Miles Davis learned the trumpet at school and by the 1940s he was wowing crowds with big jazz names like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Miles Davis learned the trumpet at school and by the 1940s ...

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Ian Carr, a Scottish-born trumpeter who, like his formidable influence, Miles Davis, was an early practitioner of jazz-rock fusion and later repaid his artistic debt by writing Davis’s biography, died ...

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Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

The versatile musician was also known for his collaborations with Charles Lloyd, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett.