The beginning of Miles Davis:
Miles Davis was born on May 26, 1926, in Alton, Illinois, and died on September 28, 1991. He began studying trumpet in his early teens; fortuitously, in light of his later stylistic development, his first teacher advised him to play without vibrato. Davis played with jazz bands in the St. Louis area before moving to New York City in 1944 to study at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School).
Legacy: