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Trompetista de jazz, líder de banda y compositor estadounidense (1926–1991)
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Join the roomMiles Dewey Davis III fue un trompetista, líder de banda, compositor y pintor estadounidense. Se encuentra entre las figuras más influyentes y aclamadas en la historia del jazz y de la música del siglo XX. En una carrera que abarcó casi cinco décadas, Davis estuvo a la vanguardia de varios desarrollos estilísticos importantes en el jazz, incluyendo bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, third stream, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz y jazz fusion. Su legado se extiende al rock, funk, música clásica y hip-hop.
“I’ll play it and tell you what it is later.”
“I love Pops, I love the way he sings, the way he plays - everything he does, except when he says something against modern-jazz music.”
“I know what the power of silence is. When I used to play in clubs, everybody was loud; there was a lot of noise. So I would take my mute off the microphone, and I would play something so soft that you could hardly hear it... and you talk about listening. Roy Eldridge did that. He's one of my favorites.”
“I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?”
“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.”
“He could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.”
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