V.S.O.P. (group)

V.S.O.P. was an American jazz quintet consisting of Herbie Hancock (piano, keyboards, synthesizers and vocals), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone), Ron Carter (bass), Tony Williams (drums) and Freddie Hubbard (trumpet and flugelhorn). The line-up was identical to the Miles Davis Quintet of the 1960s, with the only difference being Hubbard, rather than Davis, on trumpet.

V.S.O.P. was essentially a live band: it produced only one studio album (Five Stars in 1979) and four live albums.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
Five Stars
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: CBS/Sony

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
Jazz

(Trad)
[1]
The Quintet 123 3
Tempest in the Colosseum
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: CBS/Sony
Live Under the Sky
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Columbia
Live Under the Sky, No. 2*
  • Release date: October 30, 2002
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

*This release was only the second CD coupled with the re-release of Live Under The Sky when it was released in the USA, so it was brought back to Japan.

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