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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III

🎂 May 26, 1926September 28, 1991📍 Alton, Illinois, USA
Trumpetbebopcool jazzmodal jazzjazz fusion

📖 Biography

Miles Davis was one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Over the course of five decades, he was at the forefront of nearly every major development in jazz, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion. His album "Kind of Blue" (1959) is the best-selling jazz record of all time. Davis was known for his restless artistic evolution, constantly reinventing his sound and challenging musical conventions.

💬 Quotes (10)

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Miles Davis

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

Miles Davis

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning.

Miles Davis

Don't play what's there; play what's not there.

Miles Davis

If you understood everything I said, you'd be me.

Miles Davis

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.

Miles Davis

I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.

Miles Davis

A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.

Miles Davis

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is does the man project and does he have ideas.

Miles Davis

I always listen to what I can leave out.

Miles Davis

💿 Essential Albums

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Kind of Blue

1959

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Bitches Brew

1970

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Sketches of Spain

1960

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In a Silent Way

1969

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Birth of the Cool

1957

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