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Miles Davis at 100
26th May 2026
Today marks what would have been the legendary trumpeter's 100th birthday. In celebration, we spoke to admirers of Miles about why he's still a huge influence today...
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Miles Davis Box Set Reissues - The Complete Plugged Nickel Live 1965
29th Jan 2026
Celebrating the jazz legend's centenary, Legacy Recordings finally releases their reissue of the iconic 1965 performances at Chicago's Plugged Nickel Café.
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Miles Davis All Stars - Walkin'
30th Apr 2025
More than sixty years old, Walkin’ remains a landmark album in jazz history. Recorded in 1954, it features Miles Davis leading top musicians in both quintet and sextet formats and played a crucial role in shaping the hard bop genre that Davis helped to define.
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Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
17th Oct 2024
The third collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evans produced the masterly Sketches of Spain, an expansive album with flavours of flamenco and classical orchestration, and still regarded as a transformative album in jazz history.
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Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
29th May 2020
Josh revisits Miles Davis's pivotal recording In a Silent Way, quieter little brother to the following year's Bitches Brew.
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Miles Davis - The Lost Quintet
6th Nov 2019
A rare recording of the short-lived 1969 Miles Davis Quintet that featured Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Wayne Shorter and Dave Holland, taking no prisoners on stage in Rotterdam.
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Miles Davis - Milestones
8th May 2019
One of the pinnacles of hard-bop, Milestones showcases some of the finest musicians at work in the fifties - John Coltrane, Julian `Cannonball' Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Jo Jones, as well as Miles Davis's first steps into modal jazz.
