One of my favorite trumpet players is Miles Davis. Miles Davis, "American jazz musician, a great trumpeter who as a bandleader and composer was one of the major influences on the art from the late 1940s." Miles Davis was, and still is one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time. His style and smoothness on the trumpet caught the ears of many people. Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois., on May 26, 1926. For most …showed first 75 words of 798 total…

…showed last 75 words of 798 total…he did. Then in 1991 he died of a terrible stroke. But he will never be forgotten. People of many different locatoins and different eras listen to his music. Miles Davis' musical career lasted for forty-five years, and the spotlight shinned on him for all of those years, but five. He released over 100 albums. He set style in fashion and in jazz. He might be dead, but his music will still go on and on forever