He was ranked first in the list of Top 10 Jazz Artists of All Time. Born on May 26, 1926, Miles Dewey Davis III, or as he is known to the whole world, Miles Davis was a Jazz trumpeter and composer.
Considered one of the leading musical geniuses of the twentieth century, Miles Davis first started taking piano lessons under the guidance of his mother, who is known as a successful Blues pianist.
His first trumpet was a gift for his father's 13th birthday.
Davis learned a vibratorless playing style from Elwood Buchanan, who was the first person he took lessons from.
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.
Davis, who started playing in local bands during his high school years, started his professional music career at the age of 17 with the band Blue Devils under the direction of Eddie Randle.
After graduating from high school, he moved to New York and attended the Julliard School of Music, but dropped out soon after.
Early Years of Music Career
In the same years, he went to Harlem's music clubs and took part in jam sessions to meet Charlie Parker, whom he saw as his idol.
After meeting Charlie 'Bird' Parker, Davis played with Parker between 1946 and 1948, later J.J. He took the stage with important names of Jazz such as Johnson, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, and Max Roach.
As a result of these collaborations, the album Birth of the Cool was born.
Along with the Birth of the Cool record, which attracted great attention from both the audience and the critics, the records similar to Davis in terms of musical style were defined as Cool Jazz.
1950 – 1970
In the 1950s, he played with important names such as John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and Gil Evans and signed many successful albums with these names.
In 1965, he prepared the albums Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, and Miles in the Sky with the band that included Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and Wayne Shorter. This line-up, which continued to play together for a long time, was named Best Second Squad by the critics.
in 1969; The Kind of Blue album, which they prepared together with John Coltrane, Julian Adderley, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, broke a big record by selling more than three million copies by 2002.
The Rise of the Rock
As rock music began to have listened to more and more, Davis added instruments such as bass guitar, organ, and electric guitar to his music with the motto of "You either progress or you perish".
In this way, Bitches Brew, released in 1970, went down in history as one of the best-selling Jazz albums.
Miles Davis has added Funk rhythms to his music since the mid-1970s. In this way, he released three concert albums.
In 1975, after the Newport Jazz Festival, he took a break from music for 6 years.
His Return to Music
Miles Davis, who formed a young musician team in 1981 by observing the change in the music world, returned to the music world with the album The Man with the Horn.
Davis, who has signed many successful albums by improving and changing his music every day, left the world on September 28, 1991, due to the collapse of the respiratory system and pneumonia as a result of the stroke that descended on his body.
The Limits of Music
Miles Davis was beyond being one of Jazz music's most successful and famous musicians.
Throughout his life, he pushed the boundaries of music and changed music many times. Davis, whose influence on jazz's popularity and popularity is still indisputable, had shattered the boundary between high art and popular art.
Introducing many innovations that shook the music world, Davis laid the groundwork for many music genres that would emerge later, such as electro, dubstep, new wave, breakbeat, hip hop, and trance, with the innovations he brought to his music when the electric music era started.
While not widely known, music wasn't the only thing Davis was passionate about. Davis, who has been painting and drawing throughout his life, has also featured on his album covers. One of the most well-known of these is Amandla.
Davis' painting works were included in many exhibitions and were published in several books after his death.
Soundtracks and Acting
Davis' music includes Mad Men, The Wire, Treme, Pleasantville, and The Talented Mr. He took part in the soundtracks of many TV series and movies such as Ripley and Hidden Figures.
In addition, Davis, in an episode of Miami Vice in 1985; also appeared as an actor in the films Scrooged directed by Bill Murray, and Dingo directed by Rolf de Heer.
Davis, who is a good cook and cooks with passion, also had a great admiration for boxing and said that for boxing, boxing has a style like music. He continued to work with different boxers throughout his life.
In the 1970s, their friendship with Jimi Hendrix began, which would last until the death of the legendary guitarist. Davis, who never concealed that he was impressed by Hendrix's style, worked with both Hendrix and Prince, who he said was very impressed.
Davis married his first wife, actress Cicely Tyson, at Bill Cosby's house. Davis' best man was also Cosby.
Miles Davis also has an autobiography book bearing his name.
The movie Miles Ahead, about the life of Miles Davis, was released in 2015. In the director's chair of the movie, the successful actor Don Cheadle, who played Miles Davis, was sitting.
-----------------------------------
Understanding Miles Davis, in 9 Parts
https://www.vulture.com/2015/09/miles-davis-lives-9-parts.html