Listening path
Miles Davis
How well do you know Davis's records?
INew to themMiles Davis was there for one change in jazz after another, from bebop in the 1940s to the restless quintets of the 1960s, and his trumpet sound, quiet and close, is one of the most recognisable in music. This path starts with his best-loved album, then goes back to his first records and walks forward through small groups, an orchestra, another man's session and a concert hall.12 records · start →III know the classicsYou know *Kind of Blue*, the first quintet and the 1960s band. This path fills in the story around them: the early 1950s sessions, more of the 1956 Prestige marathon, the orchestral records with Gil Evans, the bands between Coltrane and Shorter, and the quintet's later studio work. It runs in order, from 1951 to 1967.12 records · start →IIII know them wellFor listeners who know the main Davis records. This path runs roughly in order, from his first session as a leader in 1947 to a fierce 1964 concert, through Parker dates, a singer's record, a Paris film score, a brass ensemble, a French arranger's big band and an unfinished bossa nova album. Several show Davis in settings he rarely chose again.12 records · start →