Miles Davis

Thanks to Eric’s introduction of Miles Davis.

His interesting personality brought on my curiosity to find out more about Davis’s musical world. I would like to know why he is widely considered as one of most influential musicians of the 20th century. He almost never looked back to play the kind music that he had played before except in the last several months before he died. At that time he recorded several tunes that he played in the 50s. His name and his performances have always appeared in every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s.

My husband introduced me to some great interview video clips from YouTube for getting more knowledge about Davis’s musical language.

I Remember Miles (documentary video clips)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMWXBEj4HoE&feature=related

Miles Electric – A Different Kind of Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv1TGo0geXw&feature=related


The following music links represent each time period of Miles Davis.

Bebop, Birth of the Cool, and Hard Bop (1945 to 1954)
Dexterity (http://www.last.fm/music/Charlie+Parker/_/Dexterity?autostart)

First great quintet and sextet (1955 to 1958)
Oleo (http://www.last.fm/music/Miles+Davis+Quintet/_/Oleo?autostart)

Recordings with Gil Evans (1957 to 1963)
It ain't Necessarily so
(http://www.last.fm/music/Miles+Davis/_/It+ain%27t+Necessarily+so?autostart)

Kind of Blue (1959 to 1964)
So What (http://www.last.fm/music/Miles+Davis/_/So+What?autostart)

Second Great Quintet (1964 to 1968)
Footprints (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUULYE-LAA)

Electric Miles (1968 to 1975)
Isle of Wight 1970 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgnQJhTRx_s&feature=related)

Last Decade (1981 to 1991)
Tutu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tzcnyDL68)