Miles Davis- (1926 - 1991) was an American jazz composer, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded by various experts as one of the most influential, innovative and original musicians of the twentieth century. The epitome of cool, an eternally evolving trumpeter who repeatedly changed the course of jazz between the 1950s and '90s.
Davis played alongside, among others, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane a major role in the history of jazz. He played different styles, including bop, cool jazz, modal jazz and jazz-rock fusion. Miles was a key figure in the development of the latter three styles. As a result, Miles called the Picasso of jazz.
The Birth of the Cool (1945-1956)
Birth of the Cool (1949/1950)
Conception (1951)
Blue Period (1951)
Dig (1951)
Miles Davis with Horns (1951 and 1953)
Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note Records, 1952/1954)
Miles Davis Vol 2 (Blue Note Records, 1953)
Blue Haze (1953/1954)
Collectors' items (1953/1956)
Walkin '(1954)
Bags' Groove (1954)
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954-1956)
Musings or Miles (1955)
Bluemoods (1955)
Quintet / Sextet (1955, Miles Davis and Milt Jackson)
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (1955)
Cookin 'with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Relaxin 'with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Workin 'with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Steamin 'with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
The Columbia Years (1956-1975)
'Round About Midnight (1955/1956)
Miles Ahead (1957)
Elevator to the Gallows (Fontana, 1957 - movie soundtrack)
Milestones (1958)
Porgy and Bess (1958)
1958 Miles (1958)
Kind of Blue (1959)
Sketches of Spain (1960)
Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Quiet Nights (1962/1963)
Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
E.S.P (1965)
Miles Smiles (1966)
Sorcerer (1967)
Nefertiti (1967)
Miles in the Sky (1968)
Water Babies (1967/1968)
Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
In a Silent Way (1969)
Bitches Brew (1970)
Jack Johnson (1970)
Live Evil (1970)
On the Corner (1972)
Big Fun (1969-1972)
Get Up with It (1970-1974)
After his rest period (1981-1991)
The Man With The Horn (1980/1981)
Star People (1982/1983)
Decoy (1983/1984)
You're Under Arrest (1984/1985)
Aura (recorded 1985, released 1989)
Tutu (1986)
Music from Siesta (1987 - movie soundtrack)
Back on the Block (1989)
Amandla (1989)
Dingo (1991 - movie soundtrack)
Doo-Bop (1992)
Greatest Hits (1995)