Miles Davis + 19-piece orchestra

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Miles Davis + 19-piece orchestra is the large jazz ensemble led by trumpeter Miles Davis and arranged by Gil Evans, renowned for its innovative, lushly orchestrated sound on late-1950s recordings.

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instanceOf jazz ensemble
large ensemble
activePeriod late 1950s
arrangementStyle orchestral textures
through-composed
arranger Gil Evans NERFINISHED
associatedAct Gil Evans NERFINISHED
Miles Davis NERFINISHED
collaborator Gil Evans NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre cool jazz
jazz
orchestral jazz
influenced modern jazz orchestration
influencedBy big band jazz
classical music
languageOfWork instrumental
leader Miles Davis NERFINISHED
notableCharacteristic integration of jazz and classical elements
use of non-standard big band instrumentation
notableFor innovative orchestration
lushly orchestrated sound
notableRecording Miles Ahead NERFINISHED
Porgy and Bess NERFINISHED
Sketches of Spain NERFINISHED
primaryInstrumentOfLeader trumpet
primaryLocationOfRecording New York City NERFINISHED
recordingEra mono and early stereo era
recordLabel Columbia Records
typicalInstrumentation French horns
rhythm section
trombone section
trumpet section
tuba
woodwinds

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Miles Ahead featuresEnsemble Miles Davis + 19-piece orchestra