The Electric Miles Davis Born in Alton‚ Illinois‚ Miles Davis grew up in a middle-class family in East St. Louis. Miles Davis took up the trumpet at the age of 13 and was playing professionally two years later. Some of his first gigs included performances with his high school bandand playing with Eddie Randall and the blue Devils. Miles Davis has said that the greatest musical experience of his life was hearing the Billy Eckstine orchestra when it passed through St. Louis. In September
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Miles Davis: The music’s right but the approach is wrong. Music listeners everywhere have heard at least a smidgen of the music from “the prince of darkness”. Although Miles Davis‚ dubbed the “most revered jazz trumpeter of all time‚ not to mention one of the most important musicians of the 20th century” by Rolling Stone Magazine and known as the birth of cool‚ attitudes and behaviors we never truly kind and the man was notoriously known as a jerk‚ his music was of great importance to the jazz
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History of Jazz Miles Davis Born on May 26‚ 1926‚ Miles Davis is considered to be one of the most influential jazz musicians in history. Being a trumpeter‚ keyboardist‚ composer‚ and band-leader‚ Miles is responsible for the popularization of many styles of jazz throughout his long and prolific career. Miles Dewey Davis was born into a well-to-do family in the town of Alton‚ Illinois. The family owned a large portion of a farm where Miles learned to ride horses as a young boy. In 1927 the
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Miles Davis [pic] Miles Davis | | Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Who2 Biographies | | | | |View Poster | | | • Born: 26 May 1926 • Birthplace: Alton‚ Illinois • Died: 28 September 1991 • Best Known As: Composer/performer of Kind of Blue Name at birth:
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historical figures in jazz‚ was Miles Davis. Miles came from a well off middle class family. His dad was a successful dentist‚ so money was never an issue. Miles’ father encouraged the arts‚ while his mother discouraged it because the chances of making a good living are slim to none. However‚ Miles ended up going to Juliard for trumpet and his career began when he started playing with other musicians in New York‚ rather than focusing on school. It was when Miles was playing in Billy
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Question 11 Miles Davis was one of the greatest and most important figures in jazz history. Miles Dewey Davis III was a musician‚ composer‚ arranger‚ producer and bandleader all in one. Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz after World War 2. He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century along with Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong. His versatility landed him at the forefront of bebop‚ cool jazz‚ modal‚ hard bop and fusion
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Miles Davis and Steve Reich This paper will briefly discuss some of the music of Miles Davis and Steve Reich. While both of these composers were instrumental in the development of the kinds of music they composed and played‚ they have very different sounds. Steve Reich created minimalist music‚ while Miles Davis created jazz. In 1959‚ Miles Davis released‚ ”Kind of Blue”‚ the best-selling jazz album ever. It was an example of a new type of jazz‚ called modal jazz. I listened to “On Green Dolphin
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In early 1959‚ jazz trumpeter Miles Davis laid down the foundation for a whole new style of jazz music. Through his "Kind of Blue"� modal jazz was born. This record became a classic‚ at times showing its complexity through the soloing‚ but also allowing the educated listener to revel in the simplicity of the modes. Davis planted the seeds for this new style in his album "Milestones"� but "Kind of Blue"� showed that the style had matured and was more developed. From the introductory piano/bass duet
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the composer is Miles Davis and it was composed in 1959. the style of the piece is Jazz and another example of Jazz is Louis Armstrong (trumpet/cornet/voice) Terrible Blues with his band the Red Onion Jazz Babies. Background Miles Davis was born in Illinois in May 1926. He knew from a very young early age that he wanted to be a musician. He started learning the trumpet at a young age‚ looking up to his heroes Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Charlie Parker‚ eventually took Davis on as his ‘sideman’
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starts when I wake up every morning. Everyday I find something creative to do with my life” (Davis 4). Miles Davis is the individual that made jazz the way it is today. Miles Davis still is a leading and influential figure in jazz ( Davis 1). When most people hear the word trumpet‚ they automatically picture Miles. His weird personality and his bizarre characteristics‚ make him a legend in the music scene. Davis explored many different sides of jazz‚ and went out of his way to be different. Growing up
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