Miles Dewey Davis III, as his full name goes, was born in Alton, Illinois in 1926. Exceptionally versatile, the career of ...

Davis created some of the 20th century's most challenging and influential music. Born May 25, 1926, in Alton, Ill., Miles Dewey Davis began playing the trumpet as a youngster in East St. Louis ...

On May 26, 2025, the world marks the 99th birthday of Miles Davis, a cultural icon whose revolutionary music continues to ...

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Miles was christened Miles Dewey Davis III. His parents divorced but remained on friendly terms and remarried. Both are deceased. The Davises lived in an all-white neighborhood. Davis’ father ...

Miles Dewey Davis III moved to New York City in September of 1944 as a teenager and spent most of his eccentric 65 years in Manhattan. This Saturday would have been the trumpeter’s 92nd birthday ...

In many ways, that says it all about Miles Dewey Davis Jr.: One can imagine there was the same reaction to the early Cubist paintings, the brazen loudmouth strategies of the young Muhammad Ali ...

Jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Dewey Davis III was not what you would call a humble man. At the very least, the multi-talented musician made it a little bit easier to describe his career when ...

I said, "Dewey, this one we've got to do a tribute to ... That night, I waved and said "Miles Davis" [to the crowd] and he waved his towel at this audience—I've never seen him do that before—and he ...

“On behalf of the Miles Davis family, we are honored that the U.S. Postal Service and La Poste are paying homage to the timeless legacy of Sir Miles Dewey Davis,” said Cheryl Davis, Erin Davis ...

Miles Dewey Davis III, as his full name goes, was born in Alton (Illinois) in 1926. Endlessly versatile, the career of this ...