Artist: Miles Davis

Miles Davis
Aliases
Miles Davis + 19
Miles Davis All Stars
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis and His Orchestra
Miles Davis' All Stars
The Miles Davis Quartet
The Miles Davis Quintet
The Miles Davis Sextet
Real name
Miles Dewey Davis III
Born
May 26, 1926
Died
September 28, 1991
Country
United States
Related
Ron Carter   Member, Miles Davis Quintet (1963-1970)
Tony Williams [3]   Dummer with Miles Davis from 1963 to 1969.
Wayne Shorter   Played in the Miles Davis Quintet from September, 1964 until March, 1970.

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Airegin Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 (26 artists)
2 All Blues Miles Davis August 17, 1959 (30 artists)
3 Bitches Brew Miles Davis 1969 Roger Chapman and The Shortlist
4 Black Satin Miles Davis 1972 (2 artists)
5 Blue in Green Miles Davis August 17, 1959 (43 artists)
6 Dig Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins 1951 (11 artists)
7 Doxy Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 (16 artists)
8 E.S.P. Miles Davis 1965 (6 artists)
9 Flamenco Sketches Miles Davis August 17, 1959 (4 artists)
10 Four Miles Davis 1954 (11 artists)
11 Fran-Dance Miles Davis 1958 (2 artists)
12 Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis August 17, 1959 (7 artists)
13 Half-Nelson Miles Davis-Charlie Parker 1949 (13 artists)
14 Iris Miles Davis 1965 (4 artists)
15 Little Willie Leaps Miles Davis' All Stars 1949 (2 artists)
16 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis 1969 Cassandra Wilson
17 Milestones Miles Davis All Stars 1948 (37 artists)
18 Milestones Miles Davis 1958 (102 artists)
19 Nefertiti Miles Davis 1967 (19 artists)
20 Oleo Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 (33 artists)
21 Pharaoh's Dance Miles Davis 1969 (2 artists)
22 Pinocchio Miles Davis 1967 (3 artists)
23 The Serpent's Tooth Miles Davis 1956 (4 artists)
24 Seven Steps to Heaven Miles Davis 1963 (11 artists)
25 So What Miles Davis August 17, 1959 (20 artists)
26 Solar Miles Davis Quintet 1954 (29 artists)
27 Spanish Key Miles Davis 1969 (4 artists)
28 Tadd's Delight Miles Davis Quintet 1956 (9 artists)
29 Tune Up The Miles Davis Quartet 1953 (13 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 'Round About Midnight Miles Davis 1956 Cootie Williams and his Orchestra
2 A Gal in Calico Miles Davis 1955 Dennis Morgan [1], Jack Carson and Sally Sweetland
3 A Night in Tunisia Miles Davis 1955 Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
4 Ah-Leu-Cha Miles Davis 1957 Charlie Parker's Allstars
5 All of You Miles Davis 1957 Don Ameche
6 All the Things You Are The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet 1977 Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollis Shaw, Ralph Stuart
7 Bags' Groove Miles Davis 1957 The Milt Jackson Quintet
8 Baubles, Bangles and Beads Miles Davis/Stan Getz 1993 Doretta Morrow
9 Bemsha Swing Miles Davis 1957 Thelonious Monk Trio
10 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? Miles Davis 1958 Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey
11 Bess, You Is My Woman Now Miles Davis 1958 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan
12 Billy Boy Miles Davis 1958
13 But Not for Me Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard
14 Bye Bye Blackbird Miles Davis 1957 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra
15 Corcovado Miles Davis 1964 João Gilberto
16 Darn That Dream Miles Davis 1950 Benny Goodman Sextet
17 Don't Blame Me The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet 1977 Walter Woolf King
18 Don't Stop Me Now Miles Davis 2002 Toto
19 Embraceable You The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet 1977 Ginger Rogers & Allan Kearns
20 Footprints Miles Davis Quintet January 1967 Wayne Shorter
21 Good Bait The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet 1977 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
22 Half Nelson Miles Davis Quintet 1959 Miles Davis-Charlie Parker
23 How High the Moon Miles Davis/Stan Getz 1993 Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake
24 Human Nature Miles Davis May 1985 Michael Jackson
25 I Could Write a Book Miles Davis Quintet 1957 Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst
26 I Loves You, Porgy Miles Davis 1958 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan
27 I See Your Face Before Me Miles Davis 1955 Evelyn Laye
28 I Thought About You Miles Davis 1961 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
29 I Waited for You Miles Davis All Stars 1953 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
30 I'll Remember April Miles Davis Quintet 1954 Dick Foran
31 If I Were a Bell Miles Davis Quintet 1957 Isabel Bigley
32 It Ain't Necessarily So Miles Davis 1958 John W. Bubbles
33 It Could Happen to You Miles Davis Quintet 1957 Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour
34 It's Only a Paper Moon Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins 1951 Claire Carleton
35 It's Only a Paper Moon Miles Davis 1952 Claire Carleton
36 Lady Bird The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet 1977 Tadd Dameron Septet
37 Lester Leaps In Miles Davis/Stan Getz 1993 Kansas City Seven
38 My Funny Valentine Miles Davis Quintet 1957 Mitzi Green
39 My Old Flame Miles Davis 1952 Mae West & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
40 Nature Boy Miles Davis 1955 King Cole
41 Old Devil Moon The Miles Davis Quartet 1953 Ella Logan and Donald Richards
42 On Green Dolphin Street Miles Davis 1958 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
43 Ornithology The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet 1977 Charlie Parker Septet
44 Perfect Way Miles Davis October 1986 Scritti Politti
45 S'posin' Miles Davis Quintet 1956 Bob Haring & His Orchestra
46 Salt Peanuts The Miles Davis Quintet 1961 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
47 Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis 1961 Adriana Caselotti
48 Straight, No Chaser Miles Davis 1958 Thelonious Monk
49 Summertime Miles Davis 1958 Abbie Mitchell
50 Surrey With the Fringe on Top The Miles Davis Quintet 1961 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts and Betty Garde
51 Tempus Fugit The Miles Davis Sextet 1953 Bud Powell Trio
52 The Duke Miles Davis + 19 1957 The Dave Brubeck Quartet
53 The Man I Love Miles Davis 1957 Fred & Adele Astaire
54 There Is No Greater Love Miles Davis Quintet 1956 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
55 Time After Time Miles Davis May 1985 Cyndi Lauper
56 Tune Up Miles Davis/Stan Getz 1993 The Miles Davis Quartet
57 Well You Needn't The Miles Davis Quintet 1961 The Thelonious Monk Trio
58 What's New? Miles Davis/Stan Getz 1993 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
59 When Lights Are Low The Miles Davis Quartet 1953 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
60 Where Do You Go? Miles Davis/Stan Getz 1993 Shannon Bolin
61 Will You Still Be Mine? Miles Davis 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
62 You Don't Know What Love Is Miles Davis Quintet 1954 Carol Bruce
63 You're My Everything Miles Davis Quintet 1957 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 All Blues Miles Davis, Oscar Brown Jr. (30 artists)
2 Bitches Brew Miles Davis Roger Chapman and The Shortlist
3 Black Satin Miles Davis (2 artists)
4 Blue in Green Miles Davis, Bill Evans (43 artists)
5 Dig Miles Davis (11 artists)
6 Flamenco Sketches Miles Davis (4 artists)
7 Four Miles Davis (11 artists)
8 Fran-Dance Miles Davis (2 artists)
9 Freddie Freeloader Miles Davis, Bill Evans (7 artists)
10 Half Nelson Miles Davis (13 artists)
11 Little Willie Leaps Miles Davis (2 artists)
12 Miles Ahead Miles Davis
13 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Miles Davis Cassandra Wilson
14 Milestones Miles Davis (102 artists)
15 Nardis Miles Davis
16 Seven Steps to Heaven Miles Davis, Victor Feldman (11 artists)
17 So What Miles Davis (20 artists)
18 Solar Miles Davis (29 artists)
19 Spanish Key Miles Davis (4 artists)
20 The Serpent's Tooth Miles Davis (4 artists)
21 Tune Up Miles Davis (13 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Bags Groove Miles Davis 1957 Prestige
2 Bitches Brew Miles Davis 1969 Columbia
3 Blue Haze Miles Davis 1954 Prestige
4 Blue Moods Miles Davis 1955 Debut Records
5 Collectors' Items Miles Davis 1956 Prestige
6 Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis Quintet 1957 Prestige
7 Dig Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins 1951 Prestige
8 E.S.P. Miles Davis 1965 Columbia
9 Jazz Track [US, 2nd Version] Miles Davis 1958 Columbia
10 Kind of Blue Miles Davis August 17, 1959 Columbia
11 Miles Miles Davis Quintet 1956 Prestige
12 Miles Ahead Miles Davis + 19 1957 Columbia
13 Miles Davis - The New Sounds Miles Davis 1952 Prestige
14 Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Miles Davis 1957 Prestige
15 Miles Davis Quartet The Miles Davis Quartet 1953 Prestige
16 Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis Quintet 1954 Prestige
17 The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet in Paris Festival International de Jazz - May, 1949 The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet 1977 Columbia
18 Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 Prestige
19 Miles Smiles Miles Davis Quintet January 1967 Columbia
20 Milestones Miles Davis 1958 Columbia
21 The Musings of Miles Miles Davis 1955 Prestige
22 Nefertiti Miles Davis 1967 Columbia
23 On the Corner Miles Davis 1972 Columbia
24 The Persuasively Coherent Miles Davis Miles Davis 1950 Alto Records
25 Porgy and Bess Miles Davis 1958 Columbia
26 Quiet Nights Miles Davis 1964 Columbia
27 Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis Quintet 1957 Prestige
28 'Round About Midnight Miles Davis 1957 Columbia
29 Seven Steps to Heaven Miles Davis 1963 Columbia
30 Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis 1961 Columbia
31 Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet The Miles Davis Quintet 1961 Prestige
32 Tune Up Miles Davis/Stan Getz 1993 Natasha Records
33 Tutu Miles Davis October 1986 Warner Bros.
34 Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis Quintet 1959 Prestige
35 You're Under Arrest Miles Davis May 1985 Columbia

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Chasin' the Bird - Little Willie Leaps Charlie Parker's All Stars - Miles Davis' All Stars 1949 Savoy
2 Enigma The Miles Davis Sextet 1953 Blue Note
3 Goin' to Mintons Miles Davis-Charlie Parker 1949 Savoy
4 Milestones Miles Davis All Stars 1948 Savoy
5 Ray's Idea Miles Davis All Stars 1953 Blue Note
6 Tadd's Delight Miles Davis Quintet 1956 Philips
7 When Lights Are Low The Miles Davis Quartet 1953 Prestige

Video

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Miles In Paris Miles Davis 2002 Warner Music Vision

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 So Near, So Far (Musing For Miles) Joe Henderson 1993 Verve
2 For Miles The Candid Jazz Masters 1995 Candid
3 Now Dig This! A Vocal Collection of Miles Davis Dennis Rowland July 1997 Concord Jazz
4 Four Miles Andy LaVerne Quartet August 5, 1997 Triloka
5 The Miles Davis Project Jan Verwey 1997 Willibrord Records
6 I Remember Miles Shirley Horn June 9, 1998 Verve
7 Traveling Miles Cassandra Wilson March 23, 1999 Blue Note
8 Miles Remembered - The Silent Way Project Mark Isham May 1999 Columbia
9 Miles Away... Wayne in Heavy Eric Gould October 12, 1999 Umoja Productions
10 Bop for Miles Mark Murphy 2004 HighNote
11 Fusion for Miles - A Guitar Tribute various artists August 2005 Tone Center
12 Tribute to Miles Doo Bop Sound 2007 JazzArt
13 Miles by Five Five [1] October 2010 Touché Music

Forum topics

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1 absent link (Bastien) Report Errors dany 1 2004-10-26 22:01:16 GMT by Bastien
2 Blue Room cover by Miles Davis and His Band Add songs sebastiaanl 0 2010-10-22 19:36:28 GMT by sebastiaanl
3 In Your Own Sweet Way cover by Miles Davis Add songs rioub 0 2011-02-22 12:38:47 GMT by rioub
4 Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet Add songs Limbabwe 0 2012-08-10 21:16:26 GMT by Limbabwe
5 Artists who have covered their songs Discussion Simon 14 2013-03-04 21:26:48 GMT by Bastien

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