Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
| Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974 | ||||
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| Released | February 16, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, ambient | |||
| Length | 59:38 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
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Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974 is a remix album of recordings by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, as arranged and mixed by Bill Laswell. It is subtitled "Reconstruction and Mix Translation by Bill Laswell". The album was released on February 16, 1998, by Sony Records.
It contains compositions from Davis's prior albums, including In a Silent Way (1969), On the Corner (1972), and Get Up With It (1974); combined with elements of ambient music and chill music. The album was composed as a dark, continuous tone poem divided by four sections of Davis' jazz fusion recordings.
Panthalassa received generally positive reviews from music critics and sold well, charting at number four on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums.