Miles Davis



First NameMiles
Last NameDavis
Full Name at BirthMiles Dewey Davis III
Age65 (age at death)
Date of BirthMay 25, 1926
BirthplaceAlton, Illinois, USA
Date of DeathSeptember 28, 1991
Location of DeathSanta Monica, California
Cause of DeathPneumonia
Star SignGemini
EthnicityBlack
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategoryTrumpeter
Claim to FameJazz trumpeter
Music GenreJazz, Cool
Music StylePop/Rock, Jazz-Funk, Bop, Cool, Fusion, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Jazz-Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Classical
Music MoodMelancholy, Nocturnal, Elegant, Sophisticated, Intimate, Restrained, Manic, Confident, Reserved, Reflective, Lush, Elaborate, Ambitious, Atmospheric, Cerebral, Poignant, Complex, Bright, Cathartic, Rebellious, Stylish
InstrumentTrumpet, Composer, Flugelhorn, Leader
Other Family MembersCheryl Davis (daughter)
Gregory Davis (son)
Miles Davis IV (son)
Erin Davis (son)
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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.


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Discography

2011
BB Presents: Live At Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 21st Febuary, 1970 & Live At Neue Stadthalle In Dietikon, Switzerland, 22nd October, 1971

2009
Miles Davis Quartet

2009
The Complete Columbia Album Collection

2009
Miles 1954

2009
Milesin'

2009
Kind Of Blue

2007
Original Album Classics

2006
Kind Of Blue

2005
Munich Concert

2004
Birdland 1951

2003
In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk, San Francisco - Complete

2001
Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970) - It's About That Time

2001
At La Villette

1998
The Complete Birth Of The Cool

1998
Sketches Of Spain

1997
Star People

1997
Sketches Of Spain / Kind Of Blue / In A Silent Way

1996
Live Around The World

1996
Live - From His Last Concert In Avignon

1996
Live - From His Last Concert In Avignon

1995
The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965

1995
Miles In Montreux

1994
In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk, San Francisco

1993
Miles In Montreux

1993
Live At Montreux

1992
Doo-Bop

1992
In Concert 88 - Part II

1992
Miles! Miles! Miles! Live In Japan '81

1991
Dingo

1991
Miles Davis Story

1990
Miles In Tokyo

1990
Immortal Concerts - "Concierto De Aranjuez"

1990
Miles Davis Live In 1958

1989
Amandla

1989
Aura

1988
Miles & Coltrane

1988
In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 2

1988
Ballads

1988
Sketches Of Spain

1988
Live In New York

1987
Music From Siesta

1987
Cookin' At The Plugged Nickel

1987
Isle Of Wight

1987
Bags Groove

1987
Music From "Siesta"

1986
1958 Miles

1986
Tutu

1985
Miles Davis At Plugged Nickel, Chicago Vol. 2

1985
You're Under Arrest

1985
Live In Stockholm 1960

1985
At Last!

1985
Live In Stockholm 1960

1985
A Night In Tunisia

1985
At Last!

1984
Decoy

1984
The Complete Amsterdam Concert

1983
Blue Moods

1983
Heard 'Round The World

1982
We Want Miles

1982
Conception

1982
The Musings Of Miles

1982
Live At The Plugged Nickel

1981
The Man With The Horn

1980
Miles Of Fun

1980
Miles Tones

1980
World Of Jazz

1978
'Four' & More - Recorded Live In Concert

1977
Dark Magus

1977
Miles In Tokyo

1976
Water Babies

1976
Miles Davis At Plugged Nickel, Chicago

1975
Pangaea

1975
Agharta

1974
Birth Of The Cool

1974
Big Fun

1974
Get Up With It

1974
Miles Davis

1974
At His Extra Special

1973
Basic Miles - The Classic Performances Of Miles Davis

1973
In Concert

1973
Black Beauty - Miles Davis At Fillmore West

1972
On The Corner

1971
A Tribute To Jack Johnson

1971
Live-Evil

1970
Bitches Brew

1970
Miles Davis At Fillmore

1969
In A Silent Way

1969
Filles De Kilimanjaro

1969
Miles In Tokyo

1968
Miles In The Sky

1967
Sorcerer

1967
Nefertiti

1966
'Four' & More - Recorded Live In Concert

1965
E.S.P.

1965
My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis In Concert

1964
Miles In Berlin

1963
Seven Steps To Heaven

1963
Quiet Nights

1963
Play Richard Rogers

1962
Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall

1961
Someday My Prince Will Come

1961
In Person, Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 1

1961
Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

1961
In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 2

1961
In Person At The Blackhawk,San Francisco Volume 1

1960
Sketches Of Spain

1959
Kind Of Blue

1959
Jazz On The Screen

1958
Jazz Track

1958
Milestones

1958
Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

1958
Porgy And Bess

1957
'Round About Midnight

1956
Collectors' Items

1956
Miles Davis And Horns

1955
Quintet / Sextet

1955
Miles Of Jazz

1955
Volume 1

1954
Blue Haze

1954
Bags Groove

-
Miles Davis In Europe

-
The Beginning

-
The Real Birth Of The Cool

-
Live

-
The Legendary Masters Unissued Or Rare 1956-59

Filmography

Selected Miles Davis film and TV show credits:


Composer Credits

2007
Lunettes, Les
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2006
Beef: The Series
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2004
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
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1991
Dingo
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1987
Siesta
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1985
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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1970
Jack Johnson
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1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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1958
Elevator to the Gallows
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Music Department Credits

2006
Parashat Ha-Shavua
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1999
Dresden
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1991
High Heels
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1987
Street Smart
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1958
Elevator to the Gallows
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Soundtrack Credits

2010
Frankie & Alice
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2009
The Uninvited
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2007
Zodiac
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2007
Midnight Son
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2007
Banda sonora
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2007
Mad Men
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2006
Dexter
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2006
Parashat Ha-Shavua
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2004
Collateral
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2003
Levity
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2003
Druckfrisch
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2002
The Wire
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2002
Comedian
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2001
The Score
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2001
Crossing Jordan
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2001
Scratch
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2000
Aliens to Themselves
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1999
In Too Deep
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1999
Runaway Bride
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1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
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1999
The West Wing
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1998
Pleasantville
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1998
Where's Marlowe?
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1998
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
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1998
Day 532
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1997
One Eight Seven
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1997
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
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1997
Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival
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1997
Trzy dni z zycia malzenskiego
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1996
Basquiat
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1996
Foreign Land
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1995
The Flower of My Secret
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1993
A Bronx Tale
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1993
In the Line of Fire
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1992
Sneakers
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1992
Later with Jools Holland
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1991
A Kiss Before Dying
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1991
High Heels
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1989
The Simpsons
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1988
36 fillette
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1988
Scrooged
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1986
Absolute Beginners
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1974
Lenny
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1959
The Sound of Miles Davis
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Livshunger
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