Miles Davis wasn’t always the jazz icon the public ... It seemed just a routine festival concert but when Miles took to using a muted trumpet on a sensational performance of Monk’s nocturnal ...
As Miles Davis once said: “You can’t play nothing on modern trumpet that doesn’t come from him.” While you’re reading, listen to our Best Jazz Trumpeters playlist here. Armstrong wasn ...
In 1962, Davis began working with tenor saxophonist George Coleman, a player from Memphis who had already made a name for himself with Max Roach, Lee Morgan, and Jimmy Smith, among others. He was a ...