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 636 total…

…showed last 75 words of 636 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.