Object Details
- Description (Brief)
This custom jacket was made by Versace in Italy, circa 1991, for American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis (1926 - 1991).
Davis wore this jacket during his performance with Quincy Jones for the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, in 1991. Davis’ collaboration with Jones was one of his last performances and was a return to performing songs arranged by Gil Evans, that were featured on his albums from the 1950s, Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- user
- Davis, Miles
- maker
- Versace, Gianni
- date made
- 1991
- Credit Line
- Miles Davis Properties
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 10 in x 24 in; 76.2 cm x 25.4 cm x 60.96 cm
- Object Name
- jacket
