MILES DAVIS-BIRTH OF THE COOL RADIO JAZZ STATION

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MILES DEWEY DAVIS 111 WAS AN AMERICAN JAZZ TRUMPETER, BANDLEADER, AND COMPOSER. WIDELY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. DAVIS WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALMOST EVERY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN JAZZ FROM WORLD WAR 2 TO THE 1990'S: DAVIS PLAYED ON VARIOUS EARLY BEBOP RECORDS AND RECORDED ONE OF THE FIRST "COOL JAZZ" RECORDS; HE WAS PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODAL JAZZ, AND JAZZ FUSION ARISE FROM HIS WORK WITH OTHER MUSICIANS IN THE LATE 1960'S AND EARLY 1970'S; AND HIS FINAL ALBUM BLENDED JAZZ AND RAP. MANY JAZZ MUSICIANS MADE THEIR NAMES IN DAVIS'S GROUPS, INCLUDING PIANISTS BILL EVANS, HERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA, KEITH JARRETT, SAXOPHONISTS JOHN COLTRANE, CANNONBALL ADDERLEY, GEORGE COLEMAN, WAYNE SHORTER, BASE PLAYER PAUL CHAMBERS, DRUMMERS PHILLY JO JONES, AND TONY WILLIAMS. MILES DAVIS WAS BORN ON MAY 26, 1926 AND DIED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1991.