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Music is the framework around the silence.

Miles Davis

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Miles Davis
Age: 65 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 26
Died: 1991
Died: September 28
Actor
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Film Score Composer
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Miles Dewey Davis III
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Framework
Silence
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Music

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