Miles Davis Learns To Play The Trumpet
BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #54: Miles Davis Learns To Play The Trumpet
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East St. Louis, IL 62201
When: 1939
What: Miles Davis picked up the trumpet at his father’s behest after the family moved from Alton, IL to East St. Louis, IL when he was about a year old.
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