Miles Davis
Trumpet
September 28, 1991 (Age 65) died
May 26, 1926 Birthday
Alton, Illinois, U.S. Birthplace
www.milesdavis.com Website
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About
Miles Davis was a jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader. One of jazz's most iconic musicians, Davis played a key role in every jazz innovation over his 50 year career from bebop through modal music to funk and fusion. As a band leader Miles Davis brought together some of the genre's most influential players, including Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Paul Chambers and John Coltrane. Although periodically sidelined by struggles with his health and addiction, Davis still produced an impressive body of work including his milestone albums "Birth of the Cool", "Kind of Blue" and "Bitches Brew". Miles Davis died in 1991 at the age of 65 from respiratory failure.
Trivia
Miles Davis' nickname was the Prince of Darkness. He was the first jazz musician to be on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine (following the success of his album, "Bitches Brew.") Miles Davis won 8 Grammy Awards over his career and a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 1990.
Early Life
Miles Davis was born in 1926 in Alton, Illinois and grew up in East St. Louis. His father was a successful dentist and his mother was a music teacher. Davis received his first trumpet at age 9 and by age 13 was playing with local bands. Although tempted to leave high school to tour professionally, Davis' parents convinced him to graduate and then to study at Juilliard in New York City. In 1945 Davis left Juilliard to perform full-time and by the end of the year he had replaced Dizzy Gillespie in Charlie Parker's Quintet.
Miles Davis Solos
1961
Trumpet solo - Someday My Prince Will Come - 1961
3/4 waltz in B♭ major at 154 BPM
Trumpet solo - Pfrancing (No Blues) - 1961
4/4 swing in F major at 141 BPM
Trumpet solo - Drad-Dog - 1961
4/4 ballad in D minor at 50 BPM
Trumpet solo - Teo - 1961
3/4 waltz in F minor at 154 BPM
Trumpet solo - Teo - 1961
3/4 waltz in F minor at 143 BPM
Trumpet solo - I Thought About You - 1961
4/4 ballad in F major at 56 BPM
Trumpet solo - Blues No. 2 - 1961
4/4 swing in F major at 191 BPM
Trumpet solo - Someday My Prince Will Come - 1961
3/4 waltz in B♭ major at 156 BPM
1959
Trumpet solo - So What - 1959
4/4 swing in D minor at 136 BPM
Trumpet solo - Freddie Freeloader - 1959
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 127 BPM
Trumpet solo - Blue in Green - 1959
4/4 ballad in D minor at 28 BPM
Trumpet solo - All Blues - 1959
6/8 swing in G major at 138 BPM
Trumpet solo - Flamenco Sketches - 1959
4/4 ballad in C major at 59 BPM
1958
Trumpet solo - Autumn Leaves - 1958
4/4 swing in G minor at 112 BPM
Trumpet solo - Love For Sale - 1958
4/4 swing in B♭ minor at 176 BPM
Trumpet solo - Somethin' Else - 1958
4/4 swing in F major at 160 BPM
Trumpet solo - One For Daddy-O - 1958
4/4 swing in B♭ minor at 108 BPM
Trumpet solo - One For Daddy-O - 1958
4/4 swing in B♭ minor at 109 BPM
Trumpet solo - Bangoon - 1958
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 209 BPM
Trumpet solo - Green Dolphin Street - 1958
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 164 BPM
Trumpet solo - Love For Sale - 1958
4/4 swing in B♭ minor at 213 BPM
Trumpet solo - Straight, No Chaser - 1958
4/4 swing in F major at 297 BPM
Trumpet solo - My Funny Valentine - 1958
4/4 ballad in C minor at 47 BPM
Trumpet solo - Oleo - 1958
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 304 BPM
1956
Trumpet solo - Blues by Five - 1956
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 175 BPM
Trumpet solo - Airegin - 1956
4/4 swing in F minor at 290 BPM
Trumpet solo - Tune Up - 1956
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 315 BPM
Trumpet solo - When Lights Are Low - 1956
4/4 swing in F major at 128 BPM
Trumpet solo - If I Were A Bell - 1956
4/4 swing in F major at 188 BPM
Trumpet solo - I Could Write a Book - 1956
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 228 BPM
Trumpet solo - Oleo - 1956
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 271 BPM
Trumpet solo - Oleo - 1956
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 263 BPM
Trumpet solo - It Could Happen To You - 1956
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 188 BPM
Trumpet solo - Woody 'n' You - 1956
4/4 swing in D♭ major at 262 BPM
Trumpet solo - Woody 'n' You - 1956
4/4 swing in D♭ major at 252 BPM
Trumpet solo - Four - 1956
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 208 BPM
Trumpet solo - Trane's Blues - 1956
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 163 BPM
Trumpet solo - Half Nelson - 1956
4/4 swing in C major at 259 BPM
Trumpet solo - Surrey with the Fringe on Top - 1956
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 127 BPM
Trumpet solo - Salt Peanuts - 1956
4/4 swing in F major at 340 BPM
Trumpet solo - Something I Dreamed Last Night - 1956
4/4 ballad in D minor at 59 BPM
Trumpet solo - Diane - 1956
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 144 BPM
Trumpet solo - Well, You Needn't - 1956
4/4 swing in F major at 237 BPM
1954
Trumpet solo - Walkin' - 1954
4/4 swing in F major at 129 BPM
Trumpet solo - Walkin' - 1954
4/4 swing in F major at 126 BPM
Trumpet solo - Blue 'n' Boogie - 1954
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 261 BPM
Trumpet solo - Blue 'n' Boogie - 1954
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 271 BPM
Trumpet solo - Solar - 1954
4/4 swing in C minor at 167 BPM
Trumpet solo - Solar - 1954
4/4 swing in C minor at 172 BPM
Trumpet solo - You Don't Know What Love Is - 1954
4/4 ballad in D minor at 66 BPM
Trumpet solo - Love Me or Leave Me - 1954
4/4 swing in A♭ major at 282 BPM
Trumpet solo - Love Me or Leave Me - 1954
4/4 swing in A♭ major at 282 BPM
1948
Trumpet solo - Barbados - 1948
4/4 swing in F major at 166 BPM
Trumpet solo - Au-Leu-Cha - 1948
4/4 swing in F major at 178 BPM
Trumpet solo - Constellation - 1948
4/4 swing in C major at 328 BPM
Trumpet solo - Perhaps - 1948
4/4 swing in C major at 195 BPM
Trumpet solo - Marmaduke - 1948
4/4 swing in F major at 193 BPM
Trumpet solo - Steeplechase - 1948
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 173 BPM
Trumpet solo - Merry-Go-Round - 1948
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 302 BPM
1947
Trumpet solo - Donna Lee - 1947
4/4 swing in A♭ major at 226 BPM
Trumpet solo - Chasin' the Bird - 1947
4/4 swing in F major at 190 BPM
Trumpet solo - Cheryl - 1947
4/4 swing in C major at 180 BPM
Trumpet solo - Buzzy - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 215 BPM
Trumpet solo - Milestones - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 161 BPM
Trumpet solo - Little Willie Leaps - 1947
4/4 swing in F major at 227 BPM
Trumpet solo - Half Nelson - 1947
4/4 swing in C major at 190 BPM
Trumpet solo - Sippin' at Bells - 1947
4/4 swing in F major at 211 BPM
Trumpet solo - Dexterity - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 222 BPM
Trumpet solo - Bongo Bop - 1947
4/4 swing in C major at 159 BPM
Trumpet solo - Dewey Square - 1947
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 178 BPM
Trumpet solo - The Hymn - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 328 BPM
Trumpet solo - Bird of Paradise - 1947
4/4 swing in A♭ major at 115 BPM
Trumpet solo - Embraceable You - 1947
4/4 ballad in F major at 70 BPM
Trumpet solo - Bird Feathers - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 224 BPM
Trumpet solo - Klact-Oveeseds-Tene - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 246 BPM
Trumpet solo - Scrapple From The Apple - 1947
4/4 swing in F major at 200 BPM
Trumpet solo - My Old Flame - 1947
4/4 ballad in F major at 67 BPM
Trumpet solo - Out of Nowhere - 1947
4/4 ballad in G major at 63 BPM
Trumpet solo - Don't Blame Me - 1947
4/4 ballad in C major at 65 BPM
Trumpet solo - Drifting on a Reed - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 213 BPM
Trumpet solo - Quasimodo - 1947
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 136 BPM
Trumpet solo - Charlie's Wig - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 194 BPM
Trumpet solo - Bongo Beep - 1947
4/4 swing in C major at 190 BPM
Trumpet solo - Crazeology - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 259 BPM
Trumpet solo - Another Hairdo - 1947
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 194 BPM
Trumpet solo - Bluebird - 1947
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 127 BPM
Trumpet solo - Klauntsance - 1947
4/4 swing in F major at 300 BPM
Trumpet solo - Bird Gets the Worm - 1947
4/4 swing in A♭ major at 353 BPM
1946
Trumpet solo - Moose the Mooche - 1946
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 212 BPM
Trumpet solo - Yardbird Suite - 1946
4/4 swing in C major at 214 BPM
Trumpet solo - Ornithology - 1946
4/4 swing in G major at 224 BPM
Trumpet solo - A Night In Tunisia - 1946
4/4 swing in D minor at 178 BPM
1945
Trumpet solo - Billie's Bounce - 1945
4/4 swing in F major at 156 BPM
Trumpet solo - Now's The Time - 1945
4/4 swing in F major at 125 BPM
Trumpet solo - Anthropology - 1945
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 227 BPM