Miles Davis

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