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Revision as of 23:13, 20 March 2008
This is a list of Miles Davis' major recordings.
Studio albums
1945-1956
Prior to Birth of the Cool his appearances on record were mainly as a member of bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker's quintet. Most of his recordings with Parker are available in Parker’s Savoy and Dial box sets – other recordings, such as live albums, are listed below. Note that Parker was the leader on all of these sessions with the exception of the August 14, 1947 session, Davis’ first as a leader.
The 12" 33 r.p.m. long-playing vinyl record did not become common until the middle of the 1950s. Most of Davis's early recordings were made for 10" or 7" releases with a shorter playing time, and were subsequently reissued as long-playing albums which sometimes combined several recording sessions, and sometimes split sessions between albums. Generally, modern CD reissues reflect the track listing of the 12" LPs, and these are listed here. Years listed are the year(s) of recording, not the year of release. Most of this material was recorded for Prestige Records - for more details of the complicated history of the Prestige material, see the Prestige Equivalents section of the Miles Ahead database. Miles Davis is the leader of all of these sessions, unless otherwise indicated.
- The Complete Savoy and Dial Sessions (1945-1951) (collects all of Charlie Parker’s recordings with Savoy and Dial, including most of Miles Davis’ early work with Parker)
- First Miles (1945)
- Yardbird in Lotus Land (Charlie Parker, leader) (Spotlite) (1946)
- The Songs of Mr. B (Billy Eckstein, leader) (1946)
- Bopping the Blues (Earl Coleman,Ann Baker, leaders) (1946)
- Flying Home (Illinois Jacquet, leader) (1947)
- Cool Bird (Charlie Parker, leader) (1947)
- The Band that Never Was (Charlie Parker, leader) (Spotlite) (1948)
- Bird on 52nd Street (3 volumes) (Charlie Parker, leader) (1948)
- Bird at the Royal Roost (Charlie Parker, leader) (1948)
- The Real Birth of the Cool (Miles’ nonet live at the Royal Roost) (1948)
- Cool Boppin' (1948)
- Birth of the Cool (1949 and 1950)
- Conception (1951)
- Blue Period (1951)
- Dig (1951)
- Miles Davis with Horns (1951 and 1953)
- Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note Records, 1952 and 1954)
- Miles Davis Volume 2 (Blue Note Records, 1953)
- Blue Haze (1953 and 1954)
- Collectors' Items (1953 and 1956)
- Walkin' (1954)
- Bags' Groove (1954)
- Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954, with one track from 1956)
- Musings of Miles (1955)
- Blue Moods (1955)
- Quintet / Sextet (1955, Miles Davis and Milt Jackson)
- Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (1955)
- Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
- Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
- Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
- Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)
Columbia, 1955-1975
Recordings for Columbia Records, during what is generally considered to be the most artistically and financially successful period of Davis's career. Again, years shown are for the recordings, though albums were usually released soon after recording.
- 'Round About Midnight (1955-1956)
- Miles Ahead (1957)
- Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud (Fontana, 1957 - film soundtrack)
- Milestones (1958)
- '58 Miles Featuring Stella By Starlight (1958)
- Somethin' Else (Blue Note Records, 1958 - Cannonball Adderley quintet)
- Porgy and Bess (1958)
- Kind of Blue (1959) RIAA: 3x Platinum
- Sketches of Spain (1960) RIAA: Gold
- Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
- Quiet Nights (1962-1963)
- Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
- E.S.P (1965)
- Miles Smiles (1966)
- Sorcerer (1967)
- Nefertiti (1967)
- Miles in the Sky (1968)
- Water Babies (previously unissued recordings from 1967 & 1968)
- Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
- In a Silent Way (1969)
- Bitches Brew (1969) (also released as a quadraphonic LP) RIAA: Platinum
- A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970)
- Live-Evil (1970) - both studio and live (also released as a quadraphonic LP)
- On the Corner (1972)
- Big Fun (1969-1972)
- Get Up with It (1970-1974)
1981-1991
After his five year retirement, Davis recorded initially for Columbia, and from the end of 1985 (Tutu onwards) for Warner Bros. Records.
- The Man With The Horn (1980/1981)
- Star People (1982/1983)
- Decoy (1983)
- You're Under Arrest (1984/1985)
- Aura (recorded 1985; released 1989)
- Tutu (1986)
- Music from Siesta (1987 - film soundtrack)
- Back on the Block (1989)
- Amandla (1989)
- Dingo (1991 - film soundtrack)
- Doo-Bop (1992)
Live recordings
- Birdland 1951 (1951)
- Miles & Coltrane (1955)
- Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley (1956)
- Amsterdam Concert (1957)
- Miles Davis at Newport 1958 (1958)
- Live in Den Haag (1960)
- Olympia, 20th March 1960 (1960)
- Manchester Concert (1960)
- Olympia, 11th October 1960 (1960)
- In Person: At The Blackhawk, San Francisco (1961)
- Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall (1961)
- Miles & Monk at Newport (1963 release of 1958 concert, with unrelated 1963 Monk performance)
- In Europe (1963)
- Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival (1963)
- My Funny Valentine (1964)
- Four & More (1964)
- Miles In Tokyo (1964)
- Miles In Berlin (1964)
- The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (1965)
- 1969 Miles - Festiva De Juan Pins (1969)
- Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That Time (1970)
- Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West (1970)
- Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
- Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1970)
- The Cellar Door Sessions (1970)
- Live-Evil (1970) - both live and studio
- Live In Vienna 11-05-1971 (1971)
- In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall (1972)
- Jazz at the Plaza (1973 release of 1958 appearance)
- Dark Magus (1974)
- Agharta (1975)
- Pangaea (1975)
- Miles! Miles! Miles! (1981)
- We Want Miles (1982)
- Munich Concert (1988)
- The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux (1973-1991)
- Miles & Quincy Live At Montreux (1991)
- Live Around The World (1988-1991)
Compilations
- Basic Miles (collects works from 1958-1962)
- Facets (ca. 1973 - previously issued and unissued recordings from 1955-1963)
- Circle in the Round (1979 - previously unissued recordings from 1955-1970)
- Directions (1980 - previously unissued recordings from 1960-1970)
- Mellow Miles (1985)
- The Columbia Years (1990 - four CD set of recordings from 1955-1985)
- The Essential Miles Davis (2001) (Legacy Recordings)
- Cool & Collected (2006) (Legacy Recordings)
Box sets
Davis's early recordings for Prestige records are collected on Chronicle: The Prestige Recordings 1951-1956. Columbia records has released a series of eleven box sets containing recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s. These contain material not available on other Columbia albums (and in the case of Someday My Prince Will Come and the albums recorded after A Tribute to Jack Johnson, there are studio recordings not included in the boxes). The boxes were released between 1996 and 2007 (sequence below listed out of order of release - #2 was first, #3 was last - years shown are the dates of the recordings). Three of the box sets contain live material from specific dates. Although they are released in a box with the same distinctive design as the others, they are not part of the numbered sequence.
Numbered box sets:
- The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane (1955-1961)
- Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (1957-1968)
- Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964
- The Complete Studio Recordings Of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968
- The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (1968-1969)
- The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (1969-1970)
- The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (1970)
- The Complete On the Corner Sessions
Live box sets:
- Miles Davis - In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk, Complete (1961)
- The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (1965)
- The Cellar Door Sessions (1970)
Videos
- Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004, DVD - contains complete 38-minute Isle of Wight Festival performance, August 29, 1970)
- The Miles Davis Story (2001, Channel Four Television Limited (UK); 2002, DVD) US distribution: Columbia Music Video
- Miles Davis - Live In Montreal 1985 (2000, starring John Scofield, Miles Davis; directed by Tom O'Neill)
External links
- Official Miles Davis Site
- Miles Ahead - A Miles Davis Discography
- Miles Beyond Site, dedicated to the electric music of Miles Davis
- Article about the Miles Electric, A Different Kind of Blue DVD
- Miles Davis Collector Site
- Miles Davis Collector Site
- Miles Davis on the One - Julian Cope reviews the albums from 1974-75
- Miles Davis at The Music Box - An extensive collection of album and box set reviews