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Miles Davis sessions: 1945-1949

The Miles Ahead database contains 52 sessions from the 1940s. For details on a session, click on the venue.

DateLocationEnsemble
April 24, 1945WOR Studios - New York, NYHerbie Fields Band with Rubberlegs Williams
November 26, 1945WOR Studios - New York, NYCharlie Parker's Reboppers
March 1946Finale Club, Little Tokyo - Los Angeles, CACharlie Parker Quintet
March 28, 1946Radio Recorders Studio - Hollywood, CACharlie Parker Septet
March 31, 1946Streets of Paris - Los Angeles, CABenny Carter Orchestra
April 1946 (a)NBC Studios - Hollywood, CABenny Carter Orchestra
April 1946 (b)Trianon Ballroom - Southgate, CABenny Carter Orchestra
April 29, 1946NBC Studios - Hollywood, CABenny Carter Orchestra
October 5, 1946Radio Recorders Studio - Hollywood, CABilly Eckstine and His Band
October 6, 1946Radio Recorders Studio - Hollywood, CABilly Eckstine and His Band
October 18, 1946Radio Recorders Studio - Hollywood, CAMiles Davis All-Stars plus Earl Coleman and Ann Baker
January 7, 1947Unknown studio - New York, NYIllinois Jacquet All-Stars
May 8, 1947Harris Smith Studio - New York, NYCharlie Parker All-Stars
June 1947Unknown studio - New York, NYColeman Hawkins Group
August 14, 1947Harris Smith Studio - New York, NYMiles Davis All-Stars
October 28, 1947WOR Studios - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
November 4, 1947WOR Studios - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
November 11-23, 1947 (?)Argyle Show Lounge - Chicago, ILCharlie Parker Quintet
December 1947Unknown venue - Waukegan, ILCharlie Parker Quintet
December 17, 1947WOR Studios - New York, NYCharlie Parker Sextet
December 21, 1947United Sound Studio - Detroit, MICharlie Parker Quintet
January 3-6, 1948New Savoy Ballroom - Chicago, ILCharlie Parker Quintet
March 31, 1948Three Deuces - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
July 6, 1948Onyx Club - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
July 7, 1948Onyx Club - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
July 10, 1948Onyx Club - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
July 11, 1948Onyx Club - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
September 4, 1948Royal Roost Club - New York, NYMiles Davis Nonet
September 18, 1948Harris Smith Studio - New York, NYCharlie Parker All-Stars
September 18, 1948Royal Roost Club - New York, NYMiles Davis Nonet
September 24, 1948Harris Smith Studio - New York, NYCharlie Parker All-Stars
September 25, 1948Royal Roost Club - New York, NYMiles Davis Quintet
September 26, 1948Pershing Ballroom - Chicago, ILDizzy Gillespie Big Band
September 26, 1948Pershing Ballroom - Chicago, ILCharlie Parker Sextet
December 11, 1948Royal Roost Club - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
December 12, 1948Royal Roost Club - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
December 18, 1948Royal Roost Club - New York, NYCharlie Parker Quintet
January 3, 1949RCA Studios - New York, NYMetronome All-Stars
January 17, 1949WPIX Studio - New York, NYAll-Star jam session
January 21, 1949WMGM Studios - New York, NYMiles Davis Nonet
Mid-February 1949Unknown studio - San Francisco, CABaron Mingus and His Symphonic Airs
February 12, 1949Royal Roost Club - New York, NYTadd Dameron's Big Ten
February 19, 1949Royal Roost Club - New York, NYTadd Dameron's Big Ten
February 26, 1949Royal Roost Club - New York, NYTadd Dameron's Big Ten
March 5, 1949Royal Roost Club - New York, NYTadd Dameron's Big Ten
March 11, 1949CBS-TV Studios - New York, NYAll-Star jam session
April 21, 1949WMGM Studios - New York, NYTadd Dameron's Big Ten
April 22, 1949WMGM Studios - New York, NYMiles Davis Nonet
May 8, 1949Salle Pleyel - Paris, FranceMiles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet
May 8, 9, 12, 14, or 15, 1949Salle Pleyel - Paris, FranceMiles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet
May 15, 1949Salle Pleyel - Paris, FranceAll-Star jam session
December 25, 1949Carnegie Hall - New York, NYStars of Modern Jazz
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