Miles Davis: 15 Essential Albums
Highlights from the jazz great's discography – 'Kind of Blue,' 'Bitches Brew' and beyond
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'Walkin''
Davis turns around and ushers in the hard-bop era with bruising workouts that celebrate the music's blues roots. The epochal title track kicks and shouts, yet Davis loses none of his affecting style in the process. (Recorded 1954)