artist:Miles Davis 8 notes
Miles Davis passed away in 1991, but his estate keeps his legacy alive with tons of compilations and archival releases. They just dropped "From Bebop to Blue" this year, continuing the endless stream of reissues that remind us why he's still the king of cool jazz.
Apr 17
Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel
Miles Davis · 1966 Spin it Again - Tony Williams was nineteen years old on this bandstand, and he already sounds like he'd invented something nobody else knew was possible.
 genre:Hard Bop
Apr 17
Steamin'
Miles Davis · 1961 Spin it Again - Miles needed out of his Prestige contract, Van Gelder had the room, and Coltrane was still figuring out what he was — everything lined up exactly once.
 genre:Jazz
Apr 17
Workin'
Miles Davis · 1959 Spin it Again - Miles needed out of his Prestige contract, so he cut four albums in a single afternoon — and every one of them holds up.
 genre:Modal Jazz
Apr 17
Relaxin'
Miles Davis · 1958 Spin it Again - Recorded in a day to satisfy a contract, which is exactly the kind of pressure that makes jazz tell the truth.
 genre:Jazz
Apr 17
Cookin'
Miles Davis · 1957 Spin it Again - Miles owed Prestige a few records, so he walked into Rudy Van Gelder's house with Coltrane and Philly Joe and just played his show.
 genre:Jazz
Apr 5
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis · 1959 Spin it Again - Miles Davis got five musicians in a room with almost no rehearsal and they all played like they were thinking out loud, which is harder than it sounds.
 genre:Hard Bop
Mar 30
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis · 1970 Spin it Again - Miles Davis walked into the studio in 1970 with electric guitars and a couple of drummers and just refused to explain himself.
 genre:Hard Bop
Mar 30
In a Silent Way
Miles Davis · 1969 Spin it Again - Miles Davis turned the volume down so low in 1969 that you had to lean in, and once you did, you couldn't hear anything else the same way again.
 genre:Modal Jazz

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