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Birth Name: Miles Dewey Davis III

Born: 26 May 1926 Died: 28 September 1991

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 6"

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Miles Davis - Tutu.(videoclip)

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Description: Miles Davis, famous jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader, was born 26 May 1926 in Alton, Illinois. He moved to New York in 1944 and studied at Juilliard. He left school and entered the jazz society of New York, meeting such famous musicians as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus. His record debut came in 1946. Miles soon became a major figure of jazz. He changed the directions of jazz several times, recording albums such as "Birth Of The Cool" (1949) which started the cool-jazz era, "Milestones" (1953), "Kind Of Blue" (1959) which was the beginning of modal jazz, orchestral jazz ma ... (more)

Tags: Musician (6), Jazz (4), American (4), Usa (3), Fusion (3), Hard Bop (3), Bebop (3), Cool Jazz (3), Born 1926 (3), Died 1991 (3), Died Aged 65 (3), Trumpet (2), Deceased (2), Pneumonia (2), Stroke (2), Modal (2), Third Stream (2), Jazz-funk Jazz Rap (2), Rock (1), Cool (1)

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1. Miles: The Autobiography (1990)

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2. Miles: The Autobiography

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3. Miles: The Autobiography (Picador Books)

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"CLASS OF 2006PERFORMERSMILES DAVIS● JAZZ ● HARD BOP ● COOL JAZZ ● MODAL JAZZ ● JAZZ FUSION ●MILES DEWEY DAVIS III Born: 26 May 1926 Died: 28 September 1991 RIAA CERTIFICATIONS- = STUDIO ALBUMS = - ► Platinum: 2 - Multi-Platinum: 1 ◄KEY SONGSSo What (1959)- ranked #492 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs' "

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"Miles was a force of nature. He re-invented jazz at least dozen times over his career: first came bebop, soon he moved to more experimental and avant garde territory, then more funk... only to sell out in the 80's. I personally think his late 60's albums were the best studio works. Miles himself thought his was at his best live, and he was."