Miles Davis

E36218
bandleader composer human jazz musician trumpeter

Miles Davis was a pioneering American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer who profoundly shaped the development of modern jazz through landmark albums like "Kind of Blue."

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Miles Davis canonical 196
Great Characters Edition Miles Davis 1
Miles Dewey Davis III 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1991 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1944 ⓘ
associatedAct Bill Evans ⓘ
Cannonball Adderley ⓘ
Chick Corea ⓘ
Gil Evans ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Joe Zawinul ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Ron Carter ⓘ
Tony Williams ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName Miles Davis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Miles Dewey Davis III
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-05-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-09-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Juilliard School ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
cool jazz ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
hallOfFame DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Chick Corea ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
influencedBy Charlie Parker ⓘ
Clark Terry ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
instrument trumpet ⓘ
memberOf Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
surface form: Miles Davis Second Great Quintet
movement cool jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ
name Miles Davis self-link ⓘ
notableWork Birth of the Cool ⓘ
Bitches Brew ⓘ
E.S.P. ⓘ
In a Silent Way ⓘ
Kind of Blue ⓘ
Miles Ahead ⓘ
Milestones ⓘ
Nefertiti ⓘ
Round About Midnight ⓘ
Sketches of Spain ⓘ
Sorcerer ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Alton, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Alton, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Capitol Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Betty Mabry ⓘ
Cicely Tyson ⓘ
Frances Taylor ⓘ

Referenced by (198)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → Miles Davis ⓘ
Columbia Records → notableArtist → Miles Davis ⓘ
Chaka Khan → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top → notableRecordingBy → Miles Davis ⓘ
Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Miles Davis ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableInductee → Miles Davis ⓘ
Pops → influenced → Miles Davis ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
Satch → influenced → Miles Davis ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
West End Blues → hasInfluencedArtist → Miles Davis ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Miles Davis ⓘ
Charlie Parker → collaboratedWith → Miles Davis ⓘ
Duke Ellington → influenced → Miles Davis ⓘ
Herbie Hancock → collaboratedWith → Miles Davis ⓘ
Juilliard School → hasAlumni → Miles Davis ⓘ
Miles Davis → name → Miles Davis self-link ⓘ
Miles Davis → birthName → Miles Davis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miles Dewey Davis III
Max Roach → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
Wayne Shorter → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
Horace Silver → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
Kind of Blue → artist → Miles Davis ⓘ
Kind of Blue → performer → Miles Davis ⓘ
Kind of Blue → composer → Miles Davis ⓘ
Kind of Blue → featuredMusician → Miles Davis ⓘ
Quincy Jones → collaboratedWith → Miles Davis ⓘ
Robert Glasper → influencedBy → Miles Davis ⓘ
I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → notablePerformanceBy → Miles Davis ⓘ
subject surface form: I Could Write a Book
My Funny Valentine → notablePerformer → Miles Davis ⓘ
I Could Write a Book → notablePerformer → Miles Davis ⓘ
Great Characters Edition → hasSubseries → Miles Davis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Characters Edition Miles Davis
Easy Mo Bee → notableWorkWith → Miles Davis ⓘ
Easy Mo Bee → producedFor → Miles Davis ⓘ
Easy Mo Bee → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
Marcus Miller → collaboratedWith → Miles Davis ⓘ
Chick Corea → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
Davis → notableBearersInclude → Miles Davis ⓘ
Ahmad Jamal → influenced → Miles Davis ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie → influenced → Miles Davis ⓘ
Alton, Illinois → hasNotablePerson → Miles Davis ⓘ
Fillmore West → hostedArtist → Miles Davis ⓘ
Bird → collaboratedWith → Miles Davis ⓘ
subject surface form: Charlie Parker
Yardbird → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
subject surface form: Charlie Parker
Steve Reid → collaboratedWith → Miles Davis ⓘ
Mahavishnu Orchestra → associatedAct → Miles Davis ⓘ
Embraceable You → hasNotablePerformer → Miles Davis ⓘ
But Not for Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Miles Davis ⓘ
Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" → features → Miles Davis ⓘ
subject surface form: Jazz (TV series)
Miles Davis Quintet → leader → Miles Davis ⓘ
Miles Davis Quintet → memberOfFirstGreatQuintet → Miles Davis ⓘ
Miles Davis Quintet → memberOfSecondGreatQuintet → Miles Davis ⓘ
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Miles Davis ⓘ