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In a Silent Way

Miles Davis · 1969 · Columbia

Personnel

Miles Davis

leader · Trumpet

Wayne Shorter

played Saxophone on this album

Herbie Hancock

played Piano on this album

Chick Corea

played Piano on this album

Joe Zawinul

played Piano on this album

The title piece is Zawinul's composition, but Miles stripped away the chords in the studio, saying they were "cluttering up the melody." Zawinul later expressed reservations about Davis' radical simplification.

John McLaughlin

played Guitar on this album

Dave Holland

played Double Bass on this album

Tony Williams

played Drums on this album

Chick Corea

played Electric Piano on this album

Herbie Hancock

played Electric Piano on this album

Joe Zawinul

played Electric Piano on this album

Joe Zawinul

played Organ on this album

Wayne Shorter

played Tenor Saxophone on this album

Miles's 1969–70 studio experiments fused rock's rhythmic sensibility with jazz improvisation. Bitches BrewBitches BrewMiles Davis · 1970 layered McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン, CoreaChick Coreaチック・コリア, HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック, and others in simultaneous collective improvisation.

Miles Davis John McLaughlin Chick Corea Herbie Hancock Jack DeJohnette Dave Holland

The title track of In a Silent WayIn a Silent WayMiles Davis · 1969 (1969) was a meditative chorale Joe ZawinulJoe Zawinulジョー・ザヴィヌル brought to Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス. Miles stripped the chords from the lead sheet, leaving only melody — pre-figuring the ECM aesthetic.