Miles Davis performing “So What”
Miles Davis Sculpture
Author: Niki
Located: Cohen Ampitheater
Date completed: 2000
Origin: USA
Medium: Polyurethane foam, resin, steel armature, tumbled stones, stained and mirrored glass, and gold leaf
Height: 9 ft.
Weight: 566 lbs.
In 1998, Niki began work on a series of Black Hero sculptures, paying tribute to prominent African-Americans. They included jazz musicians Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis, who was born and raised just across the Mississippi River in East St. Louis.
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Jumping Tribute to Miles Davis Doo Bop by Asha Carolyn Young
“A Night in Tunisia”, composed by Dizzy Gillespie, performed by Miles Davis in 1955, from the album “The Musings of Miles”
Band:
Miles Davis: Trumpet
Red Garland: Piano
Oscar Pettiford: Bass
Philly Joe Jones: Drums
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Miles Of Jazz - Debra Hurd
Oil on canvas.
Miles Davis, “Red China Blues”, 1972
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Miles Davis by Atilla Atala
From the 1956 album “Workin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet”, one of my favourite jazz compositions.
The Miles Davis Quintet plays “It Never Entered My Mind”, written by Richard Rogers.
Miles Davis (trumpet)
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)
Red Garland (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Philly Joe Jones (drums)
Tribute to the great Miles Davis in two posters of the graphic design artist Loic Romer.
Miles Davis - Around The Midnight (1967)
