legend
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It’s Miles Davis’ centennial, and fellow musicians discuss how the shapeshifting innovator transformed music over and over again and became more than a jazz legend.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Miles Davis, in his autobiography, referred to Rollins around this time as being “a legend, almost a god to a lot of the younger musicians.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
He is on course to go down in history as a Villa legend.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Kickboxing legend Verhoeven, 37, described it as an "early stoppage" and called for a rematch but said it was up to Usyk.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
And so the legend goes, that he was a good man, peculiar, and not very good at explaining stories clearly.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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