Born: Alton, IL, 1926
Years Active: 1957-1991
Member of: Miles Davis Quintet
Influenced by: Charlie "Bird" Parker, Harry James, Louis Armstrong, Freddy Webster, Bobby Hackett, Terry Clark, Roy Eldridge, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Bix Beiderbecke
Genre: Jazz
Biography: Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic ...
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01/12/09
Bono Gets Frank in New York Times Op-Ed Column In a piece titled 'Notes From the Chairma...
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06/28/09
Montreal jazz festival turns 30 with Stevie Wonder and tribute to Miles Davis When the M...
JAM! Showbiz
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06/24/09
Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (Legacy Edition) (Feature) Miles Davis is responsible for...
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06/19/09
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew "Bitches Brew" is one of those albums that transcends its par...
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05/14/09
8-Bit Tribute To Miles Davis What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo En...
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04/20/09
Herbie Hancock: Old School American Idol (Sound Affects) Everyone knows that Herbie Hanc...
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04/16/09
Stanford Lively Arts celebrates Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' Half a century after Miles D...
The Mercury News - San Jose CA
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04/10/09
Long Live Blossom Dearie (Column) Blossom Dearie, the inimitable jazz singer with the li...
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04/05/09
The Next Page: Pittsburgh's jazz mystique -- the next generation steps up The house band...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
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03/28/09
The daily vid - Miles Davis and John Coltrane almost exactly 50 years ago I always like ...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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03/01/09
Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' is one of a kind First you hear a prelude of bass and piano.
Lexington Herald-Leader - Lexington KY
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02/13/09
MILES DAVIS H ere's the latest in Sony's continued effort to milk as much money as possi...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
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02/09/09
Critic's pick: Miles Davis A friend recently asked for a recommendation on an album to g...
Lexington Herald-Leader - Lexington KY
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02/09/09
Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' Check out painter/printmaker William T. Williams' serigraphs...
The Morning Call - Allentown PA
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02/09/09
Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' 50th anniversary "It is rare to find a musician who hasn't w...
The Morning Call - Allentown PA
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01/31/09
Music: Miles Davis's Masterpiece At 2:30 on March 2, 1959, the 32-year-old trumpet playe...
Newsweek
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01/12/09
Bono Gets Frank in New York Times Op-Ed Column In a piece titled 'Notes From the Chairma...
Spinner
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12/29/08
Freddie Hubbard: A Jazz Icon Remembered All Things Considered , August 11, 2001 - Jazz t...
NPR
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12/03/08
Kind of Blue Revisited: The 50th Anniversary of the Greatest (Jazz) Album of All Time (Feature)
PopMatters
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11/28/08
Roy Orbison, Phish, Miles Davis fill boxed sets this season These songs were for the tee...
JAM! Showbiz
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11/05/08
Music: 'The Miles Davis All-Stars' As the album title states, these unreleased tracks we...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA
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10/27/08
After 50 years, 'Kind of Blue' is still a classic. And Miles lives. LIKE SO MANY occasio...
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA
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10/16/08
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Miles Davis bands a two disc set of tracks together with his ...
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10/11/08
Strictly on the record When local jazz record collector Geoffrey Wheeler was only 4 year...
The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN
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10/06/08
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Edition Miles Davis's Kind of Blue belongs t...
Pitchfork Media
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09/21/08
Definitive Davis album gets collector's edition treatment It is no surprise "Kind of Blu...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
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07/24/08
Miles Davis - a fusion rocker? Q. I am intrigued by a title on a listing of "Greatest R...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee WI
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07/10/08
New Flaming Lips: 'John Lennon Meets Miles Davis' Coyne adds that the material has inadv...
Billboard
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06/22/08
HERBIE HANCOCK Piano man speaks of Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and how winning that Gramm...
New York Post - New York NY
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05/29/08
Al Foster Quartet Master percussionist Al Foster, longtime drummer for Miles Davis , bro...
NPR
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07/01/09
Music Review: Miles Davis - Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet In addition, Miles brou...
Blogcritics.org Music
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06/18/09
Music Review: Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain Legacy Edition I remember how surprised I ...
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05/22/09
Music Review: Miles and Coltrane - A Tao Tribute To Teo Macero The triad, Jing, (energy)...
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03/12/09
TV Review: Miles Davis: The Sound of Miles Davis Miles Davis had formed one of the all t...
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03/10/09
Hip Hop Biopics: N.W.A., Run-DMC, Tupac Shakur, Juice Crew [Plus: Richard Pryor, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong]
ProHipHop
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02/06/09
New Arrivals @ Red Onion Another solid batch (Mingus, Fahey, Eno, etc.). I was there the...
Washington City Paper - Black Plastic Bag
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01/23/09
Music Review: Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue: Legacy Edition Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue is wi...
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01/12/09
Bono Gets Frank in New York Times Op-Ed Column In a piece titled 'Notes From the Chairma...
Spinner
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01/02/09
Miles Davis This is the last of MOJO's "winter warmers".
Mojo
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11/17/08
Music Review: The Miles Davis All-Stars - Broadcast Sessions 1958-59 There is great inhe...
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10/29/08
Music Review: The Red Garland Trio - Groovy (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) As demonstrated i...
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10/25/08
Clip du jour: "Autumn Leaves," Miles Davis & Cannonball Adderley The rules: Keep it clea...
Popwatch - EW.com
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10/21/08
Music Review: The Miles Davis All-Stars -- Broadcast Sessions 1958-59 If controversial i...
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05/19/08
New Carlos Santana/Miles Davis Art Exhibition Opens A new fine art and memorabilia exhib...
Rough Mix
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05/09/08
Music Review: Various Performers Miles...From India There's a difference between using t...
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