Miles Davis

Miles Davis (* 26. máj 1926, Alton, Illinois, USA – † 28. september 1991, Santa Monica, Kalifornia, USA) bol americký džezový hudobník, trubkár, skladateľ a kapelník. Patrí medzi elitu najvýznamnejších džezových hudobníkov 20. storočia, stal sa zakladateľom mnohých džezových podžánrov, spolupracoval a pomohol v začiatkoch kariéry nadanému klávesákovi Herbie Hancockovi, významnému saxofonistovi John Coltraneovi alebo gitaristovi John McLaughlinovi. Počas svojho pôsobenia hrával mnoho žánrov, prevažne však žánre džezového pôvodu.

Miles Davis
Základné informácie
Popis umelca	americký džezový hudobník, trubkár, skladateľ a kapelník
Rodné meno	Miles Dewey Davis III
Narodenie	26. máj 1926 Alton, Illinois, USA
Úmrtie	28. september 1991 (65 rokov) Santa Monica, Kalifornia, USA
Žáner	džez, bebop, cool džez, modálny džez, fúzny džez, džez rock, džez rap
Hrá na nástrojoch	trúbka
Roky pôsob.	1944 – 1991
Webstránka	milesdavis.com
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V roku 2006 bol uvedený do Rokenrolovej siene slávy a jeho meno je aj na Chodníku slávy v St. Louis.

Zomrel vo veku 65 rokov na zápal pľúc.

Diskografia

• The Complete Savoy and Dial Sessions (1945 – 1951) kolekcie nahrávok Charlie Parkera
• First Miles (1945)
• Yardbird in Lotus Land (Charlie Parker) (1946)
• The Love Songs of Mr. B (Billy Eckstein) (1946)
• Bopping the Blues (Earl Coleman,Ann Baker) (1946)
• Flying Home (Illinois Jacquet) (1947)
• Cool Bird (Charlie Parker) (1947)
• The Band that Never Was (Charlie Parker) (1948)
• Bird on 52nd Street (3 volumes) (Charlie Parker) (1948)
• Bird at the Royal Roost (Charlie Parker) (1948)
• The Real Birth of the Cool (1948)
• Cool Boppin' (1948)
• Birth of the Cool (1949 a 1950)
• Conception (1951)
• Blue Period (1951)
• Dig (Miles Davis album) (1951)
• Miles Davis with Horns (1951 and 1953)
• Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note Records, 1952 a 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)
• Musings of Miles (1955)
• Blue Moods (1955)
• Quintet / Sextet (1955, Miles Davis a 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

• 'Round About Midnight (1955 – 1956)
• Miles Ahead (1957)
• Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (soundtrack) (Fontana, 1957 – filmový soundtrack)
• Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley album) (Blue Note Records, 1958 – Cannonball Adderley quintet)
• Milestones (album) (1958)
• Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis album) (1958)
• 1958 Miles (1958)
• Kind of Blue (1959)
• Sketches of Spain (1960)
• 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 (1968)
• Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)

Elektrická perióda

• In a Silent Way (1969)
• Bitches Brew (1970)
• Jack Johnson (1970)
• Live-Evil (1970)
• On the Corner (1972)
• Big Fun (1969 – 1972)
• Get Up with It (1970 – 1974)

1981 – 1991

• The Man With The Horn (1980/1981)
• Star People (1982/1983)
• Decoy (album) (1983/1984)
• You're Under Arrest (album) (1984/1985)
• Aura (nahraté v 1985; vydané v 1989)
• Tutu (1986)
• Music from Siesta (1987 – filmový soundtrack)
• Back on the Block (1989)
• Amandla (album) (1989)
• Dingo (soundtrack) (1991 – filmový soundtrack)
• Doo-Bop (1992)

Live albumy

• 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)
• 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 - Festival de Juan les 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)
• Live In Vienna 11-05-1971 (1971)
• In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall (1972)
• Jazz at the Plaza (1973)
• 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 (Miles Davis album) (1988 – 1991)

Kompilácie

• Basic Miles (kolekcie skladieb 1958 – 1962)
• Facets (reedícia1973 – pôvodne v rokoch 1955 – 1963)
• Circle in the Round (1979 - pôvodne v rokoch 1955 – 1970)
• Directions (1980 – pôvodne v rokoch 1960 – 1970)
• Mellow Miles (1985)
• The Columbia Years (1990 - pôvodne v rokoch 1955 – 1985)
• The Essential Miles Davis (2001) (Legacy Recordings)
• In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (2003)
• Cool & Collected (2006) (Legacy Recordings)

Box sety

1. The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane (1955 – 1961)
2. Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (1957 – 1968)
3. Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963 – 1964
4. The Complete Studio Recordings Of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965 – 1968
5. The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (1968 – 1969)
6. The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (1969 – 1970)
7. The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (1970)
8. The Complete On the Corner Sessions (1972 – 1975)

Live box sety

1. Miles Davis – In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk, Complete (1961)
2. The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (1965)
3. The Cellar Door Sessions (1970)

Videografia

• Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue 1970)
• The Miles Davis Story (2001)
• Miles Davis - Live In Montreal 1985 (2000)
• Miles Davis - Miles In Paris 1989

Iné projekty

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