Miles Davis was an American jazz trumpeter born in 1926 in Illinois who studied music from a young age and developed a unique style of trumpet playing. He began his professional career playing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in the 1940s and went on to lead several influential jazz groups, helping to pioneer cool jazz with albums like Birth of Cool and Kind of Blue, as well as jazz fusion with Bitches Brew. Davis experimented with many musical styles over his career, received many honors including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and passed away in 1991 while still actively recording and performing.

1. Miles Davis
Miles Davis
1926-1991

2. Early Life
• Born May 26, 1926 in
Alton, Illinois
• Studied with Elwood
Buchanan
• Developed contrasting
style of trumpet playing

3. • Began playing professionally while still in high
school
• Subbed for a gig with Dizzy Gillespie and
Charlie Parker

4. • Began attending
Juilliard
• Started playing in
New York

5. Career Beginnings
(1940’s-1960’s)
• Charlie Parker Quintet
• Miles Davis Sextet
• Birth of Cool

6. • Kind of Blue
• Changes in Style

7. Later Years
• Bitches Brew
• Rolling Stone Magazine
• Jazz Fusion

8. • Experimentation with
different styles
• You’re Under Arrest
• Lifetime Achievement
Award 1990

9. • Passed away
September 21, 1991
• Received final Grammy
Award in 1993

10. Thank You