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Tonights Jazz Feature is a tribute to the 98th Birthday Anniversary of one of the most important and influential musicians in Jazz: Miles Dewey Davis who was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926. He left us on September 28, 1991 at age 65. Tonights Jazz Feature presents in concert in Belgium the "Second Great Quintet" at its peak. The personnel was Davis on trumpet and leader with Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drum...

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Fundraising project set at Davis home FacebookTwitterEmail 1of12 This rendering shows the mutliple phases of The House of Miles East St. Louis (HOME) project to restore the childhood home of Miles Davis born in Alton. The family moved to East St. Louis when he was 6 months old.For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less 4of12 HOME founder and President Lauren Parks points to Miles Davis’ cousin, Vince Wilburn Jr. (son of Davis’ sister, Dorothy Mae Davis Wilburn), who now is the founder of and drumm...

Stories of Standards—Nardis by Miles Davis Linda Hillshafer Share Tune in weekday mornings to hear our favorite versions of “Nardis.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 am! Stories of Standards is sponsored by   . “Nardis” was composed in 1958 by Miles Davis during his “modal phase”, to be played by Cannonball Adderley on his album “Portrait of Cannonball.” It is strongly associated with Bill Evans, who recorded ...