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Person · jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter

Miles Davis

4.0 / 5 from 206 ratings across 23 albums
Albums
1059
Members
11
Active
1926–1991
Origin
United States
Biography

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, 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 bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion. On October 7, 2008, his 1959 album Kind of Blue received its fourth platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of at least four million copies in the United States. Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

Davis was noted as "one of the key figures in the history of jazz". On December 15, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution recognizing and commemorating the album Kind of Blue on its 50th anniversary, "honoring the masterpiece and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure. "

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How Miles Davis moved

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Discography

Modern Jazz Trumpets
Miles Davis · 1951
The New Sounds
Miles Davis · 1951
The New Sounds
Miles Davis · 1951
Dizzy Gillespie and Modern Trumpets
Miles Davis · 1952
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Young Man With a Horn
Miles Davis · 1952
Blue Period
Miles Davis · 1953
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Blue Period
Miles Davis · 1953
Miles Davis Plays The Compositions Of Al Cohn
Miles Davis · 1953
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Miles Davis, Vol. 2
Miles Davis · 1953
The Compositions of Al Cohn
Miles Davis · 1953
Classics In Jazz
Miles Davis · 1954
Classics In Jazz Part 1
Miles Davis · 1954
Classics In Jazz Part 2
Miles Davis · 1954
Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins
Miles Davis · 1954
Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins
Miles Davis · 1954
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Vol. 3
Miles Davis · 1954
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Blue Moods
Miles Davis · 1955
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Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet / Sextet
Miles Davis · 1955
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Miles Davis, Volume 1
Miles Davis · 1955
All Of You / It's You Or No One
Miles Davis · 1956
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Blue Haze
Miles Davis · 1956
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Collectors’ Items
Miles Davis · 1956
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Conception
Miles Davis · 1956
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Dig
Miles Davis · 1956
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Miles Davis and Horns
Miles Davis · 1956
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Miles Davis, Volume 2
Miles Davis · 1956
Tempus Fugit
Miles Davis · 1956
The Leap
Miles Davis · 1956
Bags’ Groove
Miles Davis · 1957
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Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis · 1957
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Miles Ahead
Miles Davis · 1957
Miles Davis And Milt Jackson All Star Quintet
Miles Davis · 1957
'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis · 1957
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’Round About Midnight
Miles Davis · 1957
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Ascenseur pour l’échafaud
Miles Davis · 1958
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Jazz Track
Miles Davis · 1958
Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants
Miles Davis · 1958
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Milestones
Miles Davis · 1958
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Porgy and Bess
Miles Davis · 1958
Straight-No Chaser!
Miles Davis · 1958
Two Bass Hit
Miles Davis · 1958
Blue Moods
Miles Davis · 1959
Jazz Track
Miles Davis · 1959
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Kind of Blue
Miles Davis · 1959
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Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
Miles Davis · 1959
Milestones / Dr. Jeckyll
Miles Davis · 1959
Porgy And Bess
Miles Davis · 1959
Sounds Of Jazz
Miles Davis · 1959
The Meaning Of The Blues
Miles Davis · 1959
Jazz Track
Miles Davis · 1960
Junior Jazz Gallery
Miles Davis · 1960
Miles Davis No. 2
Miles Davis · 1960
Miles Davis No. 3
Miles Davis · 1960
More Miles
Miles Davis · 1960
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Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis · 1960
Straight, No Chaser / Stella By Starlight
Miles Davis · 1960
The Winners Of Down Beat's Readers Poll 1960 "Horns "
Miles Davis · 1960
All Blues / It Ain't Necessarily So
Miles Davis · 1961
Bags Groove
Miles Davis · 1961
I Loves You, Porgy / It Ain't Necessarily So
Miles Davis · 1961

Credits

Ranked #6,044 of 14,615 producers — 211.46 career Groove across 3 records.

Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings
Instrument · 2024
Ornithology: The Best Of Bird
Instrument · 2024
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Miles in France 1963 & 1964
Instrument · 2024
Turnaround (Rare Miles From the Complete on the Corner Sessions)
Instrument · 2023
Live: What It Is: Montreal 7/7/83
Instrument · 2022
That’s What Happened 1982–1985: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7
Producer · 2022
Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991)
Instrument · 2021
Four Classic Albums
Instrument · 2020
The Lost Septet
Instrument · 2020
The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection
Instrument · 2020
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Rubberband
Producer · 2019
All In 1978–2018
Instrument · 2018
Eight Classic Albums
Instrument · 2018
The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
Instrument · 2018
An Odd Entrances
Writer · 2016
Live In Tokyo 1973
Writer · 2016
The Columbia Years 1968–1969
Producer · 2016
Harmon Gymnasium, University of California, Berkeley Ca, April 7th 1967
Instrument · 2015
Miles Davis at Newport: 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4
Instrument · 2015
The Lost Broadcast
Instrument · 2015
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Miles at the Fillmore: Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 3
Instrument · 2014
Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums
Instrument · 2014
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Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Volume 2
Instrument · 2013
In Person: Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, San Francisco
Instrument · 2012
Bitches Brew Live
Instrument · 2011
Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1
Instrument · 2011
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Somethin' Else
Instrument · 2010
All Miles
Instrument · 2009
Kind of Bloop
Writer · 2009
Live und in Farbe
Composer · 2009
Reggae Interpretation of Kind of Blue
Composer · 2009
The Great Prestige Recordings
Instrument · 2008
Dream of Nite
Composer · 2007
Cool & Collected
Producer · 2006
Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions
Instrument · 2006
Northern Lights
Writer · 2006
Miles Davis Featuring John Coltrane
Instrument · 2005
Prestige Profiles: Miles Davis
Instrument · 2005
The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
Instrument · 2005
Birdland 1951
Instrument · 2004
Miles Davis Quintet, 1965–’68
Instrument · 2004
Olympia - Mar. 21st, 1960
Instrument · 2002
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The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
Instrument · 2002
At Newport 1958
Instrument · 2001
Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It’s About That Time
Instrument · 2001
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The Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane (1955–1961)
Instrument · 2001
The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
Instrument · 2001
The Essential Miles Davis
Instrument · 2001
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Blue Miles
Instrument · 2000
Four (4x3)
Writer · 2000
I Love to Love
Writer · 2000
Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive John Coltrane
Instrument · 2000
Midnight Sound
Composer · 2000
Ornithology
Writer · 2000
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
Instrument · 2000
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Tourist
Writer · 2000
Panthalassa: The Remixes
Writer · 1999
Talkin’ Bird
Instrument · 1999
The Best of Miles Davis Quintet, 1965–’68
Instrument · 1999
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Trane's Blues
Instrument · 1999