The V.S.O.P. Quintet

A lightning storm in Den‑En Coliseum – post‑bop Titans go full gale-force jazz.

Recorded live on July 23, 1977, at Tokyo’s Den‑En Coliseum, this album captures five jazz legends—Hancock, Shorter, Carter, Williams, Hubbard—channeling Miles Davis’s legendary Second Quintet—but igniting their own forensic blaze.

This album isn’t just a performance—it’s a defiant statement: post‑bop and fusion weren’t finished. Instead of retreating into nostalgia, V.S.O.P. leaned in, using Tokyo’s stage as a crucible. The result? A turbulent, electric snapshot of jazz’s top-tier alchemists in full elemental fury.

10/10 live jazz apocalypse with tooth and soul, high-voltage ensemble interplay, live improvisation taken to its raw edge, history‑making jazz.