Miles Davis

A detailed Summary of Miles Davis

Miles Davis was born on May 25, 1926 in Alton, Illinois. He grew up in East St.

Louis. Miles collected records as a kid and for his 13th birthday received his first

trumpet. By age 16, Miles was playing professionally and received his first real taste of

After high school, Miles was off to study music and enrolled in Julliard in

September, 1944. He spent his first month rooming with Charlie Parker. Every night

he would write down chords on matchbook covers. Miles recorded his first recording in

New York with singer "Rubberleggs" Williams and later recorded "Now's The Time" and

"Ko-Ko" in Charlie Parker's quintet. After being soaked in the Bebop tradition and

taught under the "Bird", Charlie Parker, Miles was now ready to lead on his own. After

a few solo records, Miles transformed jazz into the "Birth of The Cool Sessions" which

direction. In 1959 Miles joined up with Gil Evans and organized a nineteen-piece

three songs, a daughter, and grandchildren. Miles never rested, always pushing the

way into modal jazz, Miles was one of the first to use the drone sounds of India and to

Miles Davis once said, "I think a movement in jazz is beginning [getting] away

venture into "space" music. In the years to come he would lead the crossover between

and inventing sounds hip enough for the year 2000. Miles had shown that his tone and

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