Miles DavisMiles Davis would have been 85 years old today.
"Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.
Many well-known musicians rose to prominence as members of Davis' ensembles, including saxophonists Gerry Mulligan, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, George Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Dave Liebman, Branford Marsalis and Kenny Garrett; trombonist J. J. Johnson; pianists Horace Silver, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Kei Akagi; guitarists John McLaughlin, Pete Cosey, John Scofield and Mike Stern; bassists Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Marcus Miller and Darryl Jones; and drummers Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, and Al Foster." (wikipedia)
What more can be said about Mr. Davis? If there is anything else that can be said about him, I'm not qualified to say it.
Therefore, I will share with you videotaped thoughts about working with Miles Davis from Marcus Miller, Sonny Rollins and John McLaughlin. His son Erin shares about life with his father. The last two videos are of Miles Davis himself. Enjoy!
I could only find part one of the following Bryant Gumbel interview. I wish that the audio was better.