2013年9月30日 星期一

《鍾漢清回憶錄》的甘苦 (IX): 新商品的合作開發與實驗計畫/更生隊放假,預官替代役,國籍欄上寫"台灣",Jean Piaget 1896–1980 兒童發展心理學



Jean Piaget 1896–1980 兒童發展心理學

最早知道心理學家Jean Piaget是1978年英國Essex 大學的電腦科學的學生之報告----要了解智慧型電腦. 似乎該深入了解Jean Piaget的百科全科式的兒童發展心理學
我在1985-95 之間才讀了許多皮亞杰Jean Piaget的著作

皮亞杰對話錄 (劉玉燕譯)的台灣版本的一小段是我大力促成的

* 書緣:川瀨先生講談會、皮亞傑發生認識論精華譯叢;total book ...

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Nov 10, 2005 - 然後我太太劉玉燕根據日本和英文翻譯『皮亞傑對話錄』(Bringuier, J-C. (1980). Conversations with Jean Piaget. Chicago: University of Chicago ...
 
 Jean Piaget, 1896–1980,(簡稱JP)是我20年前醉心的科學家(知道他是在1978年英國的電腦科學博士生推薦的)。我還到加州大學Davis 校園找過資料。然後我太太
劉玉燕根據日本和英文翻譯『皮亞傑對話錄』(Bringuier, J-C. (1980). Conversations with Jean Piaget. Chicago: University of Chicago Press),我幫點小忙。

JP的主要著作大陸已翻譯十幾本。沒想到大陸教育界發揚光大,繼續弄「
皮亞傑發生認識論精華譯叢」,今天買到:
※走向一種意義的邏輯
※關於矛盾的研究
※可能性與必然性
※心理發生和科學史
(我會讀它們嗎?)

他的作品約2/3有英譯本 中國有翻譯
 more
 http://hcpeople.blogspot.tw/2007/09/jean-piaget.html



國籍欄上寫"台灣"1986

1986年某天我去美國水牛城辦理入加拿大的觀光簽證。加國負責人對我說,申請表上國籍欄上寫"台灣"的,非常的少。

2003年9月8日,由於李登輝發表「中華民國不存在」的談話引發政治效應,波及到了司法院正副院長與大法官資格審查。城仲模在立法院接受資格審查時,國民黨立法委員郭添財質詢有關出國時的國籍是填寫台灣或者是中華民國,他表示:他都是填寫中華民國(ROC)[2][3][4][5]



預官替代役
此制度早期在半官方組織中實施,後來推廣到民間的某些公司。
看到廣告:
【活動名稱】:研發替代役 大企業面談會......
 預官替代役制度,應該從1982年開始實施。當時我在電子工業研究所的品質稽查部任職,分發一位交大某研究所畢業的葉德榮先生。
葉先生剛入產業工作,就被分發到這一見接/幕僚單位工作,有點不習慣,所以經常找我談部門工作的意義和工作推廣的難題。換句話說,葉先生有點好辯.。我不會養以他的挑戰為侮,告訴他,工作的界定和發揮多少要靠自己的努力。
葉先生一 兩年之後是否換部門,我需要查一下。.因為我發現1984年的一次國際會議的發表論文中沒有一篇有他的署名。
1986年起,我離職加入外商的專業經理人,更沒有葉兄的第一手消息。他似乎加入過組長邱羅火先生創立的創投工作,後來來當上科學園區某數位相機公司的總經理多年。
約十年前 ,我應陳文成基金會撰寫"我的31歲"時,竟然聽說葉先生心藏病病逝。.又過幾年,我遇見一位女士,她告訴我葉先生是食物卡到另一氣管(我聽不太懂),有時間與其妻子訣別........。






 更生隊放假
(此篇憑記憶,待查核)

現在台灣的監獄,不知道還有沒有更生隊,由他們負責建設某些外部工程?

我父親曾有一二年是中部某大監獄的導師,負責指揮這種更生隊,營建諸如虎尾地方法院的。

由於我父親有社會經驗,又是營建專家,所以很得人心。

更生隊工作很賣力。有一次我爸爸與重刑犯們有約,放他們歸鄉三天,請務實歸隊……之後,憲兵到我們虎尾的租屋請父親去解釋……

這是很大的事件……

沒想到的是,放假的犯人們很有江湖道義,三天之後都回來了……

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稍改BBC的報導之順序:英國倫敦南部布里克斯頓監獄當局最近表示,
將在近期內開設一家由囚犯管理的餐廳,而該餐廳也將面向公眾開放。


監獄當局與慈善機構The Clink合作開設這家餐廳,預計明年開始營業。在此之前,The Clink已經在英國其他城市開設了兩家相同概念的餐廳。歷史數據顯示,在2012年中,共有15000位食客光顧The Clink位於其他兩地的監獄餐廳。The Clink目前已經得到有關地方當局批准,把監獄內部舊的監獄總管寓所改造成為新的餐廳。
據悉,此間100座的餐廳旨在為囚犯提供工作技能方面的指導,以便其在未來能更好地適應社會。
這個慈善組織的行政總監克里斯·摩爾(Chris Moore)說:「這家監獄餐廳的地理位置適中,能保證顧客的來源,而為餐廳服務的囚犯則要通過嚴格的選拔才能參與此項目。」該慈善機構的負責人同時表示,The Clink已經在薩里郡(Surrey)和加迪夫(Cardiff)的另外兩所監獄開設了此類由囚犯管理的餐廳,同時預計在未來四年內在全英增設七家同類餐廳。
布里克斯頓地方官員表示,非常高興能為監獄內的囚犯提供這樣的場所進行再就業的培訓。「餐廳也將為顧客提供一次非同凡響的用餐體驗。」
據BBC了解,新建的監獄餐廳除了100個座位之外,也將設定商業會議中心。監獄長官傑裏米·萊特(Jeremy Wright)說:「這個概念非常棒,不僅能為囚犯提供謀生技能,也能有效降低重犯率。」「目前英國的重犯概率仍舊非常高,而通過類似監獄餐廳這樣的概念,我們希望囚犯們能夠重新培養自己的職業技能和素養,從而遠離犯罪。」




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新商品的合作開發與實驗計畫
大學教育的作用是什麼呢? 它有時候很有威力: 譬如說 1971-2年我上成功嶺受訓時有一IQ測試  沒有發表成績---不過我發現它對學過"工程圖學"的學生而言太簡單了......
同樣的. 下述的個案之了解 多有賴於學校所學的企業/工業管理以及吳老師教的"實驗計畫"1973


我在80年代初到美國找吳老師  他很忙在速食店請我.
他說: 用垃圾實物請你可真不成敬意
其實它的學問很大呢
請看

美國速食業炸薯條新戰線: 讀Burger King launching lower-calorie french fry

 我讀此篇報導"寫得很好(精彩的個案寫作).差別完全在供應商研發出的新裹粉配方.妙的是對手麥當勞的反應..... 從商業角度看Burge KING 想訴之"熱量的減少並提高其售價"的方式  可能不見得是一種成功的市場區隔. 我希望幾年後 可以有Follow up的文章.

 

川瀬健一 Kawase 先生 (II) 台灣映画Taiwan Films 2013/ 日本明星在臺灣的活躍


  川瀨先生講談會

主題;川瀨健一( Kawase Kenichi 中日文交互使用)先生詮釋吳念真「多桑」
翻譯:邱年振瑞先生
時間:200511月17日 (四) ,13:30~14:30
地點:溫州街64號,明目書社。

說明:趁川瀨健一(Kawase Kenichi )先生應金馬獎邀請來台,特別請他與我們交流。川瀨先生著有『台灣電影饗宴:百年導覽』(李常傳譯,台北:南天書局,2002 )。

 

 Kawase 先生此行一個月送(前後2次會 各請客一次)我的雜誌和文章.
他還去宜蘭拍"大稻埕"電影(2014 春發行)顧問2天.

大稻埕1920變裝遊行
活動頁的短網址
http://on.fb.me/1dKruiV

 ----2013.9.3

Kawase 先生來訪。我嚇一跳,因為他原說4號才訪台。他說因為月底前就必須回日本,所以8月底提前來。八方雲集的豬頭皮等很合他的胃口。飯後到 秋水堂--我買法學書《不當得利》" Unjust Enrichment --雅博客--我買郭良蕙作品集《遙遠的路》1991 台北:時報) 當代表---4本當中選一。此集初期只有《自序》 ----

".....我不敢斷言它們都能被你喜愛,但是你絕不會認為對你是一種浪費。不論過去,現在,還是未來。"

後來還有王寧《"茫中的知識 悲愴後的光明---讀台灣女作家郭良蕙的小說》以及董保中的《郭良蕙的台北人世界》

他很快就認出她是寫《郭良蕙看文物》的作者,Kawase先生將此書當他的"書"箱""藏書之一。我跟他介紹此人,如果在日本,郭的稿費可能就可以過得很好。

由於Kawase先生今天跟文夏先生通電話,又見四人.。他今年的日文《台灣電影》年刊有多篇訪問稿,我建議他發行漢譯。訪客當中有年長之大家,可作出諸如徐小虎-王季遷的《畫語錄》 (台北:典藏,2013)。

跟他討論瀨健一《臺北文獻日本明星在臺灣的活躍表現─池部良、石原裕次郎、美空雲雀、小林旭、陳宛頻(譯),第 184 期 2013.6  
一 文中的細節。
跟他去公館捷運站搭車,我去領錢。經臺灣大學門前之植栽"台大",他第一次注意到這。可惜此次"大"字修剪整齊,"台"字則修剪一半。他跟我說日本絕對度可能這樣半吊子。談日本公車美而穩定,昔日台灣公車美則美矣,不過過份講求速度,橫衝直撞。現在改善很多。
6.21
昨夜,回国了。
非常谢谢。
川瀨健一
 非常謝謝你的信和7-Eleven 貼紙

 2013.6.19
接獲 川瀬健一 一封平信: 一封介紹他花13多年的心力編的三部"台灣上映過1899-1945的電影": 黃仁和文夏鄭重推薦.
內附有6張7-ELEVEN (前天咖啡後無法入睡) 的集點:"送給您".....

2013.6.17
Kawase 先生6點40來訪.今天碰面連我6人. 問你木食上人---Kingdom of Beauty....
他認為blogging和Facebook等都太浪費時間.周四回國.下周在日本的台灣研究協會(奈良天理大學)講/報告(他1999年起每年報告 是最認真的會員--此協會年會費5000元每5年來台開會--臺大和中國文化大學)1895年日軍來台灣的疾病問題: 來二萬多.死百來名生病/瘧疾四千多人. 日本關於疾病宣導的文化電影.....照例我請豬頭皮和鍋貼等.他飯後抽煙並請喝咖啡.....談黃春明希望所有的訪談等在他身後才發表....此次他希望拍照作為証物.....他的書要寫黃仁文夏推薦......)下回9月初見面送我台灣電影研究年刊....

 2013.6.5
下午四點多川瀨先生來訪20-30分. 請玉荷包.談他此次帶15本新書的去處. 談日治時代5部台灣電影 (都已銷毀 比較韓國 大不同). 台灣電影圖書館只收200部台語片.


2013.6.1

  川瀬先生來訪至午後5點 只一杯茶招待
補寄2009年在報紙資料庫的一些日本名人小林旭等8-9人訪台之報導.
 討論張深切  張深切全集(全12卷) 也只是他一生的部分
民俗知識70歲以後不身體撿 癌症治療法之破壞性.....
手臂痛的請教和自然甩手法. (李筱峰的腰痛故事)......


這部1946台灣才播 第3部的電影名稱與其書不同
Les Misérables is a 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same name. It was written and directed by Raymond Bernard and stars Harry Baur as Jean Valjean and Charles Vanel as Javert. The film lasts four and a half hours and is considered by critics to be the greatest adaptation of the novel, due to its in-depth development of the themes and characters in comparison with most shorter adaptations.[1][2][3]
It was released as three films that premiered over a period of three weeks.[citation needed]
  • Part One: Une tempête sous un crâne (Tempest in a Skull)
  • Part Two: Les Thénardier (The Thenardiers)
  • Part Three: Liberté, liberté chérie (Freedom, dear Freedom)

2013.5.29


五點川瀨先生來訪我又約了游常山先生6所以去7-Eleven 請川瀨喝45元的拿鐵他跟我說20年前就免費供應統一發票對講號碼他贏過千元一次百元數次我從沒對過發票所以還是第一次拿到這他跟我大談他的新書: 1899-1945的台灣放映過的西洋片65006百多頁定價15000日圓他給我看85歲的文夏給他親手寫的日文書之讚美…….他在吃完飯後說今天恰巧是他生日不過他近40歲就決定不做生日他近來13年致力於1949年前的台灣電影茲廖預計明後年可完成(共二千多頁)

先生雖是第一次見面不過他的腦袋裝有台灣萬人之資料庫所以可以大談我們共同的朋友譬如說游克強先生的故事及其四五本詩集

由於川瀨先生經常給朋友請大餐我建議去紫藤盧這是對的決定因為茶好又能認識來看畫展的蘇南洲夫婦他跟我們講許多西鄉隆盛(南洲)的野史又巧遇周渝和周辰 (美國)兄弟我與周學長暢談他承認的確有心出書又贈送三篇大作紫藤盧無何有之鄉的茶境》《真人御風真茶感通》《數首



2013.5.15
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来週5月21日から、6月20日まで台湾へいきます。
再会を楽しみにしております。
久疏问候。
您,思念活跃的。
从下周5月21日,到6月20日在台湾。
期待着再见。
川濑健一



2013.4.14
『植民地 台湾で上映された映画 洋画編
         ―1899(明治32)年~1945 (昭和20)年―』
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 『植民地 台湾で上映された映画 洋画編 1899(明治32)年~1945 (昭和20)年』
を製作編集するのに、十三年余りの歳月を必要としたが、日本時代に台湾で上映された映画〔日本・台湾・中国・西洋(再上映を含め) 〕、総数2万3千7百本、図版資料600枚余りを収録することができた。
《日治時期在台灣上映的電影 西洋篇 18991945年》
              約花費十年執筆的《日治時期在台灣上映的電影 1899~1934年》與《日治時期在台灣上映的電影 1935~1945年》這兩本書已付梓出版,而筆者目前仍持續努力,希望耗時四年左右執筆的《日治時期在台灣上映的電影 西洋篇 1899~1945年》,能夠於明年出版
              本書收錄了約6500部電影的片名(包括部分電影在各國不同的譯名),皆為戰前於台灣上映的美國義大利德國等外國電影,另外也援用了電影廣告等當時在台灣發行的報章雜誌的資料
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定價15千日圓(不含税)

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Miles Davis (1926-91), Trumpeter, Jazz Genius,



September 29, 1991
OBITUARY

Miles Davis, Trumpeter, Dies; Jazz Genius, 65, Defined Cool

By JON PARELES
Miles Davis, the trumpeter and composer whose haunting tone and ever-changing style made him an elusive touchstone of jazz for four decades, died yesterday at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 65 years old.
He died of pneumonia, respiratory failure and a stroke, his doctor, Jeff Harris, said in a statement released by the hospital.
A spokeswoman for the hospital, Pat Kirk, said yesterday that Mr. Davis had been a patient there for several weeks.
Mr. Davis's unmistakable, voicelike, nearly vibratoless tone -- at times distant and melancholy, at others assertive yet luminous -- has been imitated around the world.
His solos, whether ruminating on a whispered ballad melody or jabbing against a beat, have been models for generations of jazz musicians. Other trumpeters play faster and higher, but more than in any technical feats Mr. Davis's influence lay in his phrasing and sense of space. "I always listen to what I can leave out," he would say.
Equally important, Mr. Davis never settled into one style; every few years he created a new lineup and format for his groups. Each phase brought denunciations from critics; each, except for the most recent one, has set off repercussions throughout modern jazz. "I have to change," he once said. "It's like a curse."
Mr. Davis came of age in the be-bop era; many successive styles -- cool jazz, hard-bop, modal jazz, jazz-rock, jazz-funk -- were sparked or ratified by his example. Throughout his career he was grounded in the blues, but he also drew on pop, flamenco, classical music, rock, Arab music and Indian music. Musicians he discovered often moved on to innovations of their own.
Mr. Davis was also known for a volatile personality and arrogant public pronouncements, and for a stage presence that could be charismatic or aloof. For a while, he turned his back on audiences as he played and walked offstage when he was not soloing. His public persona was flamboyant, uncompromising and fiercely independent; he drove Ferraris and Lamborghinis and did not mince words when he disliked something.
Yet his music was deeply collaborative. He spurred his sidemen to find their own musical voices and was inspired by them in turn.
Trumpet at 13 Miles Dewey Davis 3d was born May 25, 1926, in Alton, Ill., the son of an affluent dental surgeon, and grew up in East St. Louis, Ill. On his 13th birthday, he was given a trumpet and lessons with a local jazz musician, Elwood Buchanan. He got his musicians' union card at 15 so he could perform around St. Louis with Eddie Randall's Blue Devils.
Clark Terry, the trumpeter, one of his early idols, became Mr. Davis's mentor, and his local reputation grew quickly. Mr. Davis's parents made him turn down early offers to join big bands. But in 1944 the Billy Eckstine band, which then included two men who were beginning to create be-bop -- Charlie Parker on alto saxophone and Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet -- arrived in St. Louis with an ailing third trumpeter. Mr. Davis sat in for two weeks. The experience made him decide to move to New York, the center of the be-bop revolution.
He enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in September 1944, and for his first months in New York he studied classical music by day and jazz by night, in the clubs of 52d Street and Harlem. Mr. Parker, who roomed with Mr. Davis for a time, and Mr. Gillespie introduced him to the coterie of be-bop musicians. From them he learned the harmonic vocabulary of be-bop and began to forge a solo style.
Mr. Davis made his first recording in May 1945 backing up a singer, Rubberlegs Williams. He also performed in the 52d Street clubs with the saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis. In the fall of that year he joined Charlie Parker's quintet and dropped out of Juilliard.
"Up at Juilliard," Mr. Davis said later, "I played in the symphony, two notes, 'bop-bop,' every 90 bars, so I said, 'Let me out of here,' and then I left."
With Parker's quintet, Mr. Davis recorded one of the first be-bop sessions in November 1945. It yielded the singles "Now's the Time" and "Koko." For the next few years he worked primarily with Parker, and his tentative, occasionally shaky playing evolved into a pared-down, middle-register style that created a contrast with Parker's aggressive forays. He made his first recording as a leader on Aug. 14, 1947, with a quintet that included Parker on tenor saxophone.
But Mr. Davis was moving away from the extroversion of early be-bop, and in 1948 he began to experiment with a new, more elaborately orchestrated style that would become known as "cool jazz." Working with the arrangers Gil Evans (a frequent collaborator throughout his career), John Lewis and Gerry Mulligan, Mr. Davis brought a nine-piece band to the Royal Roost in New York to play rich, ruminative ensemble pieces, with solos floating in diffuse clouds of harmony. Although the public showed little interest, Mr. Davis was able to record the music in 1949 and 1950, and it helped spawn a cerebral cool-jazz movement on the West Coast.
Mr. Davis became a heroin addict in the early 1950's, performing infrequently and making erratic recordings. But in 1954 he overcame his addiction and began his first string of important small-group recordings.
"Walkin'," a swaggering blues piece informed by the extended harmonies of be-bop, turned decisively away from cool jazz and announced the arrival of hard bop. During 1954 Mr. Davis recorded with such leading musicians as the saxophonist Sonny Rollins and the pianists Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk.
Over the next year, he made a triumphant appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival and assembled his first important quintet, with John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums.
Breakthrough to Popularity Like many of the Davis bands to follow, it seemed to be an incompatible grouping in prospect, mixing the suavity and harmonic nuances of Garland and Chambers with the forcefulness of Jones and the raw energy of Coltrane.
But it achieved a remarkable balance of delicacy and drive, with a sense of space and dynamics influenced by the pianist Ahmad Jamal's trio, and it brought Mr. Davis his first general popularity.
The quintet recorded six albums in 1955-56, four of them in marathon sessions to fulfill Mr. Davis's recording contract with the independent Prestige Records label so he could sign with Columbia, a major label.
In 1957 Mr. Davis had a throat operation to remove nodes from his vocal cords. Two days later he began shouting at someone who, he once said, "tried to convince me to go into a deal I didn't want." His voice was permanently damaged, reduced to a raspy whisper.
During the late 1950's Mr. Davis alternated orchestral albums with Gil Evans arrangements -- "Miles Ahead" (1957), "Porgy and Bess" (1958) and "Sketches of Spain" (1960) -- with small-group sessions. He recorded the soundtrack for Louis Malle's film "Ascenseur Pour l'Echafaud" ("Elevator to the Gallows") with French musicians, then reconvened his quintet and added Julian (Cannonball) Adderley on alto saxophone. The sound track and the sextet's first album, "Milestones," signaled another metamorphosis, cutting back the harmonic motion of be-bop to make music with fewer chords and more ambiguous harmonies.
Mood and Melodic Tension With "Kind of Blue" in 1959, that change was complete. Most of the pieces on "Kind of Blue" (composed by Mr. Davis or his new pianist, Bill Evans) were based on modal scales rather than chords. Mood and melodic tension became paramount, in music that was at times voluptuous and austere.
From this point onward, Mr. Davis would return often to music based on static, stripped-down harmonies. John Coltrane, among others, was to make modal jazz one of the definitive styles of the 1960's.
The Davis group's personnel fluctuated in the early 1960's until Mr. Davis settled on a new quintet in 1964, with Wayne Shorter (who became the group's main composer) on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums. It was one of the most important ensembles in 1960's jazz, pushing tonal harmony to its limits and developing a dazzling rhythmic flexibility.
On the albums "E.S.P.," "Miles Smiles," "The Sorcerer" and "Nefertiti," the group could swing furiously, then open up unexpected spaces or dissolve the beat into abstract waves of sound. The quintet defined an exploratory alternative to 1960's free jazz. The four sidemen also recorded prolifically on their own, extending the quintet's influence.
Branching Into Rock Rhythms Mr. Davis had touched on rock rhythms in one selection on "E.S.P.," but with the 1968 albums "Miles in the Sky" and "Filles de Kilimanjaro," he began to experiment more seriously with rock rhythms, repeating bass lines and electronic instruments. He also began to work with open-ended compositions, based on rhythmic feeling, fragments of melody or bass patterns and his own on-the-spot directives.
Mr. Davis expanded the group on "In a Silent Way" (1969) with three electric keyboards and electric guitar. Using static harmonics and a rock undercurrent, the music was eerie and reflective, at once abstract and grounded by the beat. "Bitches Brew" (1969), recorded by a larger group -- trumpeter, soprano saxophonist, bass clarinetist, two bassists, two or three keyboardists, three drummers and a percussionist -- was an aggressive, spooky sequel, roiling and churning with improvisations in every register.
The two albums, along with performances at the Fillmore East and Fillmore West rock auditoriums, brought Mr. Davis's music to the rock audience; "Bitches Brew" became a best-selling album. Musicians who had worked with Mr. Davis from 1968-70 went on to lead the pioneering jazz-rock groups -- the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony Williams Lifetime, Weather Report and Return to Forever.
Reaching Young Blacks Mr. Davis, meanwhile, was turning from rock toward funk; in interviews at the time, he talked about reaching young black audiences. His bands in the 1970's were anchored by a bassist, Michael Henderson, who had worked with Stevie Wonder, and they moved percussion and syncopated bass lines into the foreground. Around them, keyboards, saxophone, guitars and Mr. Davis's trumpet (now electrified, and often played through a wah-wah pedal) supplied rhythmic and textural effects as well as solos.
"On the Corner" (1972), which also used Indian tabla drums and sitar, marked the change, and a pair of live albums, "Dark Magus" and "Pangaea," were even more jolting. Conventional melody and harmony had been virtually abandoned; the music was a thicket of rhythms and electronic textures. Critical reaction at the time was mixed, but those albums became an inspiration to the late-1970's "no wave" noise-rockers and a new generation of funk experimenters in the 1980's.
By the end of 1975 mounting medical problems -- among them ulcers, throat nodes, hip surgery and bursitis -- forced Mr. Davis into a five-year retirement. In 1981 he returned with an album, "The Man With the Horn," a Kool Jazz Festival concert in New York and a band featuring Robert Irving 3d as keyboardist and co-producer.
Although Mr. Davis's technique was intact, the music seemed for the first time to involve commercial calculations and a look backward at Mr. Davis's previous styles; he even played pop songs. With "You're Under Arrest" (1985), "Tutu" (1986) and "Music From Siesta" (1988), he recorded the music layer by layer, like pop albums, instead of leading musicians in live interaction. But on stage and on record, especially on the blues-oriented "Star People" (1983), there were still moments of the fierce beauty that is Mr. Davis's lasting legacy to American music.
His last New York performance was in June as part of a double bill with B. B. King in the JVC Jazz Festival. In a review in The New York Times, Peter Watrous called the performance "a particularly bad night" for Mr. Davis. "The problem seemed simple," Mr. Watrous wrote. "Mr. Davis was incapable of sustaining more than a few notes at a time; the spareness seemed less an editorial decision than a decision handed down by physical constraints."
Mr. Davis was married three times, to the dancer Frances Taylor, singer Betty Mabry and the actress Cicely Tyson. All ended in divorce. Survivors include a daughter, Cheryl; three sons, Gregory, Miles IV and Erin, and several grandchildren.
Memorial services are being planned in New York City and East St. Louis, said Ms. Kirk at the hospital.

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Photo of Davis in 1955 taken by Tom Palumbo
Background information
Birth name Miles Dewey Davis III
Born May 26, 1926
Alton, Illinois, United States
Died September 28, 1991 (aged 65)
Santa Monica, California, United States
Genres Jazz, hard bop, bebop, cool jazz, modal, fusion, third stream, jazz-funk, jazz rap[1][2]
Occupations Musician (bandleader, composer, trumpeter).
Instruments Trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, organ, synthesizer
Years active 1944–1975, 1980–1991
Labels Capitol Jazz/EMI, Columbia/CBS, Warner Bros. Dial Records
Associated acts Billy Eckstine, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis Quintet, Gil Evans
Website www.milesdavis.com
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century,[3] Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.
Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.[4] Davis was noted as "one of the key figures in the history of jazz".[4] On October 7, 2008, his 1959 album Kind of Blue received its fourth platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of at least four million copies in the United States.[5] On December 15, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution recognizing and commemorating the album Kind of Blue on its 50th anniversary, "honoring the masterpiece and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure".[6]

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