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Alton, St Louis IL, United States (1926 – 1991)

Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, Alton, Illinois, May 25, 1926 – Santa Monica, California, September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter , flugelhorn player, bandleader and composer,

Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz after World War II. He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century.

Along with Charlie Parker & Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis was one of the most important individuals in jazz. He took a lead role in the formation of cool jazz, and later modal composition, with his first great quintet with John Coltrane on saxophone.

After many line-up changes, his “Incredible String Band” featuring Wayne Shorter (saxophones), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass) and Tony Williams (drums) emerged. That group disbanded slowly as Miles embarked on a jazz-rock style known as fusion. Prior to his 5 year retirement, Miles also branched into musique concrete and funk.

“Kind of Blue” is Davis’ best known work. However, “Bitches Brew”, when released, was Davis’ best seller and was the biggest-selling jazz album of all time up to that point. Other milestones include “Birth of the Cool”, “Sketches of Spain”, “Miles Smiles”, “In a Silent Way”, “On the Corner” and “Agharta”.

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Cousin_Eddy wrote:
Thursday evening

Brilliant! Miles is great in any era!

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Pobinr wrote:
Thursday afternoon

That early Miles with Gil Evans was so great.

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FootToFace wrote:
Thursday morning

nice, i'm getting the quadraphonic vinyl lp of bitches brew for xmas

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TheXanthous wrote:
Tuesday evening

I love Miles. I can't wait for Christmas because I'm getting Pangaea.

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RyanJones wrote:
Tuesday morning

@Guru_GGGeoff: How's the packaging and everything? I want to get it but not sure if I want to shell out 300$ for it

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Mithrandir_21 wrote:
Monday evening

THE king of jazz

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1226 wrote:
last week

great

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iantm wrote:
last week

gulmor, http://zambonisoundtracks.blogspot.com/2009/12/miles-davis-ascenseur-pour-lechafaud.html

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AlexTheRedeemer wrote:
8 days ago

I prefer Kilometers Davis, honestly..

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Guru_GGGeoff wrote:
9 days ago

I got my hands on the Amazon exclusive Complete Columbia Album Collection. My god, I'm in heaven. And the soundtrack is all Miles.

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Siebenschoen wrote:
10 days ago

Oh Miles.

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TemuryanVadim wrote:
11 days ago

genius

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TheTrueSeker wrote:
11 days ago

don't be dissin' kvlt metal son

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kiwibeard wrote:
12 days ago

wow... learn something everyday... kaori claims he is black and gay....

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FootToFace wrote:
12 days ago

i thought troll until i saw kvlt metal last.fm page. i think he's serious, which is even funnier.

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N3croyeti wrote:
13 days ago

I genuinely lol'd

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TheTrueSeker wrote:
14 days ago

lol wut

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TheTrueSeker wrote:
15 days ago

The best thing about Birth of the Cool is that all of the songs are really short, but they're still packed full of great material.

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RedFaction666 wrote:
15 days ago

cool...

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LiquidEternity wrote:
16 days ago

Gulmor, you might as well check out Kind of Blue. His slowest, I don't know, but it's very mellow and cerebral. Miles never got incredibly wild himself, though on his later fusion efforts his band did get a bit crazy.

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