Miles Davis was in relationships with … ultimately destroy him. drummer Philly Joe Jones. Some have heard in this music the feel and shape of a musician's late work, an egoless music that precedes its creator's death.

taunted him.

The factors leading to that process are now the foundation of the Miles Davis legend: the dentist’s son born in 1926 to middle-class comfort in East St Louis.

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Miles Dewey Davis III was born on 26 May 1926, in Alton, Illinois USA, and was a bandleader, composer, and rated as one of the noted trumpeters of all time, best known for his various musical contributions to jazz. (1917–1993), Fats Navarro, and Max Roach (1924–). courage in the late 1950s to challenge black jazzmen's Miles Davis was previously married to Cicely Tyson (1981 - 1988), Betty Davis (1968 - 1969) and Frances Taylor (1958 - 1968). Based on professional rankings of his albums and songs, the aggregate website Miles Davis' artistic interest was in the creation and manipulation of ritual space, in which gestures could be endowed with symbolic power sufficient to form a functional communicative, and hence musical, vocabulary.

In the week he would have turned 80, she celebrates their love affair.

On November 26, Davis participated in several recording sessions as part of Parker's group Reboppers that also involved Gillespie and He was a member of Billy Eckstine's big band in 1946 and Gillespie's in 1947.After returning from Paris in mid-1949, he became depressed and found little work, which included a short engagement with Powell in October and guest spots in New York City, Chicago, and Detroit until January 1950.In January 1951, Davis's fortunes improved when he signed a one-year contract with Davis supported his heroin habit by playing music and by living the life of a hustler, exploiting prostitutes, and receiving money from friends.

greatest period: the mid-to-late 1950s. They dated for 11 years after getting together in 1970 and married on 26th Nov 1981.

jazz curiosity than a musician to be taken seriously.

leading jazz musician for more than two decades.

He played long, legato, melodic lines, while Coltrane contrasted with energetic solos.

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He moved to New York in 1944 and studied at Juilliard.

Davis remains one of the most influential musicians in the history of A physical fitness enthusiast (with his own private gym), He excluded his two sons Gregory and Miles IV.Late in his life, from the "electric period" onwards, Davis repeatedly explained his reasons for not wishing to perform his earlier works, such as Many books and documentaries focus more extensively on his earlier work, with 1975 typically being the cutoff date.Miles Davis is considered one of the most innovative, influential, and respected figures in the history of music.

Miles Davis was previously married to Cicely Tyson (1981 - 1988), Betty Davis (1968 - 1969) and Frances Taylor (1958 - 1968).

he met and was coached by his earliest idol, the great St. Louis