Bill Laswell tinkered with tapes from the trumpeter’s electric period to create new versions of the old music. Laswell is credited with “reconstruction & mix translation” on the resulting Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974 release—vague descriptors, but all too indicative of the new state of affairs in jazz in which the roles of musician, producer, and engineer were not quite as distinct as they once were.
