BY WALTER OPINDE On this day, May 26, 1926, a prominent African-American musician, songwriter, jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, Miles Dewey Davis, was born in Alton, Illinois. He was the son of a prosperous music teacher, Cleota Mae, and a prominent dental surgeon, Mr. Miles Davis Dewey Sr. By being instrumental in the development of […]

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