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Miles Davis
Title: Miles Davis
Category: Arts & Humanities / Music
Details: Words: 657 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
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
what playing jazz was really about.
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 …showed first 75 words of 657 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 657 total…s “Time After Time.” Miles
returned to his roots with his final performances of recreations of his Gil Evans works
conducted by Quincy Jones and at a reunion concert in Paris with many former sidemen
including Jerry Mulligan.
On September 28, 1991, Miles Davis died. He was married three times, had
three songs, a daughter, and grandchildren. Miles never rested, always pushing the
envelope of art to its limits and always pushing ahead and burning with desire.
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