Miles Davis was born on May 25, 1926 in Alton, Illinois. He was playing trumpet by age 10 and later performed in his high school band and local jazz groups. At 18 he travelled to New York to attend the Julliard School of Music, but dropped out in order to spend more time in the city’s blossoming jazz scene. Davis would join Charlie Parker on several late ‘40s albums recorded in New York and California. In 1948 he started his own nine-piece band, which he left after the 1949 recording Birth of the Cool. During the mid-‘50s Davis released several albums with a quintet he formed with saxophonist John Coltrane. In 1958 the two formed a new sextet and over the next few years recorded groundbreaking albums such as Milestones and Kind of Blue. In 1964 Davis formed a more experimental quintet with pianist Herbie Hancock. The group strayed from more traditional jazz and eventually ended up with the 1969 recording Bitches Brew. Over the next decade Davis would produce mostly jazz-rock material that tended to alienate jazz critics while gaining him new fans. He continued to record and tour throughout the ‘80s. Miles Davis passed away in September of 1991 at the age of 65. [source: Rolling Stone]

DISCOGRAPHY

The Complete Miles Davis Featuring John Coltrane Sony Legacy, 1999
Bird Of Paradise Trace, 1999
E.S.P. (Digitally Remastered) Columbia, 1998
Miles In The Sky (Digitally Remastered) Columbia, 1998
Miles Smiles (Digitally Remastered) Columbia, 1998
Nefertiti (Digitally Remastered) Columbia, 1998
Sorcerer (Digitally Remastered) Columbia, 1998
Sketches Of Spain/Kind Of Blue ( 3-On-1) Columbia, 1998
Complete Birth Of The Cool (Remastered) Blue Note, 1998
Original Jazz Classic Jazz (Feat.Blakey/Haynes/Monk/Gree) Original Jazz Classics, 1998
Premium Best (Import-Jap) PID, 1998
Electric-This Is Jazz No. 38 (Feat. Shorter/Hancock/Corea This Is Jazz) Columbia, 1998
Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 Columbia, 1998
Live In France Laserlight, 1998
Miles Davis (Feat. Charlie Parker 2 CD Set) Gold Sound (Italy), 1998
Miles Davis At Carniegie Hall (Digitally Remastered 2 CD Set) Columbia, 1998
Walkin' (Extended Resolution) Sire / JVC, 1998
Jazz Profile (Jazz Profile Series) Blue Note, 1998
Vol. 1-1961 At The Blackhawk Giants Of Jazz, 1998
Vol. 2-1961 At The Blackhawk Giants Of Jazz, 1998
Vol. 1-1945-46 Masters of Jazz, 1998
Bags' Groove (Extended Resolution CD Feat. Rollins/Jackson/Monk) Discovery / Antones, 1998
1945-54 Giants Of Jazz, 1998
Delete Me Columbia, 1998
How High The Moon Columbia, 1998
Real Birth Of The Cool Bandstand, 1998
Greatest Hits Sony Music Entertainment, 1997
Miles Ahead Sony Music Entertainment, 1997
Quiet Nights Sony Music Entertainment, 1997
Black Beauty-Live At Fillmore (2 CD Set) Columbia, 1997
Dark Magus-Live At Carnegie H (2 CD Set) Columbia, 1997
In Concert-Live At Philharmon (2 CD Set) Columbia, 1997
Live At The Fillmore East (2 CD Set) Columbia, 1997
Live-Evil (2 CD Set) Columbia, 1997
'round About Midnight (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
1958 Miles (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Aghartha (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Bitches Brew (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Decoy (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Four & More (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Get Up With It (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Miles In Tokyo (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Miles Smiles (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
My Funny Valentine (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Nefertiti (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
On The Corner (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Pangaea (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Porgy & Bess (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Sorcerer (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Star People (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997
Tribute To Jack Johnson (Import-Jap T/T Jack Johnson) Columbia, 1997
We Want Miles Sony Music Entertainment, 1997
You're Under Arrest (Import-Jap) Columbia, 1997 Quintet With Milt Jackson DGC, 1997
This Is Jazz #22-Miles Davis Columbia, 1997
This Is Jazz, Vol. 22: Miles Davis Plays Ballads Sony, 1997
Best Of Miles Davis [Sony] Sony, 1997
Best of Miles Davis [Sony] Columbia, 1997
Kind Of Blue (Feat. Coltrane/Adderly/Evans Chambers/Kelly/Cobb) Columbia, 1997
Musings (24k Gold Disc) DCC Gold Disc, 1997
Bluing: Miles Davis Plays The Blues Prestige Records, 1996
With Tadd Dameron Quintet Tristar Music Imports, 1996
Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings DCC Gold Disc Records, 1996
Miles DGC, 1996
With Dameron Tristar, 1996
Life Of Kingpin (Explicit Version) Me & Mine Ent., 1996
Live Around The World Warner Brothers Records, 1996
This Is Jazz #8-Acoustic Columbia, 1996
This Is Jazz, Vol. 8: Miles Davis Acoustic Sony, 1996
Miles Davis Quintet WMO Records (Qualiton), 1996
Live At Jazz Villa Soulard, 1996
Ballads & Blues Blue Note, 1996
Complete Amsterdam Concert Melodie Records, 1996
So What Sony Legacy, 1996
The Real Birth of the Cool Chrisly (Germany), 1996
Night In Tunisia Star Jazz, 1996
Highlights From The Plugged Nickel Sony Music Entertainment, 1995
Jazz At The Plaza Tristar Music Imports, 1995
At Carnegie Hall Tristar Music Imports, 1995
Best Live Tristar Music Imports, 1995
Friday Nights-In Person Tristar Music Imports, 1995
Le Meileur De Miles Davis Tristar Music Imports, 1995
Mellow Miles Tristar Music Imports, 1995
Four Play Jazz Music Yesterday, 1995
Call It What It Is JMY Records, 1995
Last Bebop Session JMY Records, 1995
Festival de Juan Pins Tristar, 1995
Jazz Portrait Tristar, 1995
Meileur de Miles Davis Tristar, 1995
This Is Miles, Vol. 1 Tristar, 1995
This Is Miles, Vol. 2 Tristar, 1995
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