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Miles Davis
Miles Davis was one of the most influential jazz musicians that has ever picked up an instrument. Not only did he discover many other talented musicians, many of which subsequently made their own permanent mark in jazz music, he also developed many original styles of jazz that are continuing to be explored to this day. Please post all of your questions about this revolutionary musician into this category.
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Was Miles Davis married to Cicely Tyson?
Yes. Her husband was Miles Davis. They got married at the Cosby house in 1981. They divorced in 1988. Miles was a famous jazz person.
He was born in Alton, Illinios in 1927. He moved to East St. Louis in 1927. He grew up in St. Louis and that is generally where he is said to be "from".
Beginnings: Early Life and the Miles Davis Quintet
Born in Chicago in 1940, Herbie was a child piano prodigy who performed a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the tender age of 11. He began playing jazz in high school, initially influenced by Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. Also at this time, an additional passion for electronic science began to develop. As a result, he took a double major in music and electrical engineering at Grinnell College.
In 1960, at age 20, Herbie was discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd, who asked him to join his group. Byrd also introduced Herbie to Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records, and after two years of session work with the likes of Phil Woods and Oliver Nelson, he signed to the legendary label as a solo artist. His 1963 debut album, Takin' Off, was an immediate success, producing "Watermelon Man," a big hit on jazz and R&B radio. Also in 1963, Herbie received the call that was to change his life and secure his place in jazz history. Miles Davis invited Herbie to join the Miles Davis Quintet. During his five years with Davis, Herbie and his colleagues thrilled audiences and recorded classic after classic, including the albums ESP, Nefertiti, and Sorcerer. Most jazz critics and fans regard this group, which also included Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums), as the greatest small jazz group of the 1960s. Even after he left Davis' group, Herbie still made appearances on Davis' groundbreaking recordings In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, which heralded the birth of jazz-fusion.
Simultaneous with his work for Miles, Herbie's own solo career blossomed on Blue Note, creating such classic albums as Maiden Voyage, Empyrean Isles, and Speak Like a Child. In 1966, he composed the score to Michelangelo Antonioni's film, Blow Up. This led to a successful career in feature film and television music, including music for Bill Cosby's Emmy-winning Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert and many other film scores in following years.
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Why was Miles Davis called prince of darkness?
Miles Dewey Davis III
Listen to his Jazz fusion Album called... In a Silent way. -Brian K. Austin
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What obstacles did Miles Davis have?
If you mean obstacles to making a career in music, then less than most black American musicians because he came from a fairly well to do middle class family. But like many other black American musicians of that era, he suffered from racial discrimination but his greatest "obstacle" in life was his own addiction to hard drugs which he did overcome but only after suffering the worst diminution to his self esteem and life style.
Did Miles Davis have a nickname?
No. Davis came to prominence in the late 1940s, a few decades after the birth of jazz music.
When did Miles Davis play in Saratoga NY?
Airto/Flora Purim, Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Newport All Star Jam featuring Dizzy Gillespie. Randy Brecker, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Michael Brecker, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Larry Coryell, Tony Williams and I think Art Blakey also on drums.
How much was Miles Davis worth at his death?
Miles Davis was an American jazz musician and trumpeter. He died in September 1991 . His net worth after his death is not known.
Did Miles Davis win any awards?
- Winner; Down Beat Reader's Poll Best Trumpet Player 1955
- Winner; Down Beat Reader's Poll Best Trumpet Player 1957
- Winner; Down Beat Reader's Poll Best Trumpet Player 1961
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Composition Of More Than Five Minutes Duration for Sketches of Spain (1960)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group for Bitches Brew (1970)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for We Want Miles (1982)
- Sonning Award for Lifetime Achievement In Music (1984; Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Doctor of Music, honoris causa (1986; New England Conservatory)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for Tutu (1986)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for Aura (1989)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band for Aura (1989)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1990)
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score for Dingo, shared with Michel Legrand (1991)
- Knighted into the Legion of Honor (July 16, 1991; Paris)
- Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance for Doo-Bop (1992)
- Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance for Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (1993)
- Hollywood Walk of Fame Star (February 19, 1998)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (March 13, 2006)
- Hollywood's Rockwalk Induction (September 28, 2006)
- RIAA Quadruple Platinum for Kind of Blue
- St. Louis Walk of Fame
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What genre of music did Miles Davis compose?
He played many styles including: cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz and jazz fusion.
Was Miles Davis an only child?
Miles Davis actually got married three different times. He married Francis Taylor (dancer), Betty Mabry (singer), and Cicely Tyson (actress), which all ended in divorce. Within these three wives, he had three sons, and one daughter.
Did Miles Davis have any brothers?
Younger brother is Vernon Napoleon Davis, born November 3, 1929 - died December 15, 1999.
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Older sister is Dorothy Mae Davis (Mrs. Vincent Wilburn), born May 10, 1925 - died July 5, 1996.
Why was Miles Davis important?
Miles first main musical work was with Charlie Parker, the most coveted position for trumpeters at the time. Davis's Style contrasted with that of Dizzy Gillespie - he chose his few notes carefully and wasn't as technically advanced as Gillespie. As a result, he brought a new style to bebop, a style mirrored by Thelonious Monk. After Parker's death in 1955, Miles continued to make innovations in jazz music. Notable contributions are Modal Jazz, quintessentially, the 1959 album Kind of Blue, and transitioning into electric jazz and jazz fusion, highlighted by the album Bitches Brew. Miles was on the cutting edge of jazz his whole life. Nay. Miles was the cutting edge of jazz his whole life, even up until his death in 1992, when he was working on Do-Bop, a Jazz-Rap fusion album.
How many kids did Miles Davis have?
duke ellington had two boys and one girl a boy Mercer Kennedy Ellington ,he
also had another son and daughter from his second family .
When did miles Davis play at ravinia?
It was 87 or 88. He played because J.Luc Ponty was't able to make performance so Miles played that evening. I was there.
Why did Miles Davis invent Cool Jazz?
The style was around long before Miles Davis got into it. It originated during WWII, and was a general movement, with no known inventor. Miles Davis is thought to have invented it, because he seemed to understand the concept the best.
Cool Jazz was a response to Bebop, which was becoming more and more about faster tempos and fast scales. Cool jazz slowed everything down, and was meant to focus more on composition of the song, with more intricate arrangements and chordal forms.
