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Birth Name: Miles Dewey Davis III
Born: 26 May 1926 Died: 28 September 1991
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Height: 5' 6"
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People I find Inspiring (92 person items)"For me personally, Miles Davis was a living embodiment of creativity. Here's something to think about: Miles Davis did a lifelong career playing jazz, and he went through at least dozen transformations and personal re-inventions and helped to create and popularize whole subgenres of music. He never had this one niche he could settle and just keep repeating himself, but instead always ventured to the unknown territories and pushed all kinds of limits, even if fans and critics panned his work at t"
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)"CLASS OF 2006PERFORMERSMILES DAVIS● JAZZ ● HARD BOP ● COOL JAZZ ● MODAL JAZZ ● JAZZ FUSION ●MILES DEWEY DAVIS III Born: 26 May 1926 Died: 28 September 1991 RIAA CERTIFICATIONS- = STUDIO ALBUMS = - ► Platinum: 2 - Multi-Platinum: 1 ◄KEY SONGSSo What (1959)- ranked #492 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs' "
Favourite Music Artists (52 person items)"Miles was a force of nature. He re-invented jazz at least dozen times over his career: first came bebop, soon he moved to more experimental and avant garde territory, then more funk... only to sell out in the 80's. I personally think his late 60's albums were the best studio works. Miles himself thought his was at his best live, and he was."
