Miles Davis

by **MadeInHeaven** Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:08 pm

Full Name: Miles Dewey Davis III

Born: May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois

Died: September 28, 1991 in Santa Monica, California (respiratory failure)

Years Active: 1944-1975; 1980-1991

Associated Acts: John Coltrane, Billy Eckstine, Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Clark Terry

Main Instruments: trumpet

Studio Albums Released:

The New Sounds (released 1951)
Young Man with a Horn (released 1952)
Blue Period (released 1953)
The Compositions of Al Cohn (released 1953)
Miles Davis Volume 2 (released 1953)
Miles Davis, Volume 3 (released 1954)
Miles Davis Quartet (released 1954)
Miles Davis All-Star Sextet (released 1954)
Miles Davis Quintet (released 1954)
Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins (released 1954)
Miles Davis All-Stars, Volume 1 (released 1955)
Miles Davis All-Stars, Volume 2 (released 1955)
Musings of Miles (released 1955)
Blue Moods (released 1955)
Dig (released 1956)
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (released 1956)
Miles Davis and Horns (released 1956)
Quintet/Sextet (released 1956)
Collectors' Items (released 1956)
Blue Haze (released 1956)
Walkin' (released 1957)
Cookin' (released 1957)
Bags' Groove (released 1957)
'Round About Midnight (released 1957)
Miles Ahead (released 1957)
Relaxin' (released 1958)
Milestones (released 1958)
Jazz Track (released 1958)
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (released 1959)
Workin' (released 1959)
Porgy and Bess (released 1959)
Kind of Blue (released 8/17/1959)
Sketches of Spain (released 7/18/1960)
Steamin' (released 1961)
Someday My Prince Will Come (released 12/11/1961)
Seven Steps to Heaven (released 1963)
Quiet Nights (with Gil Evans; released 3/1964)
E.S.P. (released 1965)
Miles Smiles (released 1967)
Sorcerer (released 1967)
Nefertiti (released 12/1967)
Miles in the Sky (released 1968)
Filles de Kilimanjaro (released 12/1968)
In a Silent Way (released 7/30/1969)
Bitches Brew (released 4/1970)
Jack Johnson (released 2/24/1971)
Live-Evil (released 11/17/1971)
On the Corner (released 10/11/1972)
Big Fun (released 4/19/1974)
Get Up with It (released 11/22/1974)
Water Babies (released 11/2/1976)
The Man with the Horn (released 7/1981)
Star People (released 1983)
Decoy (released 6/1984)
You're Under Arrest (released 9/9/1985)
Tutu (released 12/1986)
Amandla (released 5/18/1989)
Aura (released 5/18/1989)
Doo-Bop (posthumous; released 6/30/1992)