Home / Music / Joe Zawinul composed the title melody on Miles Davis's In a Silent WayMusic linernotes album music miles-davisJoe Zawinul composed the title melody on Miles Davis's In a Silent WayZawinul composed the melody “In a Silent Way,” which forms the opening and closing section of the second track, and performed on organ during the session. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe 1956 sessions caught Coltrane between stylesIn a Silent Way is Miles Davis's quiet bridge into fusionKind of Blue was recorded in about nine hoursMiles Davis' Plugged Nickel shows spawned four albumsMiles Davis turned two 1956 sessions into four albumsExploreChet Baker was known for his lyrical trumpet and cool jazz vocalsHead Hunters became the first platinum jazz albumCurtis Mayfield's Super Fly soundtrack offered a critical counterpoint to the filmCymande's "The Message" reached No. 48 on the Hot 100Don't You Want Me was Dare's biggest hit, topping charts on both sides of the AtlanticPrevious Joel Dorn produced Roberta Flack's debut First Take at Atlantic Studios in 1968Next Jerry Wexler produced Aretha Franklin's I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You in 1967