Remembering Miles on His 80th Birthday
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Miles Davis takes a break under the marquee of the jazz club Cafe Bohemia in New York City, 1956.
The late music legend Miles Davis would have turned 80 on Friday. Musician David Was of the group Was (Not Was) offers a tribute in honor of the jazzman's birth.
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