Sorcerer (Miles Davis album)

Sorcerer
Studio album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedOctober 23, 1967[1]
RecordedMay 16–24, 1967; August 21, 1962 (track 7)
Studio30th Street (New York)
GenrePost-bop[2]
Length40:03
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero
Miles Davis chronology
Miles Smiles
(1967) 		Sorcerer
(1967) 		Nefertiti
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[8]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[7]
Sputnikmusic4/5[6]
Tom Hull – on the WebA−[9]

Sorcerer is an album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It is the third of six albums that his 1960s quintet recorded. It also includes one track from a 1962 session with vocalist Bob Dorough, which was the first time Wayne Shorter recorded with Davis. Davis does not play on the second track, "Pee Wee".[10] The album's cover is a profile photo of actress Cicely Tyson, who at the time was Davis's girlfriend (and later his wife).

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  2. ^ Bailey, C. Michael (April 11, 2008). "Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Sorcerer – Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. ^ Quinn, Bill; et al. (2007). Alkyer, Frank; Enright, Ed; Koransky, Jason (eds.). The Miles Davis Reader. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 244–6. ISBN 1617745707. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ^ Campbell, Hernan M. (June 17, 2012). "Miles Davis – Sorcerer". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  7. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 58. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  8. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  9. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: Miles Davis". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  10. ^ Chambers, Jack (1998). Milestones: The Music And Times Of Miles Davis. Da Capo Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0306808494.