At the very top of the Wikipedia Miles Davis Discography page, it says this:
This is an incomplete list which will never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness as it excludes bootlegs, mix tapes and other minor records by independent labels and unofficial sources.
Very true! This blog entry, on the other hand, is simply my own way of seeing how much of Miles’ vast output I have.
For simplicities sake I’m trying to arrange my Miles Discography chronologically, using the year of first official commercial release. With an artist as prolific as Miles, this can often mean musuc was recorded much earlier, or on different occasions, only to be released quite a bit later.
So… here goes:
PRESTIGE (mostly!)
The New Sounds, 1951 (Prestige)
Young Man With a Horn, 1953 (Blue Note)
Blue Period, 1953 (Pr)
The Comps of Al Cohn, 1953 (Pr)
Miles Davis vol 2, ‘53 (BN)
Miles Davis vol 3, ‘54 (BN)
Miles Davis Quartet, ‘53 (Pr)
Miles Davis All Star Sextet, ‘54 (Pr)
Miles Davis Quintet, ‘54 (Pr)
MD w Sonny Rollins, ‘54 (Pr)
MD All Stars, Vol 1, ‘54 (Pr)
MD All Stars, Vol 2, ‘54 (Pr)
Musings of Miles, ‘55 ()
Blue Moods, ‘55 (Debut)
Dig, ‘56 (Pr)
The new MD Quintet, ‘55 (Pr) ✓
MD & Horns, ‘56 (Pr) ✓
Quintet/Sextet, ‘56 (Pr) ✓
Blue Haze, ‘56 (Pr) ✓
Collectors Items, ‘56 (Pr) ✓
Walkin’, ‘57 (Pr) ✓
Cookin’, ‘57 (Pr) ✓
Bags’ Groove, ‘57 (Pr) ✓
Birth Of The Cool, ‘57 (Capitol) ✓
Ascenseur l’Échafaud, ‘57 (Fontana) ✓
Relaxin’, ‘58 (Pr)
MD & Modern Jazz Giants’, ‘58 (Pr) ✓
Workin’, ‘60 (Pr) ✓
Steamin’ ‘61 (Pr) ✓
COLUMBIA (mostly)
Round About Midnight, ‘57 (Co)
Miles Ahead, ‘57
Milestones, ‘58 ✓
Jazz Track, ‘59
Porgy & Bess, ‘59
Kind of Blue, ‘59 ✓
Sketches o’ Spain
Someday My Prince
Seven Steps
Quiet Nights
E.S.P. ‘65 ✓
Miles Smiles ✓
Sorcerer ✓
Nefertiti ✓
In The Sky ✓
Filles de K ✓
In a Silent Way, ‘69 ✓
Bitches Brew, ‘70 ✓
Jack Johnson
Live-Evil, ✓
On The Corner, ✓
Big Fun
Get Up With It
Water Babies
Agharta, ‘75 ✓
Pangaea, ‘76 ✓
Circle In The Round, ‘79 ✓
COLUMBIA/WARNER (mostly!)
The Man With… ‘81 ✓
Doo Bop, 1992 ✓
What I Say 1, ‘94 ✓
What I Say 2, ‘94 ✓
Panthalassa, ‘98 ✓