1 Thisness (rehearsal)
12" LP: Mosaic MQ10-177
CD: Columbia C6K 67398, Columbia C6K 90925, Sony SRCS 8575/80, Sony SICP 663/8

The date of this recording, which exists only as a monaural reference tape, is uncertain. Shorter does not play. It is searching and exploratory, with a beautiful interlude by Hancock before Davis re-joins. The notes to the Quintet box (Mosaic MQ10-177, Columbia C6K 67398) place it somewhere in the period "May-July 1967." My guess is that it is later rather than earlier in the series of many New York studio sessions during this period -- closer to late July than early June.

After returning from the west coast in mid-May, the Quintet was booked at the Village Vanguard (June 2-4), then went to the Village Gate (July 4-16 opposite Dizzy Gillespie, and August 15-27 opposite Ornette Coleman). They also played at The Watts Summer Festival, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on August 21-22.