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Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Biography
Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Born
May 26, 1926 in Alton, IL

Died
September 28, 1991

Years Active:
40s | 50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s

 
Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. ...
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Selected Discography:
  Album Title Released Label Price
Lift To The Scaffold



 1957 Verve $6.99
Birth Of The Cool (Remastered)



 1949 RVG/Blue Note $6.99
AMG Top Pick
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Louis Armstrong • Chet Baker • Art Blakey • John Coltrane • Chick Corea • Bill Evans • Dizzy Gillespie • Chuck Mangione • John McLaughlin • Charles Mingus • Charlie Parker • Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie • Santana • Nina Simone • McCoy Tyner • Sonny Rollins • Ron Carter • Herbie Hancock • Chris Botti • James Carter • Clifford Brown & Max Roach • Cannonball Adderley • Horace Silver • Wynton Marsalis • Clifford Brown • Stanley Clarke • The John Coltrane Quartet • John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman • John Klemmer • Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers • Donald Byrd • Dizzy Gillespie (w/ Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins) • Lee Morgan • Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane • Kenny Dorham • Terence Blanchard • The Jazz Messengers • Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays • Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington • Jan Garbarek & Ustad Fateh Ali Khan • Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove • Flora Purim • Erik Truffaz • Steve Kuhn Trio

Influences
Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra • Dizzy Gillespie • Dizzy Gillespie (w/ Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins) • Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington • Louis Armstrong • Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson • Charlie Parker • Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie • James Brown • Duke Ellington • Duke Ellington & John Coltrane • Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins • Jimi Hendrix • Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane • Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins • The Thelonious Monk Quartet Featuring John Coltrane • Thelonious Monk

Formal Connections
Robben Ford • Paul Chambers • George Benson • Art Taylor

Performed Songs By
Berlin, Irving • Ray Brown • Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone • Dave Brubeck • Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond • Ron Carter • The Duke Ellington Orchestra • Duke Ellington • Duke Ellington & John Coltrane • Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins • George Gershwin • Herbie Hancock • Ahmad Jamal • Antonio Carlos Jobim • J.J. Johnson • John Lewis • Jackie McLean • Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane • Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins • The Thelonious Monk Quartet Featuring John Coltrane • Thelonious Monk • Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond • Gerry Mulligan • Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk • Cole Porter • Cyndi Lauper • Marcus Miller • Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg • H.K. Gruber • Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove • Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges • Bud Powell • Wayne Shorter • Michael Tilson Thomas • Joe Zawinul • Nat Adderley • Benny Carter • John Coltrane/Don Cherry • John Coltrane • John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman • John Coltrane/ Wilbur Harden • Miles Davis & Bill Laswell • Miles Davis • Miles Davis & Gil Evans • Miles Davis & Quincy Jones • Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins • Bill Evans • Bill Evans & Jim Hall • The Red Garland Quintet • Stan Getz • Stan Getz & Chet Baker • Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto • Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra • Dizzy Gillespie • Dizzy Gillespie (w/ Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins) • Eddie Harris • Marian McPartland/George Shearing • Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan • Charlie Parker • Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie • Sonny Rollins • George Shearing Quintet • George Shearing • Tony Williams • David Crosby • George Duke • Gil Evans • Stan Getz/Kenny Barron • Milt Jackson And John Coltrane • Quincy Jones • Thad Jones/Mel Lewis • Charles Mingus

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