迈尔斯·戴维斯在爵士乐坛活跃了50年。审 视他的音乐生涯就如同在检阅爵士乐从40年代中 期到90年代初期的发展史一样。因为在他的身上 浓缩了爵士乐这段时期中几乎各种重要的革新和 风格的变化。而且,在每一次革新的浪潮涌起时, 戴维斯都是处于先锋地位的领军人物。他不仅以 自己的演奏带动爵士乐的发展,还不断地挑选新 人或尝试与不同的音乐人合作以寻找到新的音乐 方向。如果没有戴维斯的推动的话,很难想象今天 的爵士乐是个什么样子,至少不会很迅速地发展 到今天这个地步。 Myles Davis has been active in the jazz scene for 50 years. A review of his musical career is as much about examining the history of jazz development from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s. Because of the concentration of jazz in his body during this period of almost all kinds of important changes in innovation and style. And Davis is a pioneer in every wave of innovation. He not only led the development of jazz with his performance, but also continuously selected new people or tried to cooperate with different musicians in search of new music direction. Without Davis’s push, it’s hard to imagine what it is like today’s jazz, at least not to the point where it is today.