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Directions is a double album that features previously unreleased outtakes recorded over a 10-year period by Miles Davis. Apart from InchSong of Our CountryInch from the recording sessions for Sketches of Spain (1960), a 1961 recording of Inch'Round MidnightInch, and InchSo Near, So FarInch from 1963, the album's songs are from Davis' transitional period during 1967 to 1970, when he was experimenting with a fusion of jazz and rock. They feature sidemen such as saxophonist Wayne Shorter, guitarist John McLaughlin, and keyboardists Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, and Chick Corea. Album Tracks DISC 1 1. Song of Our Country 2. 'Round Midnight 3. So Near, So Far 4. Limbo 5. Water on the Pond 6. Fun 7. Directions I 8. Directions II DISC 2 1. Ascent 2. Duran 3. Konda 4. Willie Nelson
