Miles Davis an American Jazz
One of my favorite trumpet players is Miles Davis. Miles Davis, "American jazz musician, a great trumpeter who as a bandleader and composer was one of the major influences on the art from the late 1940s." Miles Davis was, and still is one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time. His style and smoothness on the trumpet caught the ears of many people. Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois., on May 26, 1926. For most of Miles's life he was raised in East St. Louis in an upper middle class family. Before Davis got interested into music he liked sports a lot. He loved playing baseball, football, boxing, and basketball. The first trumpet he received was in his preteen years. He practically fell in love with it the first time he played it. Davis liked to play in his high school band and in R&B bands. In 1942 Miles married his wonderful wife, Irene. In July of 1944 he sat in with Billy Eckstine and his band, where he met his life long idols, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. In the fall, Miles goes to New York to attend Juilliard School of Music. "I spent my first week in NY and my first month's allowance looking for Charlie "Bird" Parker. Later I roomed with Parker for a year and followed him around down to 52nd st
Next day, I'd play these chords, all day in the practice rooms at Juilliard, instead of going to classes. I got it from my mother and father. He set style in fashion and in jazz. Every night I'd write down chords, on matchbook covers. " In the year 1959 Davis' most famous album, "Kind of Blue", was performed by his sextet. His reception goes so well it eventually results in a recording contract with Columbia Records. On Bird's date, I think we had Bird, my self, Walter Bishop on piano, a guy named Teddy Kotick on bass, and Max Roach on drums. Then in 1991 he died of a terrible stroke. This new style was brought before everyone to hear in his "highly influential" album "Bitches Brew". " After that Miles goes out to form a band of his own. Then in 1975 he suddenly retired. " "Instead of taking classes he hooked up with Bird, playing in his quintet comprising from 1946-1948.
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