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WorksheetsMiles Davis
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Miles Davis played the
trumpet
saxophone
drums
electric guitar
Miles Davis' music inspired what descriptive term?
neat
phat
cool
tight
Miles Davis' parents were
a doctor and a lawyer
a pianist and a dentist
a coal miner and a pianist
both teachers
Miles Davis studied music at
Harvard
Yale
the New England Conservatory
Julliard
A device that trumpeters use to change the sound of their horn is called a:
mooby
softener
plug
mute
Miles Davis' album "Kind of Blue" is famous for being:
recorded in 15 minutes
Miles' second-best selling album
the best-selling album ever
the best-selling jazz album ever
At 18, Miles met and played with this famous pair of musicians:
The Everly Brothers
Duke Ellington and Count Basie
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie and Elvis Presley
What happened to Miles outside the Birdland club in 1959?
a record producer discovered him busking
he was arrested for loitering
he was hit by a taxi
he was robbed at gunpoint
In concert, it was Miles Davis' style to
pay little attention to the audience
get everyone up dancing
warmly greet his audience
charge double for politicians
Besides the US, Miles Davis had a special relationship with this country, which honoured him with a medal:
Canada
Russia
Australia
France
