Miles Davis is known to many as one of the world's finest jazz musicians and an outstanding trumpet player. He also earned great respect in the world of music as an innovative bandleader and composer.
Miles Davis played and wrote in a variety of styles throughout his career, from tunes that have become jazz standards to his more experimental improvisational work.
In the 1950s Miles was known for a warm, rich, wispy sound and was able to vary the color of his sound, pitch. He was also adept in using a Harmon mute. In the 1960s Miles began to play more in the upper register. In 1969 he even incorporated the use of electronic instruments in his music.
Miles' love was not only for music; he is also considered a fine painter. Inspired by a Milan-based design movement known as Memphis, Miles painted a series of abstract paintings in 1988.