Miles Davis improvises a soundtrack for Lift to the Scaffold

1957: Number 26 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicIt was in the late 1950s that film directors began to call on jazz musicians to provide atmospheric soundtracks. Among the most notable were the scores for Shadows (Charles Mingus), Anatomy of a Murder (Duke Ellington), The Sweet Smell of Success (Chico Hamilton), Odds Against Tomorrow (John Lewis) and Louis Malle's Lift to the Scaffold, improvised by Miles Davis.JazzMiles DavisRichard Williamsguardian.co.uk © Guard...

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23:25 on June 16 2011

Miles Davis improvises a soundtrack for Lift to the Scaffold

Guardian Music — 1957: Number 26 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicIt was in the late 1950s that film directors began to call on jazz musicians to provide at... more info

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23:24 on June 16 2011

Miles Davis releases Kind of Blue

Guardian Music — 1959: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music1959 saw the release of several key jazz albums, each of which found new ways of developin... more info

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