StayJack artist file
Miles Davis
1926 — 1991
Trumpet
BebopCool JazzHard BopModalFusion
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A short portrait
A restless bandleader and editor of sound, Davis repeatedly assembled musicians at the edge of their next idea. His power often lived in subtraction: a muted note, a held silence, a turn away from the expected resolution.
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Timeline
Begins recording in New York after formative work with Charlie Parker.
A Newport performance restores momentum and leads to a landmark quintet.
Kind of Blue gives modal improvisation a spacious public language.
Electric textures signal another decisive break with his own past.
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Essential records
CL 1355
Miles Davis
KindofBlue
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Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
CL 949
Miles Davis
'RoundAboutMidnight
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Miles Davis
'Round About Midnight
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Selected listening
Kind of Blue
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