... link below.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57450458-10391698/miles-davis-saluted-with-a-stamp/
Includes brief bios on both.
France's Postal Service is also issuing the stamps. Neat collaboration. Fine honor to two great musicians. (Will be stocking up on the stamps myself if the post office happens to have them in stock, which they probably won't; sigh.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57450458-10391698/miles-davis-saluted-with-a-stamp/
Includes brief bios on both.
Born in Alton, Illinois in 1926, Davis attended Julliard School in New York City and performed with jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker during the bebop movement of the '40s. He started leading his own groups and collaborated with arranger Gil Evans on "Birth of the Cool" in 1949.
French singer Edith Piaf (1915-1963) was also acknowledged at the ceremony in remarks made by American songwriter Mike Stoller and producer George Avakian. She is best known for the songs "La Vie en Rose" ("Life in Pink," which was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998) and "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" ("No Regrets"). Piaf's songs were performed at the ceremony by singer Maria Elena Infantino.
France's Postal Service is also issuing the stamps. Neat collaboration. Fine honor to two great musicians. (Will be stocking up on the stamps myself if the post office happens to have them in stock, which they probably won't; sigh.)