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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 was born on March 1, 1898, in Noble Lake, Arkansas.He was a son of Miles Dewey Davis Sr. and Mary (Luster) Davis. He was educated at the Arkansas State Normal School (now University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and received his Bachelor of Science degree at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock in 1919.
Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model.She was known for her controversial sexually oriented lyrics and performance style, and was the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. [1]
Betty Davis, left, with husband Miles Davis and an unidentified woman arriving at the funeral of Jimi Hendrix in 1970. (Bob Peterson/Getty Images)
The Last Miles is the biography of American jazz musician Miles Davis covering the period 1980 to 1991. First published in 2005, the book was written by British author and journalist George Cole. The initial publication was by Equinox on March 1, 2005, followed by University of Michigan Press on June 1, 2005.
In April 1958, it was reported by Jet magazine that Taylor quit the production to pursue a singing-dancing career, [13] but Taylor later revealed that she was dating jazz musician Miles Davis who forced her to quit the production in March 1958. [14] According to Taylor, Davis told her "a woman should be with her man. I want you out of West Side ...
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From 1955 to 1958, Jones toured and recorded with Miles Davis Quintet — a band that became known as "The Quintet" (along with Red Garland on piano, John Coltrane on sax, and Paul Chambers on bass). [3] Davis acknowledged that Jones was his favorite drummer, [3] and stated in his autobiography that he would always listen for Jones in other ...