# Miles Davis — Every Record We Rank

Miles Davis appears 2 times in our Jazz and Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 2
- **Appears on:** Jazz and Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records
- **Year:** 1959
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Jazz
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/miles-davis/

## Appears on

### [So What](https://waxonia.com/track/miles-davis--so-what/)

*1959 · Columbia · No. 2 in [Jazz](https://waxonia.com/genre/jazz/)*

Two chords and an instruction to stop running changes. Kind of Blue remains the best-selling jazz record ever made because it is also one of the calmest and most radical.

Also on: [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/).

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### [So What](https://waxonia.com/track/miles-davis--so-what/)

*1959 · Columbia · Picked by [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/)*

While recording The Man With The Red Face I could not tell the jazz musicians what I wanted, because I did not have the words. A friend handed me Kind of Blue and said: study this, learn the vocabulary.

Also on: [Jazz](https://waxonia.com/genre/jazz/).

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