 Davis features in the top ten three times |
The Miles Davis classic So What is the best ever jazz record, according to a new poll. The legendary trumpeter and bandleader, who died in 1991, topped the survey which was carried out for digital radio station theJazz.
Davis, who was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, has two other entries in the top 10 - All Blues and Blue In Green.
John Coltrane features twice in the top 10, while Jamie Cullum was at eight.
 | TOP TEN 1. Miles Davis - So What 2. Dave Brubeck - Take Five 3. Louis Armstrong - West End Blues 4. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 5. Miles Davis - All Blues 6. John Coltrane - My Favourite Things 7. Weather Report - Birdland 8. Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething 9. Duke Ellington - Take The 'A' Train 10. Miles Davis - Blue In Green |
Cullum is the only practising musician in the top 10.
He was signed by Universal in a �1m record deal in 2003 and was crowned Jazz Artist of the Year in 2005 by BBC Radio 2.
Dave Brubeck's Take Five was second in the list, with West End Blues by Louis Armstrong in third place. Presenter Margherita Taylor will count down the top 500 over the Easter weekend.
TheJazz plays a wide range of jazz genres such as bebop, swing, cool jazz, blues and modern jazz, and is the sister station of Classic FM.
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