Miles Davis

Release Date: 10/25/2024
Format: LP
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSV 1-515, Columbia, Sony Music
Release type: Reissued Numbered Vinyl LP Pressing 

First in a Series of Modal Albums That Changed Jazz: Miles Smiles Features the Most Brilliant Playing of Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet, Bursts with Vitality and Spirit

Sourced from the Original Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP Plays with Reference-Setting Sound, Features Stunning Transparency

• 1/4” / 15 IPS / Dolby SR analog remix master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe

The clarity afforded by history proves Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet vying for the unofficial honor of being the finest small jazz combo to ever record to tape. Originally released in 1967, Miles Smiles is largely responsible for the feat, as it commences a series of five groundbreaking albums — chronologically rounded out by Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro — guided not by chordal patterns but open responses to melodies. Music would never again be the same. Neither will Miles Smiles once you hear this reference-setting pressing.

1. Orbits
   
2. Circle
   
3. Footprints
4. Dolores
   
5. Freedom Jazz Dance
   
6. Ginger Bread Boy