Miles Ahead

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"Miles Ahead" is a groundbreaking 1957 jazz album by trumpeter Miles Davis and arranger Gil Evans that helped pioneer the cool jazz and orchestral jazz styles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Miles Davis album ⓘ
jazz album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
arranger Gil Evans ⓘ
artist Miles Davis ⓘ
catalogNumber Columbia CL 1041 ⓘ
closingTrack I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) ⓘ
conductor Gil Evans ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtFeatures Miles Davis photograph superimposed on a sailboat scene ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
featuresEnsemble Miles Davis + 19-piece orchestra ⓘ
featuresInstrument flugelhorn ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
followedBy Milestones ⓘ
format mono ⓘ
genre cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
orchestral jazz ⓘ
hasCollaboration Miles Davis–Gil Evans studio collaboration ⓘ
hasLinerNotesBy George Avakian ⓘ
hasReissue Miles Ahead (stereo and CD reissues with bonus tracks) ⓘ
includesTrack Blues for Pablo ⓘ
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) ⓘ
Lament ⓘ
Miles Ahead (title track) ⓘ
linked to: Miles Ahead

New Rhumba ⓘ
The Duke ⓘ
The Maids of Cadiz ⓘ
The Meaning of the Blues ⓘ
influencedGenre modern orchestral jazz ⓘ
third stream ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length 36:59 ⓘ
notableFor innovative collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evans ⓘ
pioneering cool jazz with large ensemble orchestration ⓘ
openingTrack Springsville ⓘ
orchestrator Gil Evans ⓘ
originalMedium 12-inch LP record ⓘ
partOf Miles Davis–Gil Evans collaborations ⓘ
precededBy Round About Midnight ⓘ
primaryArtist Miles Davis ⓘ
producer George Avakian ⓘ
recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio ⓘ
recordedInCity New York City ⓘ
recordingEndDate 1957-05-10 ⓘ
recordingStartDate 1957-05-06 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1957-10-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 1957 ⓘ

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

Miles Davis → notableWork → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Don Cheadle → notableWork → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Don Cheadle → directed → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Milestones → precededBy → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Miles Ahead → includesTrack → Miles Ahead (title track) ⓘ
linked to: Miles Ahead
Gil Evans → notableWork → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Emayatzy Corinealdi → notableWork → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Emayatzy Corinealdi → castMemberOf → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Steven Baigelman → notableWork → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Steven Baigelman → wrote → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Springsville → partOfAlbum → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Springsville → firstTrackOn → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Springsville → associatedAlbum → Miles Ahead ⓘ
The Maids of Cadiz (Miles Davis and Gil Evans arrangement) → includedOnAlbum → Miles Ahead ⓘ
subject linked to: The Maids of Cadiz
Blues for Pablo → featuredOnAlbum → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Blues for Pablo → recordedForAlbum → Miles Ahead ⓘ
New Rhumba → featuredOn → Miles Ahead ⓘ
New Rhumba → partOfLandmarkAlbum → Miles Ahead ⓘ
The Meaning of the Blues → isPartOf → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Lament → featuredOnAlbum → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Lament → partOf → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Columbia CL 1041 → catalogNumberFor → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Columbia CL 1041 → albumTitle → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Columbia CL 1041 → isOriginalIssueOf → Miles Ahead ⓘ
Miles Ahead → titleInspiredBy → Miles Ahead (1957 album) ⓘ
linked to: Miles Ahead