(1926–91), American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader; full name Miles Dewey Davis. In the 1950s he played and recorded arrangements in a new style which became known as ‘cool’ jazz, heard on albums such as Kind of Blue (1959). In the 1960s he pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock.
Definition of Davis, Miles in US English:
Davis, Miles
proper nounˈdāvisˈdeɪvəs
(1926–91), US jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader; full name Miles Dewey Davis. His influence on "cool jazz" is heard in his Birth of the Cool recordings (1948–49). His album Kind of Blue (1959) introduced "modal jazz." In the 1960s, he pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock.