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Alton, St Louis IL, United States (1926 – 1991)

Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, Alton, Illinois, May 26, 1926 – Santa Monica, California, September 28, 1991) was an American , and .

Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in music, including , , , , and . Many well-known musicians rose to prominence as members of Davis’ ensembles, including saxophonists Gerry Mulligan, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, George Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Dave Liebman, Branford Marsalis and Kenny Garrett; trombonist J. J. Johnson; pianists Horace Silver, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett; guitarists John McLaughlin, John Scofield and Mike Stern; bassists Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Marcus Miller and Darryl Jones, ; and drummers Philly Joe Jones, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, and Al Foster.

Miles Davis was born on May 26, 1926, to a relatively affluent family in Alton, Illinois. His father, Dr. Miles Henry Davis, was a dentist. In 1927 the family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois. They also owned a substantial ranch in northern Arkansas, where Davis learned to ride horses as a boy.

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  • Kershlaus91

    To parmahn, maybe you could try the "Live-Evil" album which is from the same era and the same style of jazz is produced there.

    17 May 1:00am Reply
  • BocaJr1992

    anyone else have some sort of thing for Star People???

    16 May 10:54pm Reply
  • parmahn

    Looking for more stuff like Bitches Brew. Absolute jazz n00b. Any recommendations?

    16 May 8:13pm Reply
  • DavidSmith98

    DAVIS : "I love Pops, I love the way he sings, the way he plays -- everything he does, except when he says something against modern-jazz music. He ought to realize that he was a pioneer, too. No, he wasn't an influence of mine, and I've had very little direct contact with Pops. A long time ago, I was at Bop City, and he came in and told me he liked my playing. I don't know if he would even remember it, but I remember how good I felt to have him say it. People really dig Pops like I do myself. He does a good job overseas with his personality. But they ought to send him down South for goodwill. They need goodwill worse in Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi than they do in Europe."

    13 May 5:07am Reply
  • Bruce19931002

    Jimi Hendrix queria que Paul McCartney tocasse baixo em supergrupo com Miles Davis! Saiba mais no link: http://www.botapratocar.com/2013/05/jimi-hendrix-queria-paul-mccartney-grupo-com-miles-davis.html

    11 May 6:35pm Reply
  • jazzthieve

    Spotify playlist Jazz: Bebop, Cool, Swing, Vocal, Fusion, Modal, Stride, Dixieland, Third Stream, Big Band, Hard Bop

    11 May 2:04pm Reply
  • DavidSmith98

    "You can’t play nothing on modern trumpet that doesn’t come from him.” - Miles Davis on Louis Armstrong. Know your roots people! There's no Miles without Louis, he did quite a bit more than "What A Wonderful World."

    11 May 5:46am Reply
  • TioBonoVox

    The Simpsons

    10 May 1:14am Reply
  • lilletilla

    Legend.

    9 May 7:31pm Reply
  • barcisz

    Jean Pierre

    4 May 4:44pm Reply
  • dadababa

    !!! ON THE CORNER !!! = FUNKY Psychedelic & SOUNDS GREAT

    3 May 6:37pm Reply
  • nacht_vogel

    I think more atention should be payed to the real masterpieces, that are Milestones and 'Round About Midnight, not to mention Miles' last two sessions for Prestige. Those years were absolutelly stunning and Kind of Blue is only a very little part of that era.

    3 May 6:40am Reply
  • halo_dm2

    Solea

    1 May 1:58am Reply
  • Radioakhar

    Blue in Green

    29 Apr 8:43am Reply
  • ColonelTheSlav

    Not really.

    24 Apr 8:50pm Reply
  • AmirShahbazi

    in jazz you play 3,000 chords for 3 people, in rock n' roll you play 3 chords for 3,000 people!

    23 Apr 9:34am Reply
  • aenimauk

    Pangaea. This album is simply stunning. An hour and a half of pure volcanic lava in jazz form

    21 Apr 2:42pm Reply
  • ShadowVIII

    Legend of legends sucks

    14 Apr 3:39pm Reply
  • BehemothCat

    Music for the ages

    10 Apr 10:14pm Reply
  • amber922

    The Legend of legends. Respect. [2]

    9 Apr 6:16pm Reply
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