Total time: 98:23)
Miles Davis - trumpet; John McLaughlin (1. & 3.) - guitar; Steve Grossman - s. sax. On track 1 add: Benny Maupin - b. clarinet; Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock - electric pianos; Ron Carter, Harvey Brooks - basses; Billy Cobham - drums; Airto Moreira - perc; Khalil Balakrishna & Bihari Sharma - electric sitar, tambura, etc. On track 2 add: Dave Holland - bass; Jack DeJohnette - drums.
Recorded Nov. 1969 to Mar. 1970 in NYC.
Produced by Teo Macero.
1974 | 2-LP | CBS PG 32866 (US) | CBS 88024 (GB) | CBS-Sony SOPW 5/6 |
CBS-Sony 36AP1779/80 | CBS-Sony 28AP2159/60 | |||
CD | One Way Records (CBS) A2 21398 (US) | Sony 50DP-705/6 (Japan) |
Miles Davis(tp)Bennie Maupin(bcl)Steve Grossman(sop)Herbie Hancock,Chick Corea(el-p)John McLaughlin(el-g)Ron Carter(b) Harvey Brooks(el-b)William Cobham(d)Airto Moreira(perc) Khalil Balakrishna,Bihari Sharma(el-sitar,tamboura,perc) -New York City, November 19, 1969- (a) Great expectations / Mulher laranja Columbia PG 32866 (b) CO.103289 Great expecations Columbia 4-45090,4-46074 -Note: (b) is an excerpt of the LP version (a). Miles Davis(tp)Bennie Maupin(bcl)Steve Grossman(sop)Herbie Hancock,Larry Young,Joe Zawinul(el-p)John McLaughlin(el-g)Ron Carter(b)Harvey Brooks(el-b)William Cobham,Jack DeJohnette(d) Airto Moreira(perc)Khalil Balakrishna,Bihari Sharma(el-sitar, tamboura,perc) -New York City, November 28, 1969- CO.103290 The little blue frog Columbia 4-45090 Miles Davis(tp)Steve Grossman(sop)John McLaughlin(g)Dave Holland(b)Jack DeJohnette(d) -New York City, March 30, 1970- (a) Go ahead John Columbia PG 32866 (a) CO.103283 Go ahead John Columbia 4-46074 -Notes: (b) is an excerpt of the LP version (a). McLaughlin is not implicated in the other two tracks on this 2-LP set.
M I L E S D A V I S " B i g F u n " (C) 1974 Sony (Sony SRCS 5713/4 [2 CD]) TUNE TITLES & PERSONNEL ----------------------- 1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS (M. Davis)......................27:34 Miles Davis: Trumpet Herbie Hancock: Electric Piano Chick Corea: Electric Piano Ron Carter: Bass Harvey Brooks: Fender Bass Steve Grossman: Soprano Saxophone Bennie Maupin: Bass Clarinet Billy Cobham: Drums Airto Moreira: Percussion John McLaughlin: Electric Guitar Khalil Balakrishna: Electric Sitar, Tamboura Bihari Sharima: Electric Sitar, Tamboura 2. IFE (M. Davis).....................................21:33 Miles Davis: Trumpet Carlos Garnett: Soprano Saxophone Sonny Fortune: Soprano Saxophone, Flute Bennie Maupin: Flute Lonnie Smith: Piano Harold I. Williams, Jr.: Piano, Sitar Michael Henderson: Fender Bass Al Foster: Drums Mtume: Percussion Billu Hart: Drums Badal Roy: Tabla 3. GO AHEAD JOHN (M. Davis)...........................28:26 Miles Davis: Trumpet Steve Grossman: Soprano Saxophone Dave Holland: Bass Jack DeJohnette: Drums John McLaughlin: Electric Guitar 4. LONELY FIRE (M. Davis).............................21:21 Miles Davis: Trumpet Wayne Shorter: Tenor Saxophone Bennie Maupin: Bass Clarinet Khalil Balakrishna: Sitar Chick Corea: Electric Piano Josef Zawinul: Electric Piano, Farfisa Organ Khalil Balakrishna: Indian Instruments Dave Holland: Bass Harvey Brooks: Fender Bass Billy Cobham: Drums Jack DeJohnette: Drums Airto Moreira: Percussion Recorded: (#1) 1969 November 19, (#4) 1970 January 27, (#3) 1970 March 3, (#2) 1972 June 12