Mr. Davis, An Inspirational Jazz Musician That Paved The...

Countless awards for best Trumpet player, countless Grammy awards Best Jazz performance; with all these awards, you would think Miles Davis is considered a legendary icon and one of the greatest things to happen to the music industry. Mr. Davis and his team were setting revolutionizing the world of music. Mr. Davis was an inspirational jazz musician that paved the way for future musicians and artists. Miles Dewey Davis was born on May 26, 1926 in the great state of Illinois. The 20th century proved to be a very trying period for African Americans all around the country with the equal rights being a myth. African Americans were seen as a lowly entity that was not to be interacted with. With the times being so against the â€Å"black man†, Mr. Davis fought through the adversity to piece together some of best instrumentals to date. Now I don’t want to turn this into a paper about his fight through segregation. I want to spend some time evaluating and analyzing his music and comparing it to today’s music and music tastes of my own. First I want to give you a bit of information on myself and this generation’s music. My music tastes consist of Orchestra, Drum and Bass, Hip Hop/Rap, RB, Soul, Vocaloids, and Alternative Rock. I enjoy some Jazz but I wouldn’t consider it my top style to listen to. Vocaloid music consists of computer generated voices that sing the music composed by bands in Japan. Now the music of this generation is mostly made of drums and mixers. Not many