Miles Davis
May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991

No, not John Miles inspired me to register the domain name miles.be, but the late Miles Davis.

To me, Miles Davis is together with Pablo Picasso the greatest artist of the 20th Century. He was an artist that defied (and despised) categorization, yet he was the forerunner and innovator of many distinct and important musical movements.

I especially like his jazz-rock period.

An excellent book about Miles' electric period is Miles Beyond.