Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Some musicians are sufficiently inspired and influential to be labeled epoch-making. Miles Davis (1926-91) made new jazz epochs every few years. For nearly five decades he was at the center of the music, charting directions and introducing other legendary figures at a rate that is unmatched by his contemporaries in any art form. The family poverty that makes for jazz melodrama was absent in Davis's background. He grew up in relative affluence in East St. Louis, Illinois and, after filling in with Billy Eckstine's big band while still in high school, journeyed to New York to enroll at Juilliard. He quickly renewed acquaintances with the bebop pioneers he had met in Eckstine's ranks, and by the end of 1945 had assumed the trumpet chair in Charlie Parker's quintet that he continued to hold for much of the next three years. Davis's first venture as a bandleader was the innovative nonet he created in collaboration with arranger Gil Evans. This band, building on the writing Evans had done for Claude Thornhill and employing such unusual timbres for jazz as those of the French horn and tuba, provided the more subtle yet still harmonically provocative palette that soon became recognized as the "birth of the cool"; Yet in smaller bands of quartet to sextet size that Davis tended to lead in most of his live and studio work for the next several years, the emphasis was on a more assertive rhythmic edge and extended improvisations that revitalized the blues vernacular. A list of key collaborators in this 1951-54 period would have to include J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, and Art Blakey, who together were laying the foundation for another stylistic variation, known as hard bop. After a triumphant performance of "'Round Midnight" in a jam session at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, Davis was finally able to sustain a permanent band. The personnel (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones) are indicative of the diversely matched yet ultimately reinforcing ensembles the trumpeter would assemble again and again, bands that could create distinct group sounds behind each soloist and introduce fresh concepts regarding jazz form. While this unit, with the added participation of Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans, became the dominant small jazz band of the late Fifties and helped popularize material based upon scales and modes, Davis also reunited with Gil Evans for a series of orchestral recordings that redefined the potential of the jazz soloist in a large band context. The Sixties found Davis putting together another seminal quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. This band took modern combo concepts to the edge of freedom, then incorporated electric instruments and layers of chordal and rhythmic support that launched the jazz-rock or fusion phenomenon. Working with larger, highly amplified bands from 1968 forward, and employing such future stars as Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, and John McLaughlin, Davis now concentrated on sound and rhythm more than ever, becoming simultaneously more basic and more abstract in his approach. After a period of retirement in the late Seventies, he returned to studio and live performance with another generation of leaders-to-be (John Scofield, Mike Stern, Kenny Garrett, Bob Berg) and remained jazz's most charismatic figure until his death. Photo by Burt Goldblatt

ALBUM

Una raccolta completa degli album di Miles Davis, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.

Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings

Remastered 2024
  • Vinile
  • CD
Volume 2 - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Volume 2

Blue Note Classic
  • Vinile
Bags' Groove - Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants

Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants

Bags' Groove

  • Vinile
Volume 1 - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Volume 1

Blue Note Classic
  • Vinile
  • SHM CD
Jazz Showcase - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Jazz Showcase

  • Digitale
Blue Haze - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Blue Haze

Hi Res [96/24]
  • Digitale
Bags' Groove - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Bags' Groove

Rudy Van Gelder Remaster
  • Digitale
Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Birth Of The Cool

  • Blu-ray
Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums

HD
  • Digitale
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

  • Vinile
  • Digitale
Blue Moods - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Blue Moods

Hi Res [192/24]
  • Digitale
The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
5 Original Albums - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

5 Original Albums

International Box Set
  • CD
Dig - Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins

Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins

Dig

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Quintet / Sextet - Miles Davis, Milt Jackson

Miles Davis, Milt Jackson

Quintet / Sextet

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
At Last! - Miles Davis, Lighthouse All Stars

Miles Davis, Lighthouse All Stars

At Last!

Live At The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, USA / 1953 / Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Miles Davis And Horns - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Davis And Horns

Hi Res [192/24]
  • Digitale
Bags' Groove - Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Bags' Groove

Hi Res [192/24]
  • Digitale
Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants - Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants

Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants

Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

Hi Res [192/24]
  • Digitale
Miles Davis - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Vol. 2
  • Digitale
Bluing: Miles Davis Plays The Blues - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Bluing: Miles Davis Plays The Blues

  • Digitale
Volume 3 - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Volume 3

  • Digitale
Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants - Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants, Milt Jackson

Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants, Milt Jackson

Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

Rudy Van Gelder Remaster / Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
The Musings Of Miles - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

The Musings Of Miles

Rudy Van Gelder Remaster / Optimized for Digital
  • Vinile
  • Digitale
Bags' Groove [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] - Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson

Bags' Groove [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster]

Optimized for Digital
  • Digitale
Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Birth Of The Cool

Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  • Vinile
  • CD
  • Digitale
The Definitive Miles Davis on Prestige - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

The Definitive Miles Davis on Prestige

  • Digitale
The Mellow Sound Of Miles Davis - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

The Mellow Sound Of Miles Davis

  • Digitale
The Classic Prestige Sessions, 1951-1956 - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

The Classic Prestige Sessions, 1951-1956

  • Digitale
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet  [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster]

Digital eBooklet Version
  • Digitale
Collectors' Items [RVG Remaster] - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Collectors' Items [RVG Remaster]

iTunes
  • Digitale
Muted Miles - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Muted Miles

  • Digitale
Chronicles - The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951-1956 - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Chronicles - The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951-1956

8 CD box set
  • Digitale
Miles Davis And The Jazz Giants - Miles Davis, The Jazz Giants

Miles Davis, The Jazz Giants

Miles Davis And The Jazz Giants

  • Digitale
Collectors' Items - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Collectors' Items

  • Digitale
Our Delight - Miles Davis, Jimmy Forrest

Miles Davis, Jimmy Forrest

Our Delight

Remastered
  • Digitale
Prestige Profiles:  Miles Davis - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Prestige Profiles: Miles Davis

With Collector's Edition Bonus Disc
  • Digitale
Birdland 1951 - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Birdland 1951

Reissue
  • Digitale
The Blue Note And Capitol Recordings - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

The Blue Note And Capitol Recordings

  • Digitale
Ascenceur Pour L'Echafaud - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Ascenceur Pour L'Echafaud

  • Digitale
Jazz Profile - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Jazz Profile

  • Digitale
The Best Of Miles Davis - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

The Best Of Miles Davis

  • Digitale
Volume One - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Volume One

  • Digitale

SINGOLI

I singoli più rappresentativi di Miles Davis, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.

Doxy - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Doxy

Remastered 2024
  • Digitale
Boplicity - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Boplicity

  • Digitale
Moon Dreams - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Moon Dreams

  • Digitale
Savoy Jazz Super EP: Miles Davis - Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Savoy Jazz Super EP: Miles Davis

  • Digitale

BIOGRAFIA



Some musicians are sufficiently inspired and influential to be labeled epoch-making. Miles Davis (1926-91) made new jazz epochs every few years. For nearly five decades he was at the center of the music, charting directions and introducing other legendary figures at a rate that is unmatched by his contemporaries in any art form.

The family poverty that makes for jazz melodrama was absent in Davis's background. He grew up in relative affluence in East St. Louis, Illinois and, after filling in with Billy Eckstine's big band while still in high school, journeyed to New York to enroll at Juilliard. He quickly renewed acquaintances with the bebop pioneers he had met in Eckstine's ranks, and by the end of 1945 had assumed the trumpet chair in Charlie Parker's quintet that he continued to hold for much of the next three years.

Davis's first venture as a bandleader was the innovative nonet he created in collaboration with arranger Gil Evans. This band, building on the writing Evans had done for Claude Thornhill and employing such unusual timbres for jazz as those of the French horn and tuba, provided the more subtle yet still harmonically provocative palette that soon became recognized as the "birth of the cool"; Yet in smaller bands of quartet to sextet size that Davis tended to lead in most of his live and studio work for the next several years, the emphasis was on a more assertive rhythmic edge and extended improvisations that revitalized the blues vernacular. A list of key collaborators in this 1951-54 period would have to include J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, and Art Blakey, who together were laying the foundation for another stylistic variation, known as hard bop.

After a triumphant performance of "'Round Midnight" in a jam session at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, Davis was finally able to sustain a permanent band. The personnel (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones) are indicative of the diversely matched yet ultimately reinforcing ensembles the trumpeter would assemble again and again, bands that could create distinct group sounds behind each soloist and introduce fresh concepts regarding jazz form. While this unit, with the added participation of Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans, became the dominant small jazz band of the late Fifties and helped popularize material based upon scales and modes, Davis also reunited with Gil Evans for a series of orchestral recordings that redefined the potential of the jazz soloist in a large band context.

The Sixties found Davis putting together another seminal quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. This band took modern combo concepts to the edge of freedom, then incorporated electric instruments and layers of chordal and rhythmic support that launched the jazz-rock or fusion phenomenon. Working with larger, highly amplified bands from 1968 forward, and employing such future stars as Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, and John McLaughlin, Davis now concentrated on sound and rhythm more than ever, becoming simultaneously more basic and more abstract in his approach. After a period of retirement in the late Seventies, he returned to studio and live performance with another generation of leaders-to-be (John Scofield, Mike Stern, Kenny Garrett, Bob Berg) and remained jazz's most charismatic figure until his death.

Photo by Burt Goldblatt

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