Miles Davis’ 1967 album Miles Smiles is one of 26 titles to be inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame for 2016. Recordings are reviewed annually for qualitative or historical significance. The list, now in its 43rd year, currently totals 1,013 recordings and is on display at the GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE.
Miles Smiles joins these previous inducted recordings from Miles Davis’ catalog:
BIRTH OF THE COOL
Miles Davis
Capitol (1957)
(Album)
Inducted 1982
BITCHES BREW
Miles Davis
Columbia (1969)
(Album)
Inducted 1999
IN A SILENT WAY
Miles Davis
Columbia (1969)
(Album)
Inducted 2001
KIND OF BLUE
Miles Davis
Columbia (1959)
(Album)
Inducted 1992
MILES AHEAD
Miles Davis +19, Gil Evans cond.
Columbia (1957)
(Album)
Inducted 1994
MILESTONES
Miles Davis Sextet
Columbia (1958)
(Album)
Inducted 2004
PORGY AND BESS
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Columbia (1958)
(Album)
Inducted 2000
RELAXIN’ WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET
Miles Davis
Prestige (1958)
(Album)
Inducted 2014
SKETCHES OF SPAIN
Miles Davis And Gil Evans
Columbia (1959)
(Album)
Inducted 1997
Read the complete list of 2016 Inductees.