Miles Davis

Miles Davis is considered one of the top musicians of his era.He was born in Illinois in May 26, 1926 he traveled at age 18 to New York City to pursue music.Throughout his life, he was at the helm of a changing concept of jazz.He is the winner of nine Grammy awards, Miles Davis died on September 21, 1991 from respiratory distress in Santa Monica, California. Miles grew up in a supportive middle-class household where he was introduced by his father to the trumpet at age 13. He quickly developed a talent for playing the trumpet under the private tutelage of Elwood Buchanan, a friend of his father who directed a music school. At the age of 17, the famed Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker invited him to join them onstage when they found they were in need of a trumpet player to replace a sick bandmate.