Prince of Darkness is a jazz composition written by Wayne Shorter and performed by Miles Davis. It appears on the 1967 Miles Davis album Sorcerer, released October 23, 1967. The track was recorded on May 24, 1967 at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. The personnel on the date were Miles Davis (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums), with Teo Macero as producer and Frank Laico as engineer. The piece showcases Shorter’s sparse modal writing within the Miles Davis Quintet’s late-1960s hard bop/post-bop approach.
