{"id":3931,"date":"2021-10-05T16:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T21:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=3931"},"modified":"2024-04-12T16:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:29:29","slug":"miles-davis-one-of-the-most-influential-musicians-of-the-20th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=3931","title":{"rendered":"Miles Davis One Of The Most Influential Musicians Of The 20th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bj\u00f6rn Heile<\/a>, University of Glasgow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Thirty years after his death<\/a>, the music of Miles Davis is going strong. Davis defined the sound \u2013 and sounds \u2013 of modern jazz like no other in the way he integrated the electrical instrumentation of genres like rock, funk and soul. He is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, in any genre.<\/p>\n

One way this can be seen is just how often he is sampled by modern musicians.<\/p>\n

For example, Davis can be heard providing the smooth, laid-back accompaniment to Trademark Da Skydiver\u2019s more energetic and accentuated rapping on the track Super Sticky<\/a>. Listen, and after the velvet tones of John Coltrane\u2019s tenor sax, you\u2019ll hear the instantly recognisable plaintive wail of Davis\u2019s muted trumpet from his song Flamenco Sketches<\/a> \u2013 one of the most famous tunes from Kind of Blue (1959), the best-selling jazz album of all time.<\/p>\n

Hip-hop artists like The Roots, Mobb Deep, The Beatnuts, Black Moon, Heavy Da and The Boyz, Notorious BIG, Diddy, Outkast, Queen Latifah \u2013 to name just a few \u2013 have all sampled the jazz trumpeter.<\/p>\n