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Born in East St. Louis to a middle class family. Played in many bands and always carried his trumpet around with him. His child years were spent playing sports with his freinds and devoting himself to music.
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Miles hated Julliard because it was extremely biast towards white people and they didn't teach jazz.
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Miles was doing gigs and recording records with charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie the two jazz masters of the time.
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from 1950 to 1954 he went through a heroin addiction effecting his playing.
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Along with Music Miles was interested in art and often was found painting. I was also into boxing and loved to watch dancers.
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Played with John Coltraine "tenor sax", Red Garland "paino", Paul Chambers "Bass", Philly Joe James "drums". This was his first quintet which he recorded a few albums with.
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He put together a group of jazz musicians and brass instruments that were not comon in jazz to make a bepob orchestral sound that changed the sounds of modern jazz.
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Miles married Frances Taylor in 1958 but divorced a few years later.
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Included John Coltraine " tenor sax", Cannonball Aderley "alto sax", Bill Evans "paino", Jimmy Cobb "drums" Paul Chambers "bass"
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He started to play with electronic instruments getting him even more fans. He played with John Mclaughlin, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix and many other great artists.
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Married the singer Betty Marby and also divorced her a few years later.
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Miles got in a car accident and took a break for five years.
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Married the actress Cicely Tyson at his freind Bill Cosby's house but got divorced later.
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He won 8 different grammy awards for his music. And several other awards.
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He made his most memorable appearence when he played with the Quincy Troupe orchestra at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Then he died three months later from a stroke bringing sadness to many thousands of fans.
