Miles Davis By Ian Carr (1982/88)

In October of 1985 Miles Davis began recording the album 'Rubberband' in Los Angeles at Ameraycan Studios with producers Randy Hall and Zane Giles. The...

w/ Milt Jackson, Theolonius Monk, John Coltrane, Percy Heath + more

 

 

Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, on a cold March night in 1974, this is where Miles became straight-up sinister. 

Recorded between 1969 and 1972, with four different ensembles that include the cream of the crop in Jazz and fusion: Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick...

Miles performs with Chick Corea on electric piano, Dave Holland on acoustic bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums; musicians who  went on to become...

The first of two albums taken from the same concert in 1975, the other being 'Pangaea.' They represent a full stop at the end of Miles'70s experiments...

Stunning music created by Miles Davis for the 1957 French film Lift to the Scaffold. Performed by a Miles Davis-fronted European band for a movie by...

Essential mid sixties modal jazz from Miles Davis' all-star mid sixties band! This is the second studio album from the 'second classic quintet' and...

Black Beauty the legendary live album recorded in 1970 at Fillmore West, San Francisco when Davis performed the opening act for The Grateful Dead....

The classic first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans sees Miles' first experiment with a big band 

This album was the follow on from Tutu. Recorded very late in his life this album shows once again how Miles never stopped moving forward. Produced...

Heavyweight fusion from 74 with Airto, Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Pete Cosey, Keith Jarrett and Carlos Garnett - an allstar lineup if ever.

There's a good reason that this is the world's most loved jazz album - because it really is an amazingly beautiful record and a perfect exemplar of its...

Classic super-funky early seventies jazz fusion album from Miles Davis! The Bitches Brew album is famous for being Miles Davis' radical departure from...

Miles Davs+ Jackie McClean, Jimmy Heath, Art Blakey, Horace Silver + more. Blue Note, 1955

Just like it says on the tin.

The first steps in Miles electric phase - fantastic.

Miles, George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Victor Feldman, Ron Carter, Tony WIlliams. Produced by Teo Macero. Miles is in the ZONE! Modal grooviness. Definitely...

This live album from 1982 puts him together with a young Marcus Miller. It is as good as it gets.

Back in 1949/50, Miles Davis and eight friends recorded 3 sessions. The results were released as singles, then collected together and released in 1957...

This is a beautiful, relaxed album, and one of the only quartet recordings miles did. Plus, he plays the open trumpet on every tune. He made this album...

Absolute classic album from Miles Davis' 'second classic quintet' with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams...superb! By 1967...

Legendary live quintet performance from 1964 with Herbie Hancock, George Coleman, Ron Carter and Tony Williams

Space jazz from the master Special double-CD version consists of a live performance from the Nice Festival in July, 1986 and is previously unreleased.

Seminal and controversial album recorded under the direction of Gil Evans in 1958. 

Seminal modal jazz LP from the late 'fifties featuring John Coltrane!

Miles began his 30 year run at Columbia records with this album, a bop masterpiece. The individual strengths of each player that made this group so good...

This excellent album marks the transition point between Miles Davis' mid-sixties acoustic modal work with his second classic quintet and his early seventies...

Classic Miles album, produced and arranged by Gil Evans, with a beautiful take on Rodrigo's 'Concierto De Aranjuez'. 2xCD Deluxe 50th Anniversary version...

Essential classic jazz fusion album! This seminal album set the trend for all those wigged-out, heavy, psychedelic, free-form jazz rock fusion albums...

Brilliant modal jazz album from the vintage year of 1967! 1967 saw Miles Davis' 'second' classic quintet of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams,...

Classic modal jazz album and the first studio recording by the group that has justifiably come to be known as the 'second' of Miles Davis' two 'classic'...

Heavyweight jazz electric fusion soundtrack to film featuring Miles alongside Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Steve Grossman.