Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis IIIwas an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. With his ever-changing directions in music, Davis was at the forefront of a number of major stylistic developments in jazz over his five-decade career...
ProfessionTrumpet Player
Date of Birth26 May 1926
CityAlton, IL
painting music-is
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
mistake
Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.
practice long sound
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself
music men should
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
music men artist
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
music swings purple
I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
best-love morning eye
If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you're in love.
i-can
I always listen to what I can leave out.
white america discovery
It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?
mistake improvisation
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
ferrari jazz stills
I still got my Ferrari.
musical taught jazz
Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.
musical festivals next
You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival.
funny mean player
I would never try and play like Harry James, because I don't like his tone - for me. It's just white. You know what I mean? He has what we black trumpet players call a white sound. But it's for white music ... I can tell a white trumpet player, just listening to a record. There'll be something he'll do that'll let me know that he's white.