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miles davis
Title: miles davis
Category: Arts & Humanities / Music
Details: Words: 332 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
miles davis
Miles Dewey Davis was born on the 26th of May 1926, in Alton, Illinois. He became
famous around the world for his incredible trumpet and flugelhorn playing, but he was
also an accomplished keyboard player, and composer.
Although born in Alton, Illinois, Miles Davis lived in East St Louis. He came from a
wealthy middle-class background. It isn't surprising to see that a person with the talent
of Miles Davis came from a Davis' father musical …showed first 75 words of 332 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 332 total…what he really wanted to
be doing was just playing jazz. He left the school to play in the small clubs of the
famous 52nd street. He did much of his playing with one of his idols, Charlie Parker.
Davis joined Parker's quintet in 1945. Together, they recorded some of the first true
bebop songs - songs such as 'Now's the time'. It was during this time that Miles Davis
established his style as a jazz trumpeter.
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