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Miles Davis Quintet

Miles Davis Quintet is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Clifford Brown and Max Roach. Those roots explain a lot about how Miles Davis Quintet arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Bill Evans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chick Corea, Airto Moreira, Lenny White, Art Pepper and Sonny Rollins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Miles Davis Quintet, reaching back through Clifford Brown and forward to Chick Corea. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Miles Davis Quintet was an American jazz band from 1955 to early 1969 led by Miles Davis. The quintet underwent frequent personnel changes toward its metamorphosis into a different ensemble in 1969. Most references pertain to two distinct and relatively stable bands: the First Great Quintet from 1955 to 1958, and the Second Great Quintet from late 1964 to early 1969, Davis being the only constant throughout.

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Miles Davis QuintetClifford BrownMax RoachChick CoreaAirto MoreiraLenny WhiteArt PepperSonny RollinsWynton KellyWayne ShorterWes MontgomeryMiles DavisHank MobleyWayne ShorterFreddie HubbardBill EvansThelonious MonkDizzy GillespieHorace Silver

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Miles Davis Quintet connections

Miles Davis Quintet grew out of Clifford Brown and Max Roach, shares an orbit with Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, went on to shape Chick Corea, Airto Moreira, Lenny White and Art Pepper. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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