Tonight's Jazz Feature: A Selective Retrospective of the Art of Miles Davis.

CiTR -- The Jazz Show

Tonight's Jazz Feature is different from the usual as it will present a selective groups of performances by trumpeter, band leader and Jazz icon Miles Davis over his career and his various changes throughout the years from his early days in the 1940's through the 50's.. Miles Davis was born on May 26,1926 and passed away at age 65 on September 26, 1991. These performances will reveal some of the stylistic changes that Miles Davis went through and pioneered. He is arguably one of the most important musicians in Jazz History and in many ways changed the way we perceive Jazz Music. Many of his changes alienated his fans but brought new ones to the forefront. We'll hear some of these changes tonight as out Jazz Feature. We covered the 40's and early 50's including Davis' "First Great Quintet. Next week we'll continue the Davis odyssey from the late 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. Be sure to be here.