Happy Birthday Miles Davis! May 26, 1926

Miles Dewey Davis III
American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, & Composer
(1926 - 1991)

“For me,
music and life are all about style.”











“Do not fear
mistakes.

There are none.”



“Sometimes
you have to play a
long time
to be able to play like

yourself” "Music is as much about the silence
as it is about the notes.

Without silence, music is just noise."







"If you understood everything I say,
you'd be
me!"












“A legend is an old man with a cane
known for what he used to do.
I'm still doing it.”


"I know what I've done for music,
but don't call me a legend.

Just call me Miles Davis."


Miles Davis & John Coltrane 1958
Preforming: So What


Miles Davis Live in Montreal 1985
Performing: Human Nature

Harlem Sites Associated with Miles Davis:

Miles Davis Birthday Celebration
Friday, May 30 through Saturday, May 31
@ SMOKE

LENOX LOUNGE
288 Lenox Avenue
near 125th Street
Phone: 212-427-0253





MINTON'S PLAYHOUSE
206 West 118th Street
near St Nicholas Avenue
Phone: 212-864-8346





APOLLO Theater
253 W 125th Street
between 7th and Lenox Avenues
Phone: 212-531-5300