The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends:Miles Davis:Birth Of A Legend.

Milestones (CL 1193) is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, recorded with his "first great quintet" augmented as a sextet. It was released in 1958 by Columbia Records. Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane's return to Davis' group in 1958 coincided with the "modal phase" albums: Milestones and Kind of Blue (1959) are both considered essential examples of 1950s modern jazz. Davis at this point was experimenting with modes – scale patterns other than major and minor.

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1. Jeru - Miles Davis' Nonet. 2. Boplicity - Miles Davis' Nonet. 6. 'Round Midnight - Miles Davis Quintet.

Stanley Nelson's superbly crafted documentary taps deep into the mystique of Miles Davis: his sound, stardom, and cult of personality. Miles Davis is the one jazz figure of the postwar era who had, and still has, the larger-than-life quality of a pop star. Other jazz artists, of course, became legends (Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, et., but Miles, like Picasso or Dylan, had a mystique rooted not just in his genius but in his cult of personality.

2012 Best Jazz Album - Digitally Remastered. 2014 Remastered 2014.

Nefertiti (Miles Davis album). Nefertiti is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 1968. Recorded on June 7, June 22–23 and July 19, 1967, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, the album was Davis' last fully acoustic album. Davis himself did not contribute any compositions, which were mostly written by Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.

The Miles Davis Nonet. The Miles Davis Quintet. The Miles Davis Sextet.

586. 43. ‘Sketches of Spain’ is one of the most captivating records of Miles’ career.