Read our list of 15 essential Miles Davis albums, from 'Kind of Blue' to 'Bitches Brew' and beyond.	
"I&apos;ve changed the course of music five or six times," Miles Davis once quipped. The trumpeter wasn&apos;t wrong: His willingness to dive headfirst into new styles made him one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, a figure who transcended not just jazz but music itself. Chart Miles&apos; bold evolutions with our concise guide to 15 classic LPs.
Davis turns around and ushers in the hard-bop era with bruising workouts that celebrate the music&apos;s blues roots. The epochal title track kicks and shouts, yet Davis loses none of his affecting style in the process. (Recorded 1954)
The quintet at its most sophisticated. Davis&apos; penetrating ballad readings, relaxed uptempo intensity and bandleading ability mark a midcareer high point. (Recorded 1955-56)
Davis&apos; collaboration with arranger and friend Gil Evans helped refashion the jazz big band. Evans&apos; magisterial textures are matched by Davis&apos; searingly impressive blowing. (Recorded 1957)
Davis&apos; masterpiece. With help from Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley, Davis introduced modal forms to the language of jazz. (Recorded 1959)
On their most personal work together, Gil Evans&apos; writing pulsates with Iberian mystery and drama, while Davis&apos; solos sound torn straight from his gut. (Recorded 1959-60)
Davis was once again ready for a change, and a new young-blood band (Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock) helped him jettison any bop vestiges and envision the future. (Recorded 1965)
The mid-Sixties quintet balanced coiled intensity with compositional smarts. For today&apos;s young players, this is Davis&apos; most influential period. (Recorded 1966)
This spacey epic, thickened by extra keyboards (Joe Zawinul) and guitar (John McLaughlin), reflects Davis&apos; new fascination with pop music. (Recorded 1969)
Fusion becomes fact. The visionary edge that infused this exploratory music eluded the many bands it influenced. (Recorded 1969)
Davis&apos; attempt to compete in the same market as Sly Stone and others he admired brought forth deep street funk cut with African and Indian textures. (Recorded 1972)
By the mid-Seventies, Davis was redefining jazz as pure sound, concocting dense thickets of terrifying sonic funk. Influencing only the most daring musicians of the Eighties, this is still Davis&apos; most enigmatic, disturbing period. (Recorded 1974)
This recording of brisk jazz rock is among the more convincing of Davis&apos; later works. With John Scofield by his side, Davis gets off some chilling blues. (Recorded 1982)
This self-conscious but satisfying reworking of Davis&apos; early-Seventies sound by Danish big-band composer-arranger Palle Mikkelborg used Davis as featured soloist. At its best, the album suggested Davis–Gil Evans projects that never took place. (Recorded 1984)
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