Person
Miles Davis
Acting · 1926–1991 · Alton, Illinois, USA
Biography
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Known for
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Great Performances
Self
Sacrée soirée
Self
Miami Vice
Ivory Jones
Crime Story
Self
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970
Himself
Hôtel La Louisiane
Self (archive footage)
Jazz Evolution
Self - Trumpet
Scrooged
Street Musician
Filmography
- 2026Mileshimself
- 2025In a Silent WayMusic
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)
- 2023They All Came Out to MontreuxSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (voice) (archive sound)
- 2022A History of the World According to Getty ImagesSelf (Archive Footage)
- 2020Prince: Live At Paisley Park - December 31, 1987Self
- 2020Universe
- 2020Miles Davis - Live in Montreal
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolSelf - Musician (archive footage)
- 2019Blue Note Records: Beyond the NotesSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Jeanne Moreau: Free SpiritSelf - Musician (archive footage)
- 2017Chasing TraneSelf - Musician (archive footage)
- 2016Miles AheadMusician
- 2015Hôtel La LouisianeSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Jingle Bell Rocks!Self (voice)
- 2013Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991Himself
- 2013Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969himself
- 2011Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Afternoon July 8 TH 1984trumpet
- 2011Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 8 TH 1984trumpet
- 2011Miles Davis: The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991trumpet
- 2011Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 14 TH 1985trumpet
- 2011Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - July 14 TH 1985trumpet
- 2011Miles Davis: Around MidnightTrumpet
- 2010Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett - The 1971 Berlin Concert
- 2010Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
- 2009Miles Davis: Stadthalle, Vienna 1973himself
- 2009That's What Happened - Live in Germany 1987self
- 2008Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
- 2008Jazz EvolutionSelf - Trumpet
- 2007John Coltrane - Impressions Of ColtraneHimself
- 2005Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz SoundMiles Davis
- 2004Miles Electric: A Different Kind of BlueSelf (archive footage)
- 2001JazzSelf (archive footage)
- 2000Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine AlbumSelf
- 1997Happy Birthday to JohnSelf
- 1996Message to Love - The Isle of Wight FestivalSelf
- 1993Miles Davis Live at Montreux (1973-1985)Self
- 1991Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Friends in Paris 1991Trumpeter
- 1991Miles Davis - At La VilletteHimself
- 1991DingoBilly Cross
- 1990Miles In Paris
- 1990Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy JonesSelf
- 1989Miles in Paris 1989Trumpet
- 1989Miles Davis: Live in MontrealSelf - Trumpeter
- 1989Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
- 1989Prince: Musical PortraitSelf
- 1988ScroogedStreet Musician
- 1987Sacrée soiréeSelf
- 1987The last vermicelliMusic
- 1986Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles DavisSelf
- 1986Crime StorySelf
- 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)
- 1986Miles Davis – TutuMiles Davis
- 1986El día que reventaron las lámparas de gasSongs
- 1985Miles Davis North Sea Jazz Festivaltrumpet, synthesizers
- 1985The Making of Sun CitySelf
- 1984Miami ViceIvory Jones
- 1981The Beginnings of BebopSelf
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest
- 1973Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973Himself
- 1973Miles Davis - Newport Festival - Live in Paris
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1970Call It Anything
- 1970Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970Himself
- 1970Jack JohnsonMusic
- 1969Miles Davis Live in Paris 1969
- 1969RenovaciónMusic
- 1968Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take OneMusic
- 1964Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
- 1959The Sound of Miles DavisHimself
- 1958Elevator to the GallowsOriginal Music Composer
- —Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969Self
- —CoolSelf
- —Miles Davis: Live in Germany 1988
- —Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane
- —Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969Trumpet
- —Five More MinutesMusic
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