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A comprehensive list of albums by American jazz musician Miles Davis, from his debut in 1945 to his final release in 1991. Includes studio, live, compilation, soundtrack, box set, collaboration and remix albums.
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- ‘Birth of the Cool’ The first of Davis' radical revisions of jazz. Pulling back the reins on bop's freneticism, Davis loosens the music with lyricism and spaciousness.
- ‘Walkin” Davis turns around and ushers in the hard-bop era with bruising workouts that celebrate the music's blues roots. The epochal title track kicks and shouts, yet Davis loses none of his affecting style in the process.
- ”Round About Midnight’ The quintet at its most sophisticated. Davis' penetrating ballad readings, relaxed uptempo intensity and bandleading ability mark a midcareer high point.
- ‘Miles Ahead’ Davis' collaboration with arranger and friend Gil Evans helped refashion the jazz big band. Evans' magisterial textures are matched by Davis' searingly impressive blowing.
- Workin’ (1956) The material for this album comes from two recording sessions in 1956, done clearly to fulfill contractual obligations to Prestige Records, so that Miles could move on to a more lucrative deal with Columbia Records.
- Miles Ahead (1957) This album, which featured Miles’ first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans since Birth of the Cool, has numerous notable qualities.
- Milestones (1958) Rightly seen as a precursor to Kind of Blue, Milestonesfeatured the same group, albeit with Bill Evans later replacing Red Garland and Jimmy Cobb replacing Philly Joe Jones.
- Kind of Blue (1959) Here’s where I explain why this album is so popular and timeless. No. Read Ashley Kahn’s brilliant book about the making of the album.
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