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I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
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That was my gift... having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you or booing you, you might get your ass kicked.
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Born:
May 26, 1926
Died:
September 28, 1991
(aged 65)
Bio:
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Known for:
Kind of Blue (1959)
Bitches Brew (1970)
Sketches of Spain (1960)
In a Silent Way (1969)
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