The Tony Williams Lifetimes

"Tempest in the Colosseum" was recorded in Tokyo's Den-En Colosseum on July 23, 1977, and featured the talents of Herbie Hancock (keyboards), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Tony Williams (drums), Ron Carter (bass), and Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano saxophone).

Tempest in the Colosseum was recorded on July 23, 1977 in the Den-En Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan. Musicians for this performance were Herbie Hancock on keyboards, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Tony Williams on drums, Ron Carter on double bass, and Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano saxophones. Originally the album was released in late 1977 only in Japan by Columbia.

The first V.S.O.P. tour triggered a flood of recording activity in July 1977, but only a fraction of it was released in the U.S. This session, recorded in San Francisco just days before the Quintet concerts in Berkeley and San Diego, finds Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams mixing it up sans the horns – and the results are more reflective and cerebral than the full Quintet concerts.

Miles in the Sky reflects the intriguing curiosities and rainbow possibilities suggested by the album cover. Miles Davis’ fifth and final album with his classic second quintet is kaleidoscopic in sound, forward-looking in structure, and contextually grounded in approach. As the legendary leader’s first venture into what would become fusion, it’s historical for containing the premier appearances of electric piano, bass, and guitar on a Davis effort. Laden with rich textures and style-bridging elements, Mobile Fidelity’s SACD brings the aural magic into focus. Mastered from the original master tapes, this collectable audiophile version of Miles in the Sky joins the ranks of eleven other essential Davis sets given supreme sonic and packaging treatment by Mobile Fidelity.

Recorded in Tokyo, Five Stars is a studio album featuring the Miles Davis alumnus quintet V.S.O.P. playing a handful of original compositions. Featured here are former Davis bandmates pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Tony Williams, and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, joined by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Released around the same time as the concert album Live Under the Sky, Five Stars showcases the group's frenetic, modal post-bop, played in the spirit of Davis' classic '60s quintet.

Live recorded performance of the quintet group V.S.O.P. led by Herbie Hancock. Herbie stayed close to his love of acoustic jazz in the ’70s, recording and performing with V.S.O.P. (reuniting him with his Miles Davis colleagues).

"Tempest in the Colosseum" was recorded in Tokyo's Den-En Colosseum on July 23, 1977, and featured the talents of Herbie Hancock (keyboards), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Tony Williams (drums), Ron Carter (bass), and Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano saxophone).

"Tempest in the Colosseum" was recorded in Tokyo's Den-En Colosseum on July 23, 1977, and featured the talents of Herbie Hancock (keyboards), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Tony Williams (drums), Ron Carter (bass), and Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano saxophone).

Miles in the Sky is a studio album by American trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, originally released on July 22, 1968, by Columbia Records. It was the last full album recorded by Davis' "Second Great Quintet" and marked the beginning of his foray into jazz fusion, with Herbie Hancock playing electric piano and Ron Carter playing electric bass guitar on opening track “Stuff”. Additionally, electric guitarist George Benson features on “Paraphernalia”.