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Where to start with Miles Davis
Start with Circle in the Round — Circle in the Round, 1979. That is the track sitting closest to the centre of all 34 Miles Davis tracks in Zubissou Sounds — a listening room of 14,971 tracks placed one at a time by hand, not an algorithm.
This page is not a discography and not a ranking. It describes exactly one thing: the 34 Miles Davis tracks that one person put in one room, and where they sit relative to each other. The starting point above is chosen by a rule you can check — of the 34 tracks, it is the one nearest the average position on the four knobs the room runs on. Nothing here calls any record better than any other.
It is spread thin and wide — 34 tracks across 31 different records, which is a browsing history rather than a shelf of favourites.
The dates here run from 1957 to 2025. They are the dates attached to the releases in this room rather than recording dates, so the later ones are likely reissues — but 68 years is still more than one version of the artist.
The tracks are filed across 4 genres, most often jazz, eclectic and soul, so the room does not treat this as a single-shelf artist.
The energy knob swings 64 points across these tracks, the widest of the four — it is the axis this artist actually travels along in this room.
Three ways in
The one track, if you only play one
Circle in the Round — Circle in the Round, 1979. Of the 34 Miles Davis tracks here, this one sits closest to the average of all of them across the four knobs the room runs on. It is the least surprising thing in the collection, which is exactly what an entry point should be.
If you want the ambient end
Blue In Green — Kind of Blue, 1959. The lowest energy reading of any Miles Davis track in the room (18 out of 100). This is as far towards ambient as the collection goes.
If you want the driving end
On The Corner/New York Girl/Thinkin’ One Thing and Doin’ Another/Vote For Miles — On The Corner, 1972. The highest, at 82. Same artist, opposite corner — a 64-point swing from the track above.
Where Miles Davis sits in the room
Zubissou Sounds does not have playlists or genres you click. It has knobs. Every track carries a position on each one, set by hand when the track was added, and you find music by setting the room to a state rather than by searching for a name. These are Miles Davis's average coordinates and the range they cover.
| Knob | Average | Range | Low → high |
|---|---|---|---|
| mood | 52 | 28–68 | melancholy → euphoric |
| energy | 57 | 18–82 | ambient → driving |
| density | 55 | 30–80 | sparse → wall |
| head · body | 54 | 25–88 | cerebral → groove |
All four run 0–100. They are placed by a person, not derived from audio analysis or from any streaming service's feature data.
What is here, record by record
| Album | Year | Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| Live-Evil | 1971 | 2 |
| On The Corner | 1972 | 2 |
| Bitches Brew | 1970 | 1 |
| 'Four' and More: Recorded Live in Concert | 1959 | 1 |
| Blue Haze | 2024 | 1 |
| Amandla | 1989 | 1 |
| Circle in the Round | 1979 | 1 |
| The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 | 1958 | 1 |
| Someday My Prince Will Come | 1961 | 1 |
| Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall | 2002 | 1 |
| Kind of Blue | 1959 | 1 |
| The Complete Miles Davis featuring John Coltrane | 1958 | 1 |
| In A Silent Way | 1969 | 1 |
| Jazz Track | 1959 | 1 |
| Vote For Miles | 1972 | 1 |
| Sorcerer | 2020 | 1 |
| Water Babies | 1976 | 1 |
| Complete Bitches Brew Sessions | 1974 | 1 |
| Birth Of The Cool | 1957 | 1 |
| Miles Smiles | 1967 | 1 |
| Miles Davis At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 | 1967 | 1 |
| Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970) | 1975 | 1 |
| Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 | 2011 | 1 |
| Filles de Kilimanjaro | 1968 | 1 |
| ‘Round About Midnight | 1957 | 1 |
| Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 | 1961 | 1 |
| Jack Johnson | 2025 | 1 |
| Nefertiti | 1968 | 1 |
| Complete Columbia Studio Recordings Of The Miles Davis Quintet January 1965 To June 1968 | 1970 | 1 |
| Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 | 2023 | 1 |
| Miles In The Sky | 1968 | 1 |
Every Miles Davis track in the room
| Track | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Boplicity | Birth Of The Cool | 1957 |
| Ah-leu-cha | ‘Round About Midnight | 1957 |
| Milestones | The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 | 1958 |
| Straight, No Chaser | The Complete Miles Davis featuring John Coltrane | 1958 |
| So What | 'Four' and More: Recorded Live in Concert | 1959 |
| On Green Dolphin Street | Jazz Track | 1959 |
| Blue In Green | Kind of Blue | 1959 |
| No Blues | Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 | 1961 |
| Teo | Someday My Prince Will Come | 1961 |
| Gingerbread Boy | Miles Davis At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 | 1967 |
| Dolores | Miles Smiles | 1967 |
| Mademoiselle Mabry | Filles de Kilimanjaro | 1968 |
| Paraphernalia | Miles In The Sky | 1968 |
| Hand Jive | Nefertiti | 1968 |
| Shhh / Peaceful | In A Silent Way | 1969 |
| Miles Runs The Voodoo Down | Bitches Brew | 1970 |
| Sanctuary | Complete Columbia Studio Recordings Of The Miles Davis Quintet January 1965 To June 1968 | 1970 |
| Nem Um Talvez | Live-Evil | 1971 |
| Black Satin | On The Corner | 1972 |
| On The Corner/New York Girl/Thinkin’ One Thing and Doin’ Another/Vote For Miles | On The Corner | 1972 |
| On The Corner Take 4 | Vote For Miles | 1972 |
| Great Expectations | Complete Bitches Brew Sessions | 1974 |
| The Theme (Live) | Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970) | 1975 |
| Two Faced | Water Babies | 1976 |
| Circle in the Round | Circle in the Round | 1979 |
| Mr. Pastorius | Amandla | 1989 |
| Teo / Walkin' | Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall | 2002 |
| Footprints (Live) | Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 | 2011 |
| Little Church | Live-Evil | 2016 |
| Nothing Like You ft. Bob Dorough | Sorcerer | 2020 |
| Nefertiti/Sanctuary (Live, Antibes, 1969) | Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 | 2023 |
| Blue Haze | Blue Haze | 2024 |
| Yesternow (excerpt) | Jack Johnson | 2025 |
| Générique - Bande originale du film "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud" | — | — |
Near neighbours in this room
These are the artists whose average knob position sits nearest to Miles Davis's in this room. It is a coordinate match, not a claim that they sound alike.
- Where to start with Hermeto Pascoal — jazz, 31 tracks
- Where to start with S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe — city pop, 58 tracks
- Where to start with Aphex Twin — electronic, 50 tracks
What the open databases say
MusicBrainz lists Miles Davis as a solo artist, from the United States and born in 1926. Its contributors tag the artist rock, classical, jazz, funk and fusion. These are the open database's facts, not mine — you can check them against the MusicBrainz entry.
Questions
How many Miles Davis tracks are in Zubissou Sounds?
There are 34, across 31 albums. 33 of them carry a date, running from 1957 to 2025. That is the whole of what this room holds — it is one person's collection, not a discography.
Is this a best-of, or a ranking?
No. Nothing here is ranked and no track is called better than another. The starting point is picked by arithmetic — the track closest to the centre of all the others on four measured axes — and the rule is printed above so you can disagree with it.
Where do the knob numbers come from?
They are set by hand, one track at a time, by the person who added the track. They are not audio analysis and not a Spotify feature. Mood, energy, density and the head/body balance each run 0 to 100. 34 of these 34 tracks carry an individually placed coordinate rather than the room's default.
Can I listen to these here?
Not yet from this page. Zubissou Sounds is in private beta — the room itself plays through Spotify, and 34 of these 34 tracks are matched to a Spotify ID and ready to play the moment you are in. The waitlist form is at the bottom of this page.