Miles Dewey Davis was born on the 26th of May 1926, in Alton, Illinois. He became famous around the world for his incredible trumpet and flugelhorn playing, but he was also an accomplished keyboard player, and composer. Although born in Alton, Illinois, Miles Davis lived in East St Louis. He came from a wealthy middle-class background. It isn't surprising to see that a person with the talent of Miles Davis came from a Davis' father musical …showed first 75 words of 324 total…

…showed last 75 words of 324 total…he really wanted to be doing was just playing jazz. He left the school to play in the small clubs of the famous 52nd street. He did much of his playing with one of his idols, Charlie Parker. Davis joined Parker's quintet in 1945. Together, they recorded some of the first true bebop songs - songs such as 'Now's the time'. It was during this time that Miles Davis established his style as a jazz trumpeter.