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Miles Davis
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 65
Also known asMiles Dewey Davis III GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn26/05/1926Born inAlton, Illinois, USADied28/09/1991 (aged 65)Died inSanta MonicaCausestroke, pneumoniaWikidataQ93341 ↗Buried atWoodlawn CemeteryTMDb#15393 ↗

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Davis was at the forefront of several major stylistic developments in jazz, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, third stream, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz, and jazz fusion. His legacy extends into rock, funk, classical, and hip-hop.

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Filmography32 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicMovieSelf (archive footage)99
2023They All Came Out to MontreuxMovieSelf (archive footage)97
2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesMovieSelf (voice) (archive sound)96
2022A History of the World According to Getty ImagesMovieSelf (Archive Footage)96
2020Prince: Live At Paisley Park - December 31, 1987MovieSelf94
2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolMovieSelf - Musician (archive footage)93
2017Chasing TraneMovieSelf - Musician (archive footage)91
2015Hôtel La LouisianeMovieSelf (archive footage)89
2010Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett - The 1971 Berlin ConcertMovie—84
2008Miles Davis: Kind of BlueMovie—82
2008Jazz EvolutionMovieSelf - Trumpet82
2007John Coltrane - Impressions Of ColtraneMovieHimself81
2004Miles Electric - A Different Kind of BlueMovieSelf (archive footage)78
1997Happy Birthday to JohnMovieSelf71
1991Miles Davis - At La VilletteMovieHimself65
1989Prince: Musical PortraitMovieSelf63
1988ScroogedMovieStreet Musician62
1987Sacrée soiréeSeriesSelf61
1986Crime StorySeriesSelf60
1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeMovieSelf (archive footage)60
1986Miles Davis – TutuMovieMiles Davis60
1986Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles DavisMovieSelf60
1985The Making of Sun CityMovieSelf59
1984Miami ViceSeriesIvory Jones58
1978The South Bank ShowSeries—52
1975Saturday Night LiveSeriesSelf - Musical Guest49
1971Great PerformancesSeriesSelf45
1971Miles Davis Septet - Oslo 1971MovieSelf - trumpet45
1959The Sound of Miles DavisMovieHimself33
0CoolMovieSelf—
0Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969MovieTrumpet—
0Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John ColtraneMovie——