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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!

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Miles Davis
Age: 65 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 26
Died: 1991
Died: September 28
Actor
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Bandleader
Composer
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Film Score Composer
Jazz Musician
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Miles Dewey Davis III
Miles Dewey Davis
III Davis
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Coltrane

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