Miles Ahead (studio album) by Miles Davis + 19

Miles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 2,378th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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79/100 (from 140 votes)
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Award Top 20 albums of 1957 (13th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (62nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,378th)
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79/100 (from 140 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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95/100
From 05/18/2023 17:24
Miles is in the groove for tracks 3-6, and then on tracks 9 and 10. The orchestra is clearly in-step with Miles; They certainly plan as one unit. Not a weak piece anywhere. It was so good, I listened to the expanded CD edition with an extra 15 minutes of music.

This is the album, in my opinion, that showed that Miles could not only do extended jazz pieces, but could effortlessly stretch his solos from one track to another to another. If Miles was considered a first-rate musician before this, after this, it was clear he was a Virtuoso. 9.5/10!
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From 02/21/2021 13:28
As far as I can tell, this is Miles Davis's first foray into Third Stream and it is great. The way each piece blends together is magnificent. And Davis blows it out of the water with his playing, as he always does. I also love the little bits of cool jazz that are thrown in there. Makes for a really pleasant listening experience. Think Birth of the Cool mixed with Sketches of Spain and you've got this album, even though it's more than that. This is actually up there for me as one of my favorite Miles Davis records. Really really enjoyed this album.
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From 03/07/2016 21:42
His phrasing is amazing, his skill is unsurpassed.
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From 06/06/2015 00:10
The first of the Gil Evans collaborations. Years ago, I would get baked during baseball's playoffs and watch the games with the sound off and Miles Ahead playing. It was uncanny how many times the ebb and flow of the game matched the music.

Or maybe it was just the weed.
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