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"Ive changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?"
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Miles DavisWhen you are creating your own shit, man, even the sky aint the limit. — Miles Davis
"When you are creating your own shit, man, even the sky aint the limit."
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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 leg
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"I’ll play it and tell you what it is later."
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"The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and theyre full of chords. I cant play them...I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variation. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them."
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"You cant play anything on a horn that Louis hasnt played." and "I love Pops" (Louis nickname) … Louis has been through all kinds of styles. Thats good tuba, by the way. You know you cant play anything on a horn that Louis hasnt played — I mean even modern. I love his approach to the trumpet; he never sounds bad. He plays on the beat — with feeling. Thats another phrase for swing. I also love the way he sings."
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"When they make records with all the mistakes in, as well as the rest, then theyll really make jazz records. If the mistakes arent there too, it aint none of you."
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"Is that what you wanted, Alfred?"
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