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    • Miles Davis - Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb performs during a rehearsal in Madrid, on November 6, 2009. The 26th edition of the Madrid Jazz Festival celebrates the 50th anniversaty of the album 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, in which Jimmy Cobb took part.
    • Miles Davis - Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb performs during a rehearsal in Madrid, on November 6, 2009. The 26th edition of the Madrid Jazz Festival celebrates the 50th anniversaty of the album 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, in which Jimmy Cobb took part.
    • Miles Davis - Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb performs during a rehearsal in Madrid, on November 6, 2009. The 26th edition of the Madrid Jazz Festival celebrates the 50th anniversaty of the album 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, in which Jimmy Cobb took part.
    • Miles Davis - Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb performs during a rehearsal in Madrid, on November 6, 2009. The 26th edition of the Madrid Jazz Festival celebrates the 50th anniversaty of the album 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, in which Jimmy Cobb took part.
    • Miles Davis - Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb (R) looks at trumpet player Wallace Roney during a rehearsal in Madrid, on November 6, 2009. The 26th edition of the Madrid Jazz Festival celebrates the 50th anniversaty of the album 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, in which Jimmy Cobb took part.
    • Miles Davis - Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb performs during a rehearsal in Madrid, on November 6, 2009. The 26th edition of the Madrid Jazz Festival celebrates the 50th anniversaty of the album 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, in which Jimmy Cobb took part.
    • Miles Davis - Picture taken on October 12, 2009 at the Cite de la Musique in Paris shows posters and pictures presented during 'We want Miles', an exhibition on the 1926-1991 life of US legendary trumpeter Miles Davis from his childhood years in St. Louis to a concert in Paris that he gave shortly before his death. The exhibit runs from October 16, 2009 to January 17, 2009.
    • Miles Davis - Picture taken on October 12, 2009 at the Cite de la Musique in Paris shows (at right) one of US legendary trumpeter Miles Davis' trumpet, used in his landmark album 'Kind of Blue', and a saxophone, presented during 'We want Miles', an exhibition on the 1926-1991 life of Davis from his childhood years in St. Louis to a concert in Paris that he gave shortly before his death. The exhibit runs from October 16, 2009 to January 17, 2009.
    • Miles Davis - Picture taken on October 12, 2009 at the Cite de la Musique in Paris shows Miles Davis' vinyl covers presented during 'We want Miles', an exhibition on the 1926-1991 life of US legendary trumpeter from his childhood years in St. Louis to a concert in Paris that he gave shortly before his death. The exhibit runs from October 16, 2009 to January 17, 2009.
    • Miles Davis - Picture taken on October 12, 2009 at the Cite de la Musique in Paris shows pictures of US legendary trumpeter Miles Davis presented during 'We want Miles', an exhibition on the 1926-1991 life of Davis from his childhood years in St. Louis to a concert in Paris that he gave shortly before his death. The exhibit runs from October 16, 2009 to January 17, 2009.
    • Miles Davis - A man looks at pictures, on October 12, 2009 at the Cite de la Musique in Paris, during 'We want Miles', an exhibition on the 1926-1991 life of US legendary trumpeter Miles Davis, from his childhood years in St. Louis to a concert in Paris that he gave shortly before his death. The exhibit runs from October 16, 2009 to January 17, 2009.
    • Miles Davis - British guitarist Jeff Beck performs on the Miles Davis stage during the 43rd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival late July 17, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - British guitarist Jeff Beck (L) performs with bass guitarist Tal Wilkenfeld on the Miles Davis stage during the 43rd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival late July 17, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - British guitarist Jeff Beck performs on the Miles Davis stage during the 43rd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival late July 17, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - British singer Antony Hegarty from the group 'Antony and the Johnsons' performs with The Montreux Orchestra on the Miles Davis stage during the 43rd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on late July 15, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - British singer Antony Hegarty from the group 'Antony and the Johnsons' performs with The Montreux Orchestra on the Miles Davis stage during the 43rd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on late July 15, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - British singer Antony Hegarty from the group 'Antony and the Johnsons' performs with The Montreux Orchestra on the Miles Davis stage during the 43rd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on late July 15, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - British singer Bitty McLean performs on the Miles Davis stage during his concert with the Jamaican reggae group Sly and Robbie at the 43th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 12, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - Bass guitarist Robert Shakespeare (R) from Jamaican reggae group Sly and Robbie performs with singer Bitty McLean (L) on the Miles Davis stage during the 43rd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 12, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
    • Miles Davis - Bass guitarist Robert Shakespeare from Jamaican reggae group Sly and Robbie performs on the Miles Davis stage during a concert with Bitty McLean at the 43th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 12, 2009 in Montreux. The popular Swiss festival, running from July 3 to 18, schedules 350 concerts, 260 of them free.
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    Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early ...more
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