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Miles Smiles 1967
Tony Williams was twenty and played as if time were a rubber band. The whole quintet follows him.
Footprints
Kind of Blue 1959
“So What” opens with Paul Chambers’s double bass asking the question and the band answering. One of jazz’s best-known intros.
So What
Bitches Brew 1970
Mati Klarwein’s painting – two worlds, day and night, fire and water – is as wild as the music.
On the Corner 1972
Panned by jazz critics. Today you can hear it in hip hop, electronica and modern jazz.