Miles Davis
Biography
Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the music during that period, and he often led the way in those changes, both with his own...Read more
Discography
- Miles Ahead/Blue Moods (2008)
- Amsterdam Concert (2005)
- In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk, Complete, Vol. 1 (2003)
- Newport Jazz Festival (1993)
- Doo-Bop (1991)
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Filmography
- 1985 Miami Vice
- 1986 VH1 New Visions
- 1986 Crime Story
- 1988 Scrooged
- 1991 Dingo
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