Biography
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and painter. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Davis was at the forefront of several major stylistic developments in jazz, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, third stream, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz, and jazz fusion. His legacy extends into rock, funk, classical, and hip-hop.
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Awards & recognition
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · 2006
- American Book Awards · 1990
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · 1990
- honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University · 1988
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize · 1984
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- MOJO Awards
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Paul Acket Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography18 titles
Crime Story
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Elevator to the Gallows
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
Miami Vice
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Jazz
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Saturday Night Live
Scrooged
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Miles Ahead
Great Performances
Dingo
Jingle Bell Rocks!