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Miles Davis

Last album

January 13, 2008

First published

December 12, 2008

Downloads

20591 albums downloaded

Biography

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 25, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was born in Alton, Illinois and was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century. A trumpeter, fluegelhorn player, bandleader and composer, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz after World War II. Along with Charlie Parker & Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis is one of the most important individuals in jazz. He took a lead role in the formation of cool jazz, and later modal composition, with his first great quintet with John Coltrane on saxophone.

Albums

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  Doo-Bop Published in 2008

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  The Essential Miles Davis Published in 2001

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  Birth of the Cool Published in 2001

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  Live-Evil Published in 1997

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  Kind of Blue Published in 1997

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  Bitches Brew Published in 1990

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  'Round About Midnight Published in 1990

Similar artists

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  Herbie Hancock

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  Chet Baker

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  Pat Metheny Group

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  John Coltrane

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