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Miles Davis
- Country / region
- United States
- Recording years
- 1949–1970
- Recordings in scope
- 1
- Albums in scope
- 1
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Miles Davis in 1940s
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ARTIST STORY
Meet Miles Davis
Miles Davis is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 1949–1970. The artist is connected with Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz and Bebop, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.
Listen for how Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz and Bebop shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “All Blues”, “Blue in Green”, “So What”, “Bitches Brew”. Then move to “Bitches Brew” and “Kind of Blue” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.
BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS
Basic information
- Type
- Solo artist
- Country / region
- United States
- Birth date
- May 26, 1926
- Death date
- September 28, 1991
- Birthplace
- Alton
- Roles
- Composer
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Recordings in the current scope
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums in the current scope
GENRES
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