Miles Davis

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bandleader composer human jazz musician trumpeter

Miles Davis was a pioneering American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer who profoundly shaped the development of modern jazz through landmark albums like "Kind of Blue."

Aliases (2)

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader → composer → human → jazz musician → trumpeter →
activeYearsEnd	1991 →
activeYearsStart	1944 →
associatedAct	Bill Evans → Cannonball Adderley → Chick Corea → Gil Evans → Herbie Hancock → Joe Zawinul → John Coltrane → Ron Carter → Tony Williams → Wayne Shorter →
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album → Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction →
birthName	Miles Dewey Davis III →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia → stroke →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1926-05-26 →
dateOfDeath	1991-09-28 →
educatedAt	Juilliard School →
ethnicGroup	African American →
gender	male →
genre	bebop → cool jazz → hard bop → jazz → jazz fusion → modal jazz →
hallOfFame	DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → Rock and Roll Hall of Fame →
influenced	Chick Corea → Herbie Hancock → John Coltrane → Wayne Shorter →
influencedBy	Charlie Parker → Clark Terry → Dizzy Gillespie →
instrument	trumpet →
memberOf	Miles Davis Quintet → Miles Davis Second Great Quintet →
movement	cool jazz → jazz fusion → modal jazz →
name	Miles Davis →
notableWork	Birth of the Cool → Bitches Brew → E.S.P. → In a Silent Way → Kind of Blue → Miles Ahead → Milestones → Nefertiti → Round About Midnight → Sketches of Spain → Sorcerer →
occupation	bandleader → composer → musician → trumpeter →
placeOfBirth	Alton, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Santa Monica, California, United States →
recordLabel	Blue Note Records → Capitol Records → Columbia Records → Prestige Records →
residence	New York City →
spouse	Betty Mabry → Cicely Tyson → Frances Taylor →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chaka Khan → Chick Corea → Easy Mo Bee → Horace Silver → Max Roach → Wayne Shorter →	associatedAct
Ahmad Jamal → Dizzy Gillespie → Duke Ellington → Louis Armstrong → Louis Armstrong →	influenced
Charlie Parker → Herbie Hancock → Marcus Miller → Quincy Jones →	collaboratedWith
I Could Write a Book → My Funny Valentine →	notablePerformer
Kind of Blue →	artist
Miles Davis ("Miles Dewey Davis III") →	birthName
Kind of Blue →	composer
Kind of Blue →	featuredMusician
Juilliard School →	hasAlumni
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City →	hasBurial
West End Blues →	hasInfluencedArtist
Grammy Hall of Fame Award →	hasNotableInductee
Alton, Illinois →	hasNotablePerson
Nice Jazz Festival →	hasParticipant
Great Characters Edition ("Great Characters Edition Miles Davis") →	hasSubseries
Robert Glasper →	influencedBy
Miles Davis →	name
Columbia Records →	notableArtist
Davis →	notableBearersInclude
I Could Write a Book →	notablePerformanceBy
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award →	notableRecipient
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top →	notableRecordingBy
Easy Mo Bee →	notableWorkWith
Kind of Blue →	performer
Easy Mo Bee →	producedFor