What is Miles Davis?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Miles Davis | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | image = Miles Davis by Palumbo cropped.jpg | caption = Davis photographed in his New York City home by [[Tom Palumbo]], c. 1955–1956 | birth_name = Miles Dewey Davis III | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|5|26}} | birth_place = [[Alton, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|9|28|1926|5|26}} | death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S. | genre = [[Jazz]] | occupation = {{flatlist| * Musician * bandleader * composer }} | instrument = {{flatlist| * Trumpet * flugelhorn }} | years_active = {{flatlist| * 1944–1975 * 1980–1991 }} | label = {{flatlist| * [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] * [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] * [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] * [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] }} | associated_acts= {{flatlist| * [[Charlie Parker]] * [[John Coltrane]] * [[Gil Evans]] * [[Red Garland]] * [[Paul Chambers]] * [[Philly Joe Jones]] * [[Sonny Rollins]] * [[Bill Evans]] * [[Ron Carter]] * [[Herbie Hancock]] * [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] * [[Wayne Shorter]] }} | website = {{URL|milesdavis.com}} }} '''Miles Dewey Davis III''' (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an [[Americans|American]] [[jazz]] [[trumpet]]er, [[bandleader]] and [[composer]]. He was very important to 20th century music. He helped to develop several different styles of jazz, like [[cool jazz]], [[hard bop]], [[free jazz]], and [[Fusion (music)|fusion]]. As a bandleader he worked with other famous musicians like [[John Coltrane]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Bill Evans]], [[Wayne Shorter]], [[Chick Corea]], [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]], [[Cannonball Adderley]], [[Gerry Mulligan]], [[Tony Williams]], [[George Coleman]], [[J. J. Johnson]], [[Keith Jarrett]], [[John Scofield]] and [[Kenny Garrett]]. In 1959 he released an album called ''[[Kind of Blue]]''. That album became very famous and popular. In 2008