Miles Davis #1273

Caption from poster__       " In 1987 Davis attended a reception in honor of   Ray Charles at Ronald Reagan's White House.   A Washington society lady, seated next to him,    asked him what he had done to be invited. "Well,"   Davis replied, " I've changed music four or five  times.  What have you done of any importance  other than being white? "     Miles Dewey Davis III (May 25, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. A trumpeter, bandleader and composer, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s. He played on some early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jazz records. He was partially responsible for the development of modal jazz, and jazz fusion arose from his work with other musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Free jazz was the only post-war jazz style not significantly influenced by Davis, although some musicians from his b