Miles was the most diverse and prolific of all of the jazz artists. He started off in the cool West Coast vibe, and then went to bop, hard bop, and pioneered modal jazz. Then he did the more impressionistic "post bop" bop style while simultaneously moonlighting with Gil Evans. Those two styles are somewhat similar and that it takes jazz into a more popular vein. Miles always had his ear towards radio and even did rendition of D Train's "Something's on your mind". Scritti Politti borrowed from that song for their hit "Perfect way" and Miles then covered that on Tutu.