Essential Miles Davis [Columbia/Legacy] (2001) more music like this

by Miles Davis

At first glance, it would seem like an impossible task to summarize Miles Davis' career into a succinct double-disc set. Still, a career as multifaceted and ever-changing as Miles' winds up having a clear narrative, one that can be told by just the highlights, which is exactly what Columbia/Legacy's excellent double-disc Essential Miles Davis does ...

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The Essential Plus [CD & DVD] (2005) more music like this

by Miles Davis

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The Complete Prestige Recordings (1949) more music like this

by Sonny Rollins

This seven-CD box set lives up to its title, reissuing in chronological order all of tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins' recordings for Prestige. Dating mostly from 1951-1956, these valuable performances find Rollins developing from a promising player to a potential giant; many of his best recordings would take place a year or two after this program ...

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Collectors' Items (1951) more music like this

by Miles Davis

This set lives up to its title by including such interesting sessions as the 1953 date on which Miles Davis welcomed the two tenors of Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker; other meetings with Rollins in 1951 and 1956; and a moody 1955 date with bassist Charles Mingus, trombone, vibes, and drums (a young Elvin Jones). Highlights include "No Line," ...

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The Jazz Giants Play Miles Davis: Milestones (1999) more music like this

by Various Artists

This entry in the Jazz Giants series finds a host of the genre's biggest names interpreting a batch of Miles Davis tunes with nice results. With scant few exceptions, most everything from the song list comes from the bluesy side of the Davis catalog, kicking off with a reflective, highly swinging take on "Vierd Blues" with nice solos from Oscar ...

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Jazz Biography Series (2004) more music like this

by Miles Davis

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Evolution of a Genius (1988) more music like this

by Miles Davis

This is a nice sounding comp from the very reliable Giants of Jazz imprint, covering Miles' earliest years in the groups of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra, Bud Powell, and leading his own early ensembles between 1945 and 1953. Clocking in at just over 70 minutes, this disc may be a little light on notes, but the material is all top ...

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Complete 1951-1953 All Stars (2003) more music like this

by Miles Davis All-Stars

Now this is a crazy item. This double-CD set collects all of the master takes from Miles Davis-led sessions for both the Blue Note and Prestige labels from the years 1951-1953. It is not the complete recordings Davis did, however, only those under his leadership -- meaning the 1951 Lee Konitz-led set for Prestige and the Sonny Rollins-led 1953 ...

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The Miles Davis Collection (2005) more music like this

by Miles Davis

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Jazz Biography (2007) more music like this

by Sonny Rollins

It seems amazing, really, given the casualty rate among the first wave of bop musicians, but Sonny Rollins has actually had a jazz career that stretches over a half-century and he is still active and recording in the early part of the 21st century. This 16-track set features Rollins' earliest sides from 1949, 1950, and 1951 on the Prestige label ...

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From Dizzy To Miles (1999) more music like this

by Charlie Parker

Covering the years 1945-1953, this 22-track collection captures Bird in a variety of settings: as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's Sextet, working some early dates with Miles Davis as bandleader, performing under his own name, and even playing tenor on a 1947 Davis All-Stars date. A nice chunk of Bird that hasn't been reissued to death. Cub Koda, ...

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Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings (1951-1956) (1951) more music like this

by Miles Davis

This eight-CD set does indeed have all 17 of trumpeter Miles Davis' Prestige sessions. The music is also available in separate CDs in the Original Jazz Classics series. Most significant are the many performances by Davis' classic quintet of 1955-1956 with tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer ...

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