Born in Alton, Illinois, he played in the mid-1940s with the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and the saxophonists Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins, the leading bebop musicians. Davis took a new direction in 1948 with the formation of a short-lived but influential nine-piece band. With Gil Evans as arranger, this band introduced "cool" as opposed to "hot", or bebop-jazz. The Evans-Davis collaboration produced the immensely popular albums Sketches of Spain, Porgy and Bess, and Miles Ahead [1957-59], all featuring Davis with a lush orchestral background. In 1959 Davis released his album Kind of Blue, one of the first attempts to base jazz on modal rather than harmonic progression. He continued to explore in the 1960s and '70s, sparking controversy through his use of electronic instruments to produce a sound heavily influenced by rock music, as in Bitches Brew [1969].

We all loved him madly

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Miles Paintings + much more at 'Missing Links'. Created by Thomas Westphal Photo Gallery Some 50 great photos through the years. Created by Peter Losin HTML Discography* 'Great, extensive and up to date'. Created by Peter Losin Jan Lohmann's MD home page. He is the author of 'The sound of Miles Davis' Interviews collected & typed in by Thomas Hoenisch from Stuttgart, Germany Yunnan Art distributes serigraphs (silkscreen prints) on the Art of Miles Davis! Discography with sound samples and pictures from his early recording sessions The Complete Live at Plugged Nickel UCI Bookstore, University of California

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A QuickTime™ video from the La Villette concert in Paris 1991
Miles doing a short and fiery solo on a tune called All Blues

MoviePlayer picture by Trumpet Player ONLINE

Photography by Irwing Penn

In loving memory..

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Here's some fun if you have a -ROM and a copy of..

Miles Davis 'the best live'
[Columbia 469365 2]

First! Go surf to Voyager and get your copy of their CD-Link software [60 Kb] for free.
..then, install it and configure Netscape to launch CD-Link when a .VCD file is on it's way.

When you've done that..

Ejaculate!
..your CD-tray, put the above album on it and close.

Now! Listen to 'I Thought About You' [track #8] and enjoy the great music!

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You can also join a..

'Discussion of Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis
& his vast musical career'

by sending e-mail to..

listserv@nic.surfnet.nl

Be sure to put.. SUBSCRIBE MILES your name ..in the text. No subject!

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