Life of Miles Davis

Part 4.
In the life of Miles Davis the year 1955 saw the first version or incarnation of the Miles Davis Quintet. In this band there were featured some of the biggest names in jazz of the time such as John Coltrane, red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.
It must be said that in the [...]

Part 3.
The first major development in the life of Miles Davis was when he started started his recording career in 1945 in New York City. Initially he was heavily under the influence of Charlie Parker, becoming a member of  his unofficial quintet and appearing on many of Parker’s originative bebop recordings in the autumn of [...]

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Life of Miles Davis started in Alton Illinois where he was born to a relatively affluent family.  Dr. Miles Davis, his father, was a dentist who moved the family to East St. Louis in 1927.  In all, it could only be considered a relatively privileged life.  For instance, there could not have been many children [...]

Part 1.
In terms of the life of Miles Davis it seems inconceivable that there are those who don’t know who Miles Davis was but for those who don’t here are some of the basics of his life; Miles Davis, an American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader was considered probably one of the most influential musicians [...]