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Miles Davis

Born on May 26, 1926, in Alton, Illinois, Miles Davis was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer who became one of the most influential musicians – jazz or otherwise – of the 20th century. Given a trumpet by his father at the age of 12, he swiftly became accomplished, joined his first band at 17, and earned a place at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. There, he became a regular at Harlem night clubs and made his first recording with Herbie Fields in 1945. Davis joined Charlie Parker's quintet and by the late 1940s, he had teamed up with Gil Evans and Gerry Mulligan, ...