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Miles davis discography allmusic11/20/2022 He enjoyed a personal apotheosis in 1944, just after graduating from highschool, when he saw and was allowed to sit in with Billy Eckstine's big band, who was playing in St.Louis. At 17, he joined Eddie Randle's Blue Devils, a territoryband based in St. While still in high school, he started to get jobs playing in local bars andat 16 was playing gigs out of town on weekends. He became interested in music during his childhood and by the age of 12began taking trumpet lessons. Louis after the family movedthere shortly after his birth. Miles Dewey Davis, Jr., and a music teacher, Cleota Mae(Henry) Davis, and thus grew up in the black middle class of east St. Itcan even be argued that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward.ĭavis was the son of a dental surgeon, Dr. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to theearly '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development inthe music during that period, and he often led the way in those changes, both with his ownperformances and recordings and by choosing sidemen and collaborators who forged new directions. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz wasdazzlingly protean. Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical,introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound morepersonal and intimate. OVERVIEW SONGS CREDITS AWARDS RELATED VIDEOS LISTENĪgitation (from Bitches Brew Bitches Brew Clip 1 Bitches Brew" clip #2 (from Decoy Miles Davis - Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic
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