Hi dere, this poll will open for voting right away so you can see how it all works. Please rank your favourite albums in order. It’s that simple. Everyone will be able to see how you voted, so best to post your genuine favourites in order.

Below is a brief explanation of the era’s.

Voting date will be 4 weeks to allow anyone time to relisten to any of the albums.

I hope sandboxers will enjoy it as a listening project and get something out of it.

Happy Voting!

First Great Quintet & Prestige/Columbia transition (1955–1958)

(Hard bop, standards, formation of Miles as bandleader)

1. ’Round About Midnight (1957)

2. Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957)

3. Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (1958)

4. Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (1959)

5. Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (1961)

6. Miles Ahead (1957)

7. Milestones (1958)

Modal / Orchestral & Transitional Period (1959–1964)

(Modal jazz, large ensembles, early second quintet formation)

1. Porgy and Bess (1959)

2. Kind of Blue (1959)

3. Sketches of Spain (1960)

4. Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

5. Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

6. Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1962)

7. My Funny Valentine (1965, live 1964)

8. Four & More (1966, live 1964)

Second Great Quintet (1965–1968)

(Post-bop, abstraction, telepathic group interplay)

1. E.S.P. (1965)

2. Miles Smiles (1967)

3. Sorcerer (1967)

4. Nefertiti (1968)

5. Miles in the Sky (1968)

6. Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969)

Electric Transition (1968–1969)

(First use of electric instruments, studio construction)

1. In a Silent Way (1969)

2. Water Babies (1976, recorded 1967–68)

Electric / Fusion Peak (1970–1975)

(Dense grooves, studio editing, rock/funk influence)

1. Bitches Brew (1970)

2. A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)

3. Live-Evil (1971)

4. On the Corner (1972)

5. In Concert (1973)

6. Big Fun (1974)

7. Get Up with It (1974)

8. Agharta (1975)

9. Pangaea (1975)

10. Dark Magus (1977)

Hiatus & Comeback Era (1981–1985)

(Return with funk, rock, and pop influences)

1. The Man with the Horn (1981)

2. We Want Miles (1982)

3. Star People (1983)

4. Decoy (1984)

5. You’re Under Arrest (1985)

Late Period / Warner Era (1986–1991)

(Polished production, synths, collaborations)

1. Tutu (1986)

2. Siesta (1987)

3. Amandla (1989)

4. Aura (1989)

5. Doo-Bop (1992)

Posthumous & Live

(Important expansions of key eras)

1. Circle in the Round (1979)

2. Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)

3. Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1973)