- jazz, hard bop
- 48 min
- 7 tracks
- Columbia Special Products
E.S.P. is an album by Miles Davis, recorded on January 20–22, 1965 and released on August 16 of that year by Columbia Records. It is the first release from what is known as Davis's second great quintet: Davis on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums.
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Character
Grave, character-led, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- DownBeat4.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4 ★
- Record Mirror4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1E.S.P.5:32
- 2Eighty-One6:17
- 3Little One7:24
- 4R.J.3:59
- 5Agitation7:48
- 6Iris8:33
- 7Mood8:49
7 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Miles Davis
- Label
- Columbia Special Products
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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