Miles davis art

Ask enough people to name their favorite artist of any kind, and sooner rather than later, someone will name Miles Davis.

Miles Davis

Jazz great Miles Davis took up drawing and painting in the last decade of his life and proved that genius recognizes no boundaries.

MILES DAVIS

Miles Davis

Contemporary Wall Art

Although his art would adorn one of his record releases from time to time, Miles Davis didn’t begin to draw and paint in earnest until he was in his mid-fifties, during the early 1980s and a period of musical inactivity. Miles being Miles, he didn’t merely dabble, but made creating art as much a part of his life as making music in his final decade. He was said to have worked obsessively each day on art when he wasn’t touring and he studied regularly with New York painter Jo Gelbard. His…

Miles Davis since the beginnings of his brilliant career as trumpet performer and band leader gave the right importance to the album covers. In the page is presented a selection of album covers sleeves of the most important albums of the great musician. All the images are originals and they are taken from the CD.