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Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926 at Alton Illinois. Miles was among the greatest jazz musicians of his time. He played the trumpet at an extremely early age. His mother Cleota Mae Davis was a music teacher, his father Dr. Miles Dewey Davis Jr. was a dental surgeon. Miles took trumpet lessons in his childhood while he was in an Eastern St.Louis high school, he got jobs at local restaurants to play the trumpet for entertainment. He also got gigs out of town on the weekends. At the age of seventeen he joined a band based in St.Louis called Eddie Randel's Blue Devils. Afterwards he entered a group that included Dizzy Gilliespie [trumpeter] and Charlie Parker [saxophonist]. Miles then left his home heading for the Institute of Musical Art in New York. After leaving the institute he joined Benny Carter's jazz band. He played with Eckstine in 1946 and left in 1947. Then he, joined Charlie Parker's group from 1947 to 1948. After leaving the group he started co-leading a band with Tadd Dameron in 1949, but in 1957 he joined Gil Evans[pianist]. They worked together and had a great partnership. In 1972 Miles Davis started an amazing jazz-rock style. [One of his quotes was "Do not fear mistakes. There are none".] Also that same year he broke his ankles in a car accident. On July 1991 he joined an orchestra led by Quincy Jones. Later that very same year on September 28, 1991 he died of pneumonia. Many people will remember the great musician who played just for people's entertainment.

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