “controlled freedom”—the group’s ability to navigate between the traditional and experimental. The talk situates these recordings within the postbop aesthetic of the decade, using transcriptions of improvisations as well as the lead sheets deposited with the Library of Congress by saxophonist Wayne Shorter. The quintet used the studio to workshop and develop the compositions in ways that offered unique solutions to issues of musical form and improvisation

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Mar 21, 2024

Lecture by Dr. Keith Waters: The Studio Recordings of Miles Davis's Second Quintet · San Diego State University School of Music and Dance

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