
and has kept his artistic integrity, becoming a kind of father figure for many alternative bands of the '90s." He is perhaps best known for his work with the hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 to 1986, and for leading the Rollins Band since 1987.Ĭritic Steve Huey decribes Rollins as "a post-punk renaissance man. Uncle of - Henry Rollins (born Februas Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American Grammy Award-winning alternative rock singer and songwriter, spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality, occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. He then married actress on Novemthey divorced in 1989. He then married singer in September 1968 they divorced in 1970. He married dancer/actress on Decemthey divorced in 1968. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 (Performer). In the mid 1970s he stopped playing because of health problems, though in 1980 he made an 'electronical' comeback. In the late 1960s he started to experiment with electronic instruments and rock and funk rhythms. Miles Davis was one of the musicians who introduced the 'Hard Bop' in the mid 1950s. From the few recordings they made in 1949 to 1950 came the album "" (1957), with Davis and Evans going on to work more together in the future. In 1948 Miles Davis started to make his own ensembles, at that time he met, The Miles Davis Nonet was born. Miles went to NYC to study at the academic school for musicians, where he met. Winner of eight Grammy awards.ĭied: 28 September 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA (aged 65).īest known for his seminal modern jazz album "" (1959), the highest selling jazz album of all time with six million copies sold. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history, and music history in general.
