Sorcerer (Miles Davis album)

Infobox Album | Name = Sorcerer
Type = Album
Artist = Miles Davis


Released = 1967
Recorded = May 16 - May 24, 1967 & August 21, 1962
Genre = Jazz
Length = 52:56 (reissue)
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Teo Macero
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfpxqygldae link] | Last album = "Miles Smiles"
(1967)
This album = "Sorcerer"
(1967)
Next album = "Nefertiti"
(1968)

"Sorcerer" is an album recorded in May 1967 by the Miles Davis quintet. It also includes one track from a 1962 session with vocalist Bob Dorough, which was the first time Wayne Shorter recorded with Davis. The album's cover is a side portrait of Davis' wife at the time, actress Cicely Tyson.

Track listing

#"Prince of Darkness" (W. Shorter)
#"Pee Wee" (T. Williams)
#"Masqualero" (W. Shorter)
#"The Sorcerer" (H. Hancock)
#"Limbo" (W. Shorter)
#"Vonetta" (W. Shorter)
#"Nothing Like You" (F. Landesman-B. Dorough) (1962)

CD reissue includes alternate takes of "Masqualero" and "Limbo".

The only tune from the album known to have appeared in Davis's live performances is "Masqualero". Davis's groups would continue performing it as late as April 1970; the last known version appears on the live album "Black Beauty".

Performers

* Miles Davis - Trumpet
* Wayne Shorter - Tenor saxophone
* Herbie Hancock - Piano
* Ron Carter - Double bass
* Tony Williams - drums

The lineup differs on the track "Nothing Like You":

* Miles Davis - Trumpet
* Frank Rehak - Trombone
* Wayne Shorter - Tenor saxophone
* Paul Chambers - Double bass
* Jimmy Cobb - drums
* Willie Bobo (William Correa) - bongos
* Bob Dorough - vocals