Miles Davis

Jazz Legend & Innovator

Miles Davis

Career Highlights

Miles playing live, 1945

Studio session, 1959

Miles in 1982

1944–1948: Bebop Years

Miles Davis studied at the Juilliard School in New York City and became part of the early bebop movement...

Kind of Blue Era

In 1959, Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue, one of the most influential jazz albums in history...

  • John Coltrane
  • Cannonball Adderley
  • Bill Evans
  • Paul Chambers
  • Jimmy Cobb