What is "milestones"

n. (plural of milestone English)

Milestones is an album by Roy Orbison, released on September 24, 1973 on MGM Records and his last album for that label. It was arranged by Joe Tanner, Rex North and Randy Goodrum. "The Morning After" was featured in the film The Poseidon Adventure.

Milestones (CL 1193) is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It was released in 1958 by Columbia Records.

Ma'alim fi al-Tariq, also Ma'alim fi'l-tareeq, ( Arabic: معالم في الطريق) or Milestones, first published in 1964, is a short (12 chapters, 160 pages) book by Egyptian Islamist author Sayyid Qutb in which he lays out a plan and makes a call to action to re-create the Muslim world on strictly Quranic grounds, casting off what Qutb calls Jahiliyyah.

Ma'alim fi al-Tariq has been called "one of the most influential works in Arabic of the last half century". It is probably Qutb's most famous and influential work and one of the most influential Islamist tracts written. It has also become a manifesto for the ideology of " Qutbism". Commentators have both praised Milestones as a ground-breaking, inspirational work by a hero and a martyr, and reviled it as a prime example of unreasoning entitlement, self-pity, paranoia, and hatred that has been a major influence on Islamist terrorism.

English translations of the book are usually entitled simply "Milestones", the book is also sometimes referred to as "Signposts". The title Ma'alim fi al-Tariq translates into English as "Milestones Along the Way", "Signposts on the Road", or different combinations thereof.

"Milestones" is a jazz composition written by Miles Davis. It appears on the album of the same name in 1958. It has since become a jazz standard. "Milestones" is the first example of Miles composing in a modal style and experimentation in this piece led to the writing of " So What" from the 1959 album Kind of Blue. The song's modes consist of G Dorian for 16 bars, A Aeolian for another 16 bars, and then back to G Dorian for the last eight bars, then the progression repeats.

It was originally called "Miles" on the album, and led off the B-side of the record. Since people began referring to the tune as "Milestones" rather than "Miles," in later editions of the album the name was changed.

The musicians on the original 1958 recording of "Milestones" are:

• Miles Davis - trumpet
• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
• John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
• Red Garland - piano
• Paul Chambers - double bass
• Philly Joe Jones - drums

Only Cannonball, Miles, and Coltrane solo. Garland does not. "Milestones" is also the name of another tune credited to Miles Davis that John Lewis had written for him while playing with Charlie Parker. Musically it is not related to the more famous tune and should not be confused with each other.

"Milestones" has been performed by

• Barry Adamson
• Jan Akkerman
• Chet Baker
• Elek Bacsik
• Anthony Braxton
• Phil Collins Big Band
• Miles Davis
• The Dead
• Charles Earland
• Bill Evans
• Jerry Garcia
• Dexter Gordon
• Herbie Hancock
• Roy Hargrove
• Joe Henderson
• Bobby Jaspar
• Wynton Kelly
• Phil Lesh and Friends
• Dave Liebman
• Little Feat
• Wes Montgomery
• Mark Murphy
• Oliver Nelson
• Joe Pass
• Enrico Rava
• Buddy Rich
• Jimmy Smith
• René Thomas
• Turtle Island String Quartet
• Bob Weir & Ratdog
• Gerald Wilson

Category:1958 compositions Category:Compositions by Miles Davis Category:Jazz compositions Category:1950s jazz standards Category:Modal jazz standards

Milestones is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1972 by Decca Records. It reached #14 on the UK charts.

Milestones, also referred as The Milestones (per the Eurovision official web site), were an Austrian rock band, active between 1968 and 1975. They are known for their participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.

Milestones is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's " 75 Most Wanted" lost films.

Milestones is a 1975 American drama film directed by Robert Kramer and John Douglas.

Milestones is an album by the Great Jazz Trio; pianist Hank Jones, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Tony Williams, recorded in 1978 for the Japanese East Wind label.

Milestones is an album by Riff Regan, lead singer in the British rock band London. It was recorded at Railside Studios in Salisbury, UK in April 2015 and released as a CD in August of the same year.

Milestones (or Milestones to the Kingdom) is a non-commercial, Bible magazine published annually by the Christadelphians. The magazine's focus is Bible prophecy, and its intention (according to the magazine's website) is to review the 'events of the past year in the light of Bible prophecy'. The 2007 edition (Milestones to the Kingdom 2006: A Review of the World Events of 2006 in the Light of Bible Prophecy) is the 30th issue. Milestones Updates also appear quarterly in another Christadelphian publication, The Bible Magazine, and Milestones Snippets (an email list covering current affairs articles 'of interest to students of Bible prophecy') is available approximately twice a week.

The main author of the magazine is a Christadelphian from the UK, Donald Pearce from Rugby, Warwickshire. Until 1992 Donald's father, Graham, wrote it and in 1993 & 1994 father and son wrote it together. The publisher is the Australian-based Christadelphian Scripture Study Service (CSSS). All members of the CSSS are active members of Christadelphian congregations subscribing to the Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith (BASF).

In 2007 some 4,000 copies of the magazine were sent to several countries around the world including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, the UK and South Africa. Subscriptions and limited back issues are available to order from the Milestones and CSSS websites. Milestones 2006 is also available in audio format on cassette tape, CD and MP3.