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The legendary Miles Dewey Davis was born on May 25, 1926 in Alton, Illinois and raised in St. ... It isnt surprising to see that a person with the talent of Miles Davis came from a musical family. ... Although Miles’ father was not very musical himself, he obviously saw talent in his son, and for his thirteenth birthday, bought Miles his first trumpet. Miles was very privileged to come from the family he did, because it meant he was able to have private trumpet lessons. He learned from a teacher named Elwood Buchanan, who taught Miles all the basics he needed to know, before his natural talent and flare for improvisation took over. Miles progressed quickly at the trumpet, and played in many bands and ensembles at his school. ... In 1948 Davis left Parker’s band and along with arranger Gil Evans made a series of 78s for Capitol Records. The album that influenced jazz’s first evident change was named "Birth of the Cool", which was eventually released as one long-player in 1954. Jazz was maturing and becoming "cool" and relaxed, rather than being complicated and hurried. ...
During the early 1950s Davis became a heroin addict and so his career was therefore put on hold until 1954 when he quit. ... These albums made between 1957 and 1960 became classics: "Miles Ahead", (featuring pianist Wynton Kelly and drummer Art Taylor), "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain" (influenced by composer Joaquin Rodrigo). ... Two other landmark albums were made between 1957 and 1959, one that introduced a different style of jazz named "Milestones", followed by the utterly perfect "Kind of Blue" in ’59. This album is said to be one of the finest in jazz history. CNN stated that "it is considered to be the perfect jazz album by many, and those who don’t consider it to be the perfect album are, obviously, from some other planet" (Worldbeat-CNN. ... Although all of his albums are still available today and help form an essential part to jazz itself, "Kind of Blue" is most definitely at the top of the list.
Approximate Word count = 1686
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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