Star People is a 1983 album by the famous jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It is the first to feature electric guitarist John Scofield, who was recommended by saxophonist Bill Evans, and the last to be produced by long-standing collaborator Teo Macero. Bassist Marcus Miller plays on five of the tracks. Electric guitarist Mike […]
180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, on which the trumpeter’s classic composition “So What” first appeared, remains one of the most iconic and influential jazz albums of all time, and “So What” remains one of jazz’s most performed standards. In 2021, the tune was ranked 492 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest […]
Miles Davis’ first classic quintet was formed in 1955 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest combos in jazz history. Relaxin’ was the second in a series of four albums featuring the group recorded between May and October of 1956. It contains Miles’ first version of “If I Were a Bell” from the […]
2 LP This 2LP set captures Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet just as Wayne Shorter completed the group and the band toured Europe. Recorded live in Paris on October 1, 1964 and pressed on blue/white/red French Flag vinyl, the album contains two separate and distinct concerts of the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 2 LPs […]
Although he wouldn’t create more than a few movie soundtracks, Miles Davis’ music was used in dozens of films. This 2-CD set compiles Miles’ only two early soundtracks, those of Louis Malle’s 1958 film Ascenseur pour l’échafaud and the 1959 TV film The Sound of Miles Davis, along with the trumpeter’s recordings that were used […]
RSD 2022 2 LP This double LP release includes one of Miles Davis’ final great bands including John Scofield on guitar, Bill“The Other Bill Evans” Evans on saxophones, flute and electric piano, Darryl Jones on bass, Al Foster on drums and percussionist Mino Cinelu. Miles was back in amazing form (“incandescent and iridescent as ever” […]
Miles Davis (May 26, 1926-September 28, 1991) was one of the most important and influential figures in jazz history. His career, which spanned nearly fifty years, covers jazz history throughout the second half of the Twentieth Century and was marked by his constant evolution and his search for new artistic goals. Some of his most […]
“Recorded at the same Feb. 12, 1964 New York concert that yielded the more balladic album My Funny Valentine, Four & More showcases the Miles Davis quintet at their blistering best. The great trumpeter and bandleader (1926-1991), and his stellar group, which was less than a year old at the time of this recording, mostly […]
3 CD That’s What Happened 1982-1985: Bootleg Volume 7 is the next installment in the celebrated, award-winning archival series that began in 2011, shining an in-depth light onto different eras of the legendary career of Miles Davis. In the 1980s, popular music had moved to a smoother, electronic-based sound that traded the steam of previous […]
6 LP These are four historic performances from the Fillmore East and West in 1970, at a time when Miles Davis was single-handedly bringing Jazz into the commercial Rock era. In their unedited form, all selections are previously unissued. The searing white heat of these concerts, originally issued in severely edited form, are now made […]
