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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 a roughly five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major ...
The ANSWER is listed first, followed by the numbered clue. “A” is for across and “D” is for down. The day follows, to show the difficulty level. The puzzles get harder from Monday to Saturday.
Kind of Blue is a studio album by the American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis.It was released on August 17, 1959 through Columbia Records.For the recording, Davis led a sextet featuring saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, with new band pianist Wynton Kelly appearing on one track—"Freddie ...
Miles Davis' performance of "Walkin'" the title track of his album of the same year, at the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, announced the style to the jazz world. The quintet Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, fronted by Blakey and featuring pianist Horace Silver and trumpeter Clifford Brown, were leaders in the hard bop movement along ...
The following is an alphabetical list of jazz trumpeters This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
STORY: A rare, deep blue colored "Moon and Stars" trumpet once owned by jazz great Miles Davis sold for $275,000 (USD) at auction on Tuesday (October 29) at Christie's in New York. Davis, who died ...
Nardis" is a composition by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It was written in 1958, during Davis's modal period, to be played by Cannonball Adderley for the album Portrait of Cannonball. [1] The piece has come to be associated with pianist Bill Evans, who performed and recorded it many times.
Elwood C. Buchanan Sr (1907–1990) was an American jazz trumpeter and teacher who became an early mentor of Miles Davis.. Buchanan was born in St Louis, Missouri on January 26, 1907, and was trained in music by Joseph Gustat, the principal trumpeter with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra.