This studio LP was first released almost a decade after it was recorded. The first half features the 1967 Quintet (with
Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano, pianist
Herbie Hancock, bassist
Ron Carter, and drummer
Tony Williams) performing three otherwise unknown
Shorter compositions. The flip side finds
Davis in 1968 leading the same group (with possibly
Chick Corea and
Dave Holland replacing
Hancock and
Carter) on two early fusion jams that look a bit toward
Bitches Brew. Although not an essential set, this album fills in some gaps during
Davis's transitional period from adventurous acoustic playing to early electric performances.