Miles Davis

• Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website  - Peter Losin's comprehensive discography divided by decades covers both Prestige and Columbia recordings. Includes recording dates, track listings, track times, and musicians. Also an extensive photo gallery.
• Aloha Miles: 1988-1989 Waikiki Shell Concerts and More - Miles Davis in Honolulu, Hawaii concert. Site includes a photo gallery and cd review.
• DownBeat.com: Miles Davis - Tribute to Hall of Fame artist Davis with biography, classic photos, and articles.
• The Estate of Miles Davis - Official site of Davis's estate, has biographical information, discography, pictures and includes online store to purchase Davis memorabilia, music, and books.
• Fantasy Records Catalog: Miles Davis - A listing of Davis' recordings for Prestige Records in the 1950s with a short biography.
• Interview with Ashley Kahn - Jerry Jazz Musician interviews "Making of Kind of Blue" author Kahn.
• Jerry Jazz Musician - Interactive catalog offers sound samples, quiz questions, quotes, original art and products featuring trumpeter Miles Davis.
• The Man With The Horn - A list of some Miles Davis live recordings from the 1980s.
• MFs Anonymous - Freewheeling listserv, a meeting place for Miles Davis fans since 1990. Categorized links.
• Miles Davis - Steve Plakoudas offers biography, photos, and links.
• Miles Davis - Mailing list for discussing Miles Davis' life and music. Archives of past digests are available.
• Miles Davis Interview - Musician Jools Holland (Squeeze) interviews Miles Davis for UK television in 1986 (in Real Audio format).
• Miles Davis: Missing Links - Consists of information missing from the Miles Ahead discography.
• Miles-Davis.com - Sony Music's Miles Davis page highlights its Legacy reissue program.
• Milestones: A Miles Davis Collector's Site - Larry Tomczyk's extensive site includes an annotated discography, a Miles bibliography, critical essays, and some audio and video clips.
• RollingStone.com: Miles Davis - Includes biography, photo gallery, news, discography, album reviews, and message board.
• Sons of Miles - Profiles by Mike Zwerin on Davis and various musicians who played with Miles. Among them, John Coltrane, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, and Wayner Shorter.
• The Sound of Miles Davis - The source for updates on Jan Lohmann's print discography of Miles Davis' recordings (soon to be published in a 2nd edition). Also has a Miles obituary written by musician-producer Bob Belden.

• Topix.net: Miles Davis - News about Miles Davis, collected from various sources on the web. [RSS]

Articles and Interviews

• Miles Davis  - An analysis of Miles Davis' recordings by historical period. Includes the two classic quintets, fusion, and the comeback period of the early 80s.
• Bird's Christmas - A Miles Davis-Charlie Parker Christmas story from 1948 courtesy of The Blacklisted Journalist.
• DMSR: That Whole Miles Davis Thing - Details on the Miles and Prince relationship in the late 1980s.
• Eno on Miles Davis - Brian Eno's musings on Miles Davis and the relationship between the music and the context (taken from The Wire Dec./Jan. 1993).
• Spirit of Miles - The Nebula Net-zine's 11th issue combines Richard Stevenson's poems inspired by Miles' music with artwork by Marlene Menard.
• Wikipedia: Miles Davis - Biographical article chronicling the development of the man and his music.

Downloads

• Miles Davis Theme by Ken Hinds - Another Miles Davis desktop theme for Windows 95/98.

Image Galleries

• The Art of Miles Davis - Gallery of several Miles Davis prints based on his paintings.

Reviews

• The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions - Reviews of the Bitches Brew box set, Wadada Leo Smith and Henry Kaiser's "Yo! Miles,' and the tribute album "Endless Miles."
• The Complete Columbia Recordings Box Set - The Complete Columbia Recordings; a 6 CD Box Set by Miles Davis And John Coltrane featuring previously unreleased material. April 11, 2000 release.
• Juilliard Dropout Makes Good - Gary Giddins' New York Times review of Miles' autobiography (Oct. 15, 1989.
• Miles Davis : Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet ---Ink Blot Magazine - Review of Relaxin', one of a series of quickly recorded yet satisfying albums released by Prestige in the mid-50s. Includes the great fifties quintet of John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and "Philly" Joe Jones.
• Miles Davis: E.S.P. ---Ink Blot Magazine - Review of 1965's ESP, the first release with the classic quintet of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams.
• Miles Davis: Live & Plugged - Damian Rafferty's article on the Complete Plugged Nickel box set.
• Miles Davis- The Electric Years- Perfect Sound Forever - An appreciation of the "electric" period of the late sixties and early seventies, which turned off many long-time fans but continues to make many new ones.
• Miles Reissues - Reviews the reissued live electric recordings of the seventies.
• Playing What's Not There - New York Times review of Ian Carr's "Miles Davis: A Biography" (September 12, 1982).
• Round About Midnight - PopMatters.com - Review of the album by Maurice Bottomley.
• Sketches of Miles Davis and Gil Evans - Miles Davis biographer Jack Chambers reviews "Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings."
• Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews: Miles Davis - Brief reviews of many Miles Davis recordings, including "Birth of the Cool," "Walkin"," and "Kind of Blue."
• Atlantic Monthly: The Book on Miles - Critic Francis Davis (no relation) comments on the Miles autobiography. (January, 1990)
• Ink Blot Magazine: Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions - Bill Meyer's review: "Twenty years on, the album stands outside of any genre but endures as commanding, absorbing music."
• Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions - Steve Marshall's review: "there's a reason that it became the first gold record of Miles' career. Once you hear this newly remastered version, you'll understand why."
• Motion Reviews: The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions - Simon's review: "No self-respecting music fan can possibly afford to be without this record." With audio clips of 'Trevere' and 'Double Image'.
• Africana.com: Miles Davis Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970) - Its About That Time - Steven G. Fullwood's review: "This two-disc recording of two sets amounts to a 45-minute excursion into some of Davis's finest fusion work during a very prolific phase in his life."
• Pitchfork: Miles Davis - Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970) - It's About That Time - Dominique Leone's review: "Over thirty years later, I'm not sure I understand what the preceding hour-and-a-half was all about, except what I consider exceptional musicians taking exceptional chances."