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May 26, 1926, Alton - September 28, 1991, Santa Monica - American jazz trumpeter and band leader, who had a significant impact on the development of music in the 20th century.
Started playing the trumpet at age 13. He intended to become an academic performer, but rather quickly achieved recognition as a jazzman, performing with the ensembles of Sonny Stith and Clark Terry. In 1945, while studying at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, he attended jam sessions on 52nd Street. In November of the same year he entered the Charlie Parker quintet, recording "Now's The Time" and "Billie's Bounce". Lacking virtuoso technique, Miles Davis gradually developed his own sound - long notes without vibrato, frequent use of mute, short phrases and significant pauses.
At the end of 1945 he left for St. Louis to join Benny Carter's orchestra, but he did not like working in the big band and therefore returned to New York a few months later and played with Parker again. In 1946, he replaced Dizzy Gillespie in the Billy Eckstine Orchestra, while performing with Sonny Stith and Gene Ammons. In 1948, fate brought him back to Parker, in addition, Sonny Rollins, John Lewis and Max Roach became his partners.
In 1948 he collected the nonet, which went down in jazz history as the CAPITOL BAND - the first ensemble of the so-called "cool jazz". The composition of the nonet was quite original for that time - trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba, alto and baritone saxophone, piano, double bass, drums. The term "cool" first appeared on Davis's The Birth Of The Cool (1949), which featured compositions and arrangements by Jerry Mulligan, John Lewis, Gil Evans and John Carisi.
Davis's career was uneven in the 1950s. he became addicted to drugs and after recordings 1950-51. with METRONOME ALL STARS did not appear on stage for 4 years. It wasn't until 1955 that he assembled an ensemble that included John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones (sometimes Cannonball Adderly and Bill Evans joined). In the second half of the 1950s. Davis became a recognized leader in contemporary jazz and began experimenting with form and harmony, replacing traditional chord progressions with ostinata bass formulas (Milestones, 1958; Kind Of Blue, 1959). At the same time, he recorded (on trumpet and flugelhorn) with the Gil Evans orchestra suites that can be attributed to the "third movement" - Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958), Sketches of Spain (1959).
In the 1960s. Davis assembled a new quintet, in which he invited young virtuosos - Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, toured Europe triumphantly and released albums that are considered the pinnacle of acoustic jazz development - Davis In Europe (1963), Seven Steps To Heaven ( 1963), My Funny Valentine (1965), ESP (1965), Miles Smiles (1967) and others.
A new round of popularity began in the late 1960s, when Davis turned his attention to power tools, to the energy of rock music, abandoned the use of themes reminiscent of jazz standards, developed a new type of arrangement (long compositions were cemented with short riffs) and invited a group of young performers - Joe Zawinula, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Lenny White, Billy Cobham, Steve Grossman, Airto Moreira. With them, he recorded a number of jazz-rock albums - Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968), In a Silent Way (1969) and Bitches Brew (1970). In the 1970s. Davis established a new type of jazz show on stage, after which he became a frequent guest of American and European jazz and rock festivals. However, Davis's health deteriorated. Death of musicians close to him, pneumonia, a car accident and knee injury, drugs and trouble with the police all led to severe depression, and after 1975 he did not appear on the scene for 6 years.
The album The Man With A Horn (1981) heralded his recovery and return. New names reappeared in the orchestra (he always knew how to discover talents) - John Scofield, Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern, Al Foster, Marcus Miller, Bob Berg and others. A new style that can be described as funky rock jazz was introduced with the album Tutu (1986). Mike Zverin called it "the soundtrack of the decade." Davis continued to tour until his death. Davis's most popular themes are Tutu, All Blues, Tune Up, Bitches brew, Seven Steps To Heaven, Solar, Milestones, So What.
In 2002, one of Miles Davis's works, In a Silent Way, was included in The 25 Most Influential Ambient Albums Of All Time (25 major ambient albums of all time).
