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Miles Davis

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Aliases
Miles Davis + 19
Miles Davis All Star Sextet
Miles Davis' All Stars
Miles Davis All Stars
Miles Davis and His Band
Miles Davis and His Orchestra
Miles Davis & His Tuba Band
Miles Davis Quartet
The Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet
The Miles Davis Sextet
Miles Davis Sextet
The New Miles Davis Quintet
Real name
Miles Dewey Davis III
Born
May 26, 1926
Died
September 28, 1991
Country
United States
IPI
00007619785 71 works
7619785 1 work
00013860502 1 work
00063582373 56 works
00202028727 3 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Alton, Illinois-born trumpeter, bandleader and composer, considered one of the most important figures in jazz music history, and music history in general. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Winner of eight Grammy awards.
Family
Elizabeth Taylor [US] Wife (1958 - 1968)
Betty Davis Spouse (1968-1970)
Vincent Wilburn Jr. Nephew
Related
Ron Carter Member, Miles Davis Quintet (1963-1970)
Wayne Shorter Played in the Miles Davis Quintet from September, 1964 until March, 1970.
Tony Williams [US2] Drummer with Miles Davis from 1963 to 1969
Randy Hall Collaborator in the early 1980s
Robert Irving III Band member, co-producer, co-composer (1981-1985)
Adam Holzman Keyboards (1985-1989)
Vincent Wilburn Jr. Drummer in Miles Davis formations and co-producer/arranger (1981 until Davis' passing away)
Pete Cosey Band guitarist (1973-1975)
Mike Stern Member of the Miles Davis Group (1980-1983)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   December 1955 Tex Beneke with The Miller Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Crew Chiefs REL, Bing Crosby with The Calico Kids and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson and Martha Vickers [dubbed by Sally Sweetland] BRD
i March 4, 1957 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i December 1959 Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings
i July 1957 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
i November 1977 Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars
i   March 4, 1957 Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
i   November 1977 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i 1955 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i December 1955 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1990 The Be Bop Boys
i December 16, 1963 Orlando Silva
i Autumn Leaves Miles Davis 1991 Unverified
i July 15, 1963 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i 1955 The Milt Jackson Quintet
i July 15, 1963 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i   1993 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
i 1955 Thelonious Monk Trio
i   March 9, 1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF
i   March 9, 1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
i September 2, 1958 (unknown)
i 1956 Thad Jones
i 1954 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
i 1951 Eva Puck and Sam White
i October 21, 1957 Hal McKusick
i August 1993 Hal McKusick
i 1990 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i August 1993 Miles Davis and His Orchestra
i   1955 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i March 4, 1957 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1976 Wayne Shorter
i 1952 Oscar Pettiford and His 18 All Stars featuring Dizzie Gillespie and Don Byas
i 1952 George Shearing Quintet
i   July 18, 1960 Regino Sainz de la Maza with the Orchestra Nacional de España conducted by Ataulfo Argenta REC, Regino Sainz de la Maza PRF
i December 16, 1963 João Gilberto
  October 1950 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i August 1952 Joel Mossberg
i August 27, 1963 Les Elgart & His Orch.
i June 1961 James Melton
i Donna Miles Davis Sextet 1952 Unverified
i   November 1977 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i 2002 Toto
i 1955 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i   November 1977 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i February 16, 1967 Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Reginald Workman, Joe Chambers
i December 1959 Miles Davis Quartet
i February 16, 1967 Eddie Harris
i February 16, 1967 Milt Jackson
i August 1993 The Eva Jessye Choir
i March 9, 1959 The Eva Jessye Choir
i November 1977 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
i February 10, 1970 Covered by (6 artists)
i November 1979 Crosby, Stills & Nash
i December 1959 Miles Davis-Charlie Parker
i August 1993 Gus Simons
i March 9, 1959 Gus Simons
i   April 1956 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra REC, Russ Columbo BRD
i March 1953 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i   1993 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i April 1985 Michael Jackson
i   March 1958 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
i October 21, 1957 Doris Day with Ray Noble and His Orchestra
i   July 15, 1963 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL, Frank Sinatra BRD
i   March 1958 Bing Crosby and Patty Andrews with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC,REL, Isabel Bigley PRF
i   1954 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   March 9, 1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
i July 30, 1969 Covered by (42 artists)
i   December 1959 Miles Davis REC, Dave Brubeck REL
i   December 1955 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF
i   March 9, 1959 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i   March 1958 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i December 11, 1961 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i December 1959 Shirley Ross
i 1954 Shirley Ross
i 1952 Claire Carleton
i October 1953 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i April 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i November 1977 The Tadd Dameron Sextet
i October 21, 1957 J. J. Johnson - Kai Winding
i 1993 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i   November 1979 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   June 1957 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
i August 1993 Miles Davis + 19 with Orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans
i March 1954 Martha Tilton with Orchestra - Accompanied by The Mellowaires
i March 1949 (unknown)
i   July 1957 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   March 9, 1959 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1952 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   October 21, 1957 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
i   August 1993 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
i 1955 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
i October 21, 1957 Ahmad Jamal
i December 11, 1961 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i March 1958 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
i December 16, 1963 (unknown)
i October 1959 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i November 1977 Charlie Parker Septet
i October 1986 Scritti Politti
i October 1953 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i November 1977 Coleman Hawkins' Orchestra
i December 1956 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i June 1961 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
i August 1993 Miles Davis
i   December 11, 1961 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i   June 1961 Ella Logan REC,REL,PRF
i July 15, 1963 Tony Crombie
i April 1956 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
i   October 21, 1957 John Carisi REC, Urbie Green and His Orchestra REL
i   August 1993 John Carisi REC, Urbie Green and His Orchestra REL
i   October 1959 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i September 2, 1958 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i   December 16, 1963 Music in the Russ Morgan Manner REC, James Melton BRD
i   August 1993 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i   March 9, 1959 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i   June 1961 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
i 1976 Wayne Shorter
i October 1953 Bud Powell Trio
i   1954 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i October 21, 1957 The Dave Brubeck Quartet
i August 1993 The Dave Brubeck Quartet
i October 21, 1957 (unknown), (unknown)
i August 1993 (unknown), (unknown)
i   1955 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i October 21, 1957 Julie London with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra
i August 1993 Miles Davis
i April 1956 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i March 9, 1959 John W. Bubbles
i 1955 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i 1990 Fats Navarro
i April 1985 Cyndi Lauper
i 1993 Miles Davis Quartet
i July 1957 Miles Davis Quartet, Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
i September 2, 1958 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i   November 1977 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Durelle and Gang REL, Joe Haymes and His Orchestra – Vocal by Cliff Weston and The Headliners REC
i December 16, 1963 Ronald Graham
i June 1961 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1954 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1988 (unknown)
i   June 17, 2022 Bucks Fizz REC, Tina Turner REL
i 1993 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i June 1961 Victor Young
i 1954 Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
i 1993 Shannon Bolin
listen on Internet Archive i   1951 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
i Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? Miles Davis Quintet 2010 Unverified
  1974 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
i July 18, 1960 (unknown)
i December 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i March 1958 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i August 1952 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i   1952 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1951 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1954 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i   March 1958 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
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