| Miles Davis - Discography |
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In this page is proposed a synoptic of the work of the great band leader and trumpet player Miles Davis. The discography has been organized following the group organizations Davis has adopted during the years. Only the main works, commonly available, are listed. Another page contains a complete discography of the great american musician.
A short
profile and a synthetic discography are included in
this page
(in Italian). |
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Miles Davis
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Year |
Title |
Group |
M/S |
Notes |
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1950 |
Birth of the Cool |
Nonet |
M |
(1) |
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1954 |
Bags' Groove |
Sextet with Sonny Rollins |
M |
(2) |
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1954 |
Walkin' |
Sextet 1 |
M |
(3) |
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1954 |
Blue & Boogie |
Sextet 1 |
M |
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1955 |
The New Miles Davis Quintet |
Quintet 1 |
M |
(4) |
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1955 |
Miles and Coltrane |
Quintet 1 |
M |
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1956 |
Relaxin' with the MD Quintet |
Quintet 1 |
M |
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1956 |
Workin' |
Quintet 1 |
M |
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1956 |
Steamin' |
Quintet 1 |
M |
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1956 |
Cookin' |
Quintet 1 |
M |
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1956 |
Round Midnight |
Quintet 1 |
M |
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1956 |
Music for Brass |
Brass Orchestra |
S |
(4B) Gunther Schuller |
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1957 |
Miles Ahead |
Gil Evans + orchestra 19 elements |
M |
|
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1957 |
L'ascensour pour l'Echefaud |
Frenc band |
M |
Soundtrack of Louis Malle movie |
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1958 |
Milestones |
Quintet 1 + Cannonball Adderley |
S |
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1958 |
On Green Dolphin Street |
Quintet 1 + Bill Evans |
S |
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1958 |
Porgy & Bess |
Orchestra + "Cannonball" Adderley (alto sax), Paul Chambers (double bass), Jimmy Cobb (tenor sax) |
S |
Arrangements and conduction: Gil Evans |
|
1958 |
Miles and Monk at Newport |
With Thelonious Monk |
S |
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1959 |
Kind of Blue |
Quintet 1B + Bill Evans and James Cobb , drums, instead of Philly Jo Jones |
S |
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1960 |
Sketches of Spain |
Orchestra + Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Elvin Jones |
S |
Arrangements and conduction: Gil Evans |
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1961 |
Someday my Prince Will Come |
Quintet 1B + Hank Mobley (sax) |
S |
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1961 |
Black Hawk Concerts |
Quintet 1B |
S |
Live |
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1961 |
M.D. at Carnegie Hall |
Orchestra |
S |
Live |
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1962 |
Quiet Nights |
Gil Evans + orchestra |
S |
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1963 |
Seven Steps to Heaven |
G. Coleman, V. Feldman, H. Hancock, R. Carter, T.Williams, F.Butjer |
S |
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1963 |
M.D. in Europe |
Europea |
S |
Live Festival at Antibes |
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1964 |
Four & More |
G. Coleman, H. Hancock, R. Carter, T.Williams |
S |
Live. Phil. Hall (ritmico). Standards. |
|
1964 |
My Funny Valentine |
G. Coleman, H. Hancock, R. Carter, T.Williams |
S |
Live. Phil. Hall (lirico). Ballads. |
|
1964 |
Miles in Tokyo |
Sam Rivers, H. Hancock, R. Carter, T.Williams |
S |
Live |
|
1964 |
Miles in Berlin |
Quintet 2 (6) |
S |
Live. First collaboration with Wayne Shorter. |
|
1965 |
E.S.P. |
Quintet 2 |
S |
|
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1965 |
Live at Plugged Nickel |
Quintet 2 |
S |
5 LP |
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1966 |
Miles Smiles |
Quintet 2 |
S |
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1967 |
Sorcerer |
Quintet 2 |
S |
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1967 |
Nefertiti |
Quintet 2 |
S |
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1968 |
Miles in the Sky |
Quintet 2 + John McLaughlin e altri |
S |
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1967 |
Water Babies |
Quintet 2 + Corea / Holland |
S |
Issued 1976 |
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1968 |
Filles de Kilimanjaro |
Quintet 2 |
S |
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1969 |
In a Silent Way |
Electric Band 1 |
S |
(7) |
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1969 |
Bitches Brew |
Quintet 2 + Zawinul, JML |
S |
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1970 |
Live-Evil |
con Keith Jarrett |
S |
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1970 |
Black Beauty |
Quintet 2 |
S |
Live Fillmore West |
|
1970 |
Live at Fillmore West |
Quintet 2 |
S |
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1970 |
Tribute to Jack Johnson |
Quintet 2 |
S |
Movie soundtrack |
|
1970 |
Cellar Door Session |
Electric Band 2 |
S |
(8) 6 CD. Issued 2006. Recorded december 1970 |
|
1972 |
On the Corner |
Band not declared |
S |
Funky |
|
1972 |
Miles Davis in Concert |
Al Foster, Mtume, Badal Roy e altri (also in On The Corner) |
S |
Funky |
|
1972 |
Big Fun |
Varie formazioni elettriche |
S |
Anthology. Alternate takes and outtakes 1969-1972 |
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1972 |
Get Up With It |
Varie formazioni elettricheb |
S |
2 LP, 2 CD - Registrazioni '70 - '72 |
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1974 |
Dark Magus |
Electric Band 3 |
S |
(8B) Live Carnegie Hall. |
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1975 |
Agartha |
Electric Band 3 + Sonny Fortune |
S |
Live Japan. Concerto p.m. |
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1975 |
Pangaea |
Electric Band 3 + Sonny Fortune |
S |
Live Japan. Concerto sera |
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1979 |
Circle in the Round |
Varie formazioni, in maggioranza acustiche |
S |
Antologia - Registrazioni dal '55 al '70 |
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1981 |
The Man With the Horn |
Barry Finnerty (gt. el.), Felton Crews (b), Marcus Miller (b), Al Foster (batt.), Vincent Wilburn (d.) Sammy Figueroa (perc.), Bill Evans (sax) |
S |
First album after six years |
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1981 |
We Want Miles |
Mike Stern (gt. el.), Marcus Miller (b), Al Foster (batt.), Mino Cinelu (perc.), Bill Evans (sax) |
S |
New phase |
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1981 |
Directions |
Varie formazioni acustiche |
S |
Anthology. Unedited 1960 - 1970 |
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1983 |
Star People |
Electric Band 4 |
S |
(9) |
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1984 |
DeCoy |
Electric Band 4 con variazioni |
S |
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1984 |
Aura |
Electric Band 4 + Robert Irving III (synt. and keyboards) |
S |
2 LP |
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1984 |
You're Under Arrest |
Bob
Berg (soprano sax), Al Foster (d.) |
S |
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1986 |
Tutu |
Several musicians and Marcus Miller (10) |
S |
Dedicated to bishop Desmond Tutu (South Africa). |
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1986 |
Time After Ttime |
With George Duke and David Sanborn (11) |
S |
Live at Montreaux festival |
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1987 |
Music From Siesta |
Davis, Marcus Miller |
S |
Miller plays all the other instruments. Soundtrack |
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1988 |
Ballads |
Several band composition |
M/S |
Anthology '56-'66-'84 |
|
1989 |
Amandla |
Electrical band 5 + guests: Marcus Miller, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Joey DeFrancesco, Rick Margitza, Joe Sample |
S |
(12) Last album with a regular band |
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1991 |
Doo-Bop |
Producer Easy Moo Bee, samples and several contributions |
S |
Last studio album. Posthumous |
|
1991 |
Live at Montreaux |
With Quincy Jones, Orchestra of Benny Bailey, with Grady Tate, Carlos Benavent, Kenny Garrrett, Wallace Rooney (trumpet) and others |
S |
Issued with con Quincy Jones (1993) |
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1996 |
Live Around the World |
Electric Band (several band composition). Rick Margitza tenor sax in "Amandla" |
S |
(12) Anthology. Recordings 1988 - 1991 |
| Formazioni |
|
Miles Davis with Jeanne
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(1) |
Nonet |
Kay Winding, J.J. Johnson, Mike Zwerin (trombone), Junior Collins, Sandy Siegelstein (french fhorn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax ), Gerry Mulligan (baritono sax), Al Haig, John Lewis (piano), Joe Shulman, Nelson Boyd, Al McKibbon (double bass), Max Roach, Kenny Clarke (drums), Kenny Hagood (voice). |
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(2) |
Sextet |
Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Thelonius Monk, Horace Silver (piano), Percy Heath (double bass), Kenny Clarke (drums) |
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(3) |
Sextet |
Lucky Thompson (tenor sax), Horace Silver (piano), Percy Heath (double bass), Kenny Clarke (drums) (+ Jay Jay Johnson, trombone) |
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(4) |
Quintet 1 |
John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (double bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
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| (4B) |
Orchestra |
Wind orchestra, brass only, conducted by the musician Gunther Schuller over John Lewis. arrangements. |
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(5) |
Quintet 1B |
John Coltrane (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (double bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
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(6) |
Quintet 2 |
Wayne Shorter (sax), Herbie Hancock (pf.), Ron Carter (double bass), Tony Williams (drums) |
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(7) |
Electric band 1 |
Herbie Hancock (piano elettrico), Chick Corea (piano el.), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Dave Holland (double bass acustico), Josez Zawinul (keyboards and el. piano e) John McLaughlin (guitar), Tony Williams (drums) |
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(8) |
Electric band 2 |
Gary Bartz (alto and soprano sax), Keith Jarrett (keyboards), Michael Henderson (electric bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Airto Moreira (percussions) |
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| (8B) |
Electric band 3 |
Al Foster (drums), Michael Henderson (b), James Mtume (perc), and Pete Cosey, Reggie Lucas (ch. el.) David Liebman (sax), Azar Lawrence (sax), Dominique Gaumont (el. guitar rock). |
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| (9) |
Electric band 4 |
Bill Evans (tenor
sax e soprano), John Scofield (electric guitar), Mike Stern
(electric guitar), Marcus Miller (bass), Tom Barney (bass),
Al Foster (drums), Mino Cinelu (percussions) |
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| (10) |
Tutu |
Marcus Miller (bass in "Backyard Ritual" and other instruments), other musicians: Adam Holzman (synthesizer in "Splatch"), George Duke (other instruments apart percussions, bass and trumpet in "Backyard Ritual"), Michal Urbaniak (electric violin in "Don't Lose Your Mind"), Bernard Wright (added synthesizers in "Tomaas" and "Don't Lose Your Mind"), Jason Miles (synthesizers programmtion), Jabali Billy Hart (drums, bongo), Paulinho da Costa (percussions in "Tutu", "Portia", "Splatch", Backyard Ritual"), Steve Reid (added percussions in "Splatch"), Omar Hakim (percussions and drums in "Tomaas") |
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| (11) |
Live a Montreaux |
Bob Berg (sax), Robben Ford (electric guitar), Robert Irving III, Adam Holzman (keyboards), Felton Crews (bass), Vince Willburn, Jr (drums), Steve Thornton (percussions), George Duke (keyboards first two track), David Sanborn (altro sax, tracks 6,7,8) |
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(12) |
Electric band 4 |
Kenny Garrett (sax, flute), Bob Berg (sax), Key Akagi (keyboards), Foley (lead bass), Richard Patterson (bass), Ricky Wellman (drums) (Some variations in different concerts) |
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For the album above listed it's indicated the recording date, in case it is known and it's the same for the whole album, instead of the issue date. For the anthologies the issue dates are reported. |
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