Miles Davis
By Stuart Kremsky
A single line of type says it all: “Directions In Music By Miles Davis.” There it was, on the cover of the 1968 album, Filles de Kilimanjaro, just above the title. In the twenty-four years since Davis had first come to New York to study at Juilliard, jazz had been through amazing changes, and the trumpeter was usually leading the way. Miles Davis always had a distinctly personal and recognizable voice on trumpet, but more importantly, he continually changed the context in which that voice was heard. From bebop to the birth of the cool, through hard bop and modal music, and on into electrified music of various stripes, Davis was... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Alton, Illinois, United States
- Genre:
- Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Fusion
- Birthdate:
- 05/26/1926
- Death date:
- 09/28/1991
