Miles Davis Newbe Question

Miles was a complicated artist and his career was long. If you want to learn
about his music, go to Allmusic.com and do an artist search. Spend a little time
checking out the discography section for a good overview of his music. I agree
with Elizabeth as far as "Miles Big Three" goes. The big change in
Miles music starts in the mid sixties, around the time of the album
"E.S.P." He was feeling restless and wanted to make music more
connected with the cultural changes going on. He morphed into a quite different
musician as the sixties progressed.

do you really want to find more miles davis material or are you looking for the same type of material but by different artists. I say this because i assume, perhaps wrongly, that the song selections on this compilation probably have some very common elements where as miles as an artist went so many different ways.

Kind of Blue is viewed by many as quintessential Miles, but the purists will often disagree. It has excellent sound too, an audiophile must-have.

The Love Songs Collection look like a lot of ballads which Miles brought a special touch to especially in his works on Prestiege in the late 50's and Columbia in the early 60's. Look for the recordings (lps) with the line-ups of Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, and Bill Evans which covers this era. He replaced everyone with another great generation of musicians with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Ron Carter but the music is much faster with a harder edged sound and will disappoint a new comer if you are looking for the "soft" Miles like the Love Song collection. Check out his other "Ballad" compilations if you like the Love Song collection. He was a master ballad player who set the standard by which the world still measures "romantic ballad players" by.

I'll be the outsider here and recommend In A Silent Way. Simply beautiful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_A_Silent_Way