Artist
Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history, and music history in general. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Winner of eight Grammy awards.
Born: 26 May 1926 in Alton, Illinois, USA.
Died: 28 September 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA (aged 65).
Best known for his seminal modern jazz album "Kind Of Blue" (1959), the highest selling jazz album of all time with six million copies sold.
Miles went to NYC to study at the academic school for musicians, where he met Charlie Parker. They started playing together from 1945. In 1948 Miles Davis started to make his own ensembles, at that time he met Gil Evans, The Miles Davis Nonet was born. From the few recordings they made in 1949 to 1950 came the album "Birth Of The Cool" (1957), with Davis and Evans going on to work more together in the future.
Miles Davis was one of the musicians who introduced the 'Hard Bop' in the mid 1950s. In the late 1960s he started to experiment with electronic instruments and rock and funk rhythms. In the mid 1970s he stopped playing because of health problems, though in 1980 he made an 'electronical' comeback.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 (Performer). Winner of Eight Grammy Awards.
He married dancer/actress Frances Taylor Davis on December 12, 1959; they divorced in 1968. He then married singer Betty Mabry in September 1968; they divorced in 1970. He then married actress Cicely Tyson on November 26, 1981; they divorced in 1989. Father of Cheryl Davis & Erin Davis. Uncle of Vince Wilburn, Jr.
Tracks
A1
All Blues
A2
Round Midnight
A3
Yardbird Suite
A4
Nuit Sur Les Champs Elysees
A5
Perhaps
A6
Miles Ahead
A7
Donna Lee
A8
Now's The Time
A9
Israel
A10
Little Willie Leaps
A11
Here Come De Honey Man
A12
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
A13
Sippin' At Bells
A14
Yesterdays
A15
Billie's Bounce
A16
Gone Gone Gone
A17
Ah-Leu-Cha
A18
Blue In Green
A19
Quasimodo
A20
Oleo
B1
So What
B2
Half Nelson
B3
I Loves You Porgy
B4
Milestones
B5
Bluebird
B6
Summertime
B7
Scrapple From The Apple
B8
My Funny Valentine
B9
Barbados
B10
Solar
B11
The Hymn
B12
Godchild
B13
Another Hair-Do
B14
Klaunstance
B15
Dear Old stockholm
B16
Marmaduke
B17
When Lights Are Low
B18
Buzzy
B19
Chasin' The Bird
B20
Cheryl