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Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including...
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Birth of the Cool
Birth of the Cool is an album which compiles twelve songs recorded by the Miles Davis nonet for Capitol Records in 1949 and 1950. Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements...
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- 1950
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- 2,157.627 s (35.96045 min )
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'Round About Midnight
'Round About Midnight is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It was his debut on Columbia Records, and was originally released in March 1957 (CL 949). The album took its name from the Thelonious Monk song "'Round Midnight".
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- 1956
Running Time:
- 2,351.827 s (39.19712 min )
Miles Ahead
Miles Ahead is a jazz album by Miles Davis released in 1957. This was the first album after Birth of the Cool that Davis recorded with Gil Evans, with whom he would go on to release albums such as Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain. Gil Evans...
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- 1957
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- 2,223.933 s (37.06555 min )
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Milestones
Milestones is an album recorded in February and March 1958 by Miles Davis. It is renowned for including Miles' first forays into the developing modal jazz experiments, as noticed on the piece "Miles" (renamed "Milestones"), which would be followed...
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- Sep 2, 1958
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- 2,889.493 s (48.15822 min )
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Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1958 on Columbia Records. The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. The album was recorded in four...
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- 1958
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- 3,055.333 s (50.92222 min )
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959 on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and...
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- Aug 17, 1959
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- 2,710.493 s (45.17488 min )
Sketches of Spain
Sketches of Spain is an album by Miles Davis, recorded between November 1959 and March 1960.
The album pairs Davis with arranger and composer Gil Evans, with whom he had collaborated on several other projects, on a program of compositions largely...
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- Mar 10, 1960
Running Time:
- 3,646.067 s (60.76778 min )
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In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 1
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- 1961
Running Time:
- 3,211.893 s (53.53155 min )
In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk (disc 2)
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- 1961
Running Time:
- 3,462 s (57.7 min )
Someday My Prince Will Come
Someday My Prince Will Come is a studio album by Miles Davis, recorded in March 1961 in New York City.
The album garnered significant critical acclaim, with reviewers praising Davis' precision playing and expansive lyricism. While the liner notes...
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- 1961
Running Time:
- 2,525.2 s (42.087 min )
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Seven Steps to Heaven
Seven Steps to Heaven is an album recorded in 1963 by Miles Davis. On the 16th and 17th of April, a quintet comprising Davis, George Coleman, Victor Feldman, Ron Carter and Frank Butler recorded all six tunes plus "Summer Night", for an album to be...
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- 1963
Running Time:
- 2,782.56 s (46.376 min )
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My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis in Concert
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- 1964
Running Time:
- 3,826.627 s (63.77712 min )
Filles de Kilimanjaro
Filles de Kilimanjaro (French: "Girls of Kilimanjaro") is a jazz album by Miles Davis. It was recorded in June and September 1968, and Columbia Records released the album in 1969. The June sessions featured Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Herbie Hancock...
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- 1968
Running Time:
- 3,392.893 s (56.54822 min )
Nefertiti
Nefertiti is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1968 on Columbia Records. Recorded on June 7, June 22 and July 19, 1967 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, the album was Davis' last fully acoustic album. Davis himself did not...
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- 1968
Running Time:
- 2,351.613 s (39.19355 min )
At Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East
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- 1970
Running Time:
- 3,057.8 s (50.963 min )
On the Corner
On the Corner is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in June and July 1972 and released later that year on Columbia Records. It was scorned by critics at the time of its release and was one of Davis's worst-selling recordings. Its...
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- 1972
Running Time:
- 3,291 s (54.85 min )
Tutu
Tutu is an album released in 1986 by Miles Davis on Warner Bros. Records. Named in tribute of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, the album heavily utilizes electronic instruments and synthesizers...
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- Dec 1986
Running Time:
- 2,543.893 s (42.39822 min )
Evolution of a Genius Miles Davis 1945 - 1954 1
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- 1988
Running Time:
- 4,273.507 s (71.22512 min )
Aura
Aura is a concept album by Miles Davis, produced by Palle Mikkelborg, released in 1989. All compositions and arrangements are by Danish composer/trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, who created the suite in tribute to Miles Davis when Davis received the...
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- 1989
Running Time:
- 3,985 s (66.42 min )
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Dingo
Dingo: Selections from the Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1992 movie of the same name. It was composed by Michel Legrand and performed by Miles Davis and Chuck Findley.
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- Nov 5, 1991
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The Essence of Miles Davis
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- Nov 21, 1991
Running Time:
- 2,640.493 s (44.00822 min )
The Best of Miles Davis: The Capitol/Blue Note Years
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- Feb 25, 1992
Running Time:
- 3,834.16 s (63.9027 min )
Doo-Bop
Doo-Bop was jazz innovator Miles Davis' final studio album, which would have marked the beginning of the artist's turn to hip-hop-oriented tracks. However, Davis died on September 28, 1991, before the album was completed. Only six tunes for the...
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- Jun 30, 1992
Running Time:
- 2,406.093 s (40.10155 min )
Miles Davis in Stockholm 1960 Complete
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- Mar 28, 1995
Running Time:
- 4,243.227 s (70.72045 min )
Highlights from the Plugged Nickel
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- Nov 14, 1995
Running Time:
- 4,403.267 s (73.38778 min )
This Is Jazz, Volume 8: Miles Davis Acoustic
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- Apr 30, 1996
Running Time:
- 3,532 s (58.87 min )
Bluing: Miles Davis Plays The Blues (1951-1956)
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Release Date:
- 1996
Running Time:
- 4,423.6 s (73.727 min )
Jazz Masters, 100 ans de Jazz: Miles Davis
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- 1996
Running Time:
- 3,707.4 s (61.79 min )
This Is Jazz, Volume 22: Miles Davis Plays Ballads
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- May 6, 1997
Running Time:
- 3,701 s (61.68 min )
This Is Jazz, Volume 38: Electric
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- Apr 28, 1998
Running Time:
- 3,421.067 s (57.01778 min )
The Complete Birth of the Cool
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- May 19, 1998
Running Time:
- 4,765.027 s (79.41712 min )
The Very Best of Miles Davis
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- Aug 25, 1998
Running Time:
- 4,594.667 s (76.57778 min )
