Electric Miles

Miles Davis
Davis photographed by Tom Palumbo in his New York City home, c. 1955–1956
Background information
Birth name	Miles Dewey Davis III
Born	(1926-05-26)May 26, 1926 Alton, Illinois, US
Died	September 28, 1991(1991-09-28) (aged 65) Santa Monica, California, US
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician bandleader composer
Instruments	Trumpet flugelhorn piano synthesizer organ
Years active	1944–1975 1980–1991
Labels	Dial Birdland Blue Note Capitol Jazz/EMI Columbia/CBS Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Miles Davis Quintet, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollins, Paul Chambers, Red Garland, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Heath, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker, Wayne Shorter, Conte Candoli, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, George Coleman, Sam Rivers, Hank Mobley, Fats Navarro, Freddie Webster, J. J. Johnson, Max Roach, Al Haig, Thelonious Monk, Clifford Brown, Curley Russell, Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Duke Ellington, John Lewis, Kenny Clarke, Thad Jones, Ahmad Jamal, Art Blakey, Jimmy Cobb, Wynton Kelly, Dave Brubeck, Dave Holland
Website	milesdavis.com
Notable instruments
Martin Committee

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in his five-decade career which kept him at the forefront of a number of major stylistic developments in jazz.

Born and raised in Illinois, Davis left his studies at The Juilliard School in New York City and made his professional debut as a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's bebop quintet from 1944 to 1948. Shortly after, he recorded the Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records, which were instrumental to the development of cool jazz. In the early 1950s, Davis recorded some of the earliest hard bop music while on Prestige Records but did so haphazardly due to a heroin addiction. After a widely acclaimed comeback performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, he signed a long-term contract with Columbia Records and recorded the 1957 album 'Round About Midnight. It was his first work with saxophonist John Coltrane and bassist Paul Chambers, key members of the sextet he led into the early 1960s. During this period, he alternated between orchestral jazz collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, such as the Spanish music-influenced Sketches of Spain (1960), and band recordings, such as Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959). The latter recording remains one of the most popular jazz albums of all time, having sold over four million copies in the U.S.