Alton, Illinois
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Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri. Its population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Rive
The Clark Bridge, connecting Alton to West Alton, Missouri
Historic Alton home
Alton flood, 1993
The Great River Road in Illinois north of Alton, looking south
Miles Davis
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Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and painter. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career sp
Alton, Illinois
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Davis in 1965
The house at 1701 Kansas Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, where Davis lived from 1939 to 1944
Tommy Potter, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Miles Davis and Duke Jordan in August 1947
Davis on piano with Howard McGhee (trumpet), Joe Albany (pianist, standing) and Brick Fleagle (guitarist, smoking), September 1947