Bitches Brew: How Miles Davis Blew Up Jazz and Invented the Future

Get in touch! As jazz musicians started realizing that rock and electric bands were stealing their audiences, Miles Davis, who’s alternately been called most important musician in the history of jazz, the man who transformed jazz, and even the man who changed music itself, took the music in a new direction when he invented jazz fusion. In fact, during his lifetime, Miles didn’t change music just once, he did it five times. Fusion started happening in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Like trad jazz, it uses acoustic instruments like trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, and drums, but to all that, fusion also adds heavy use of synthesizers, electric piano, drum machines, and effects-saturated electric guitars. IN THIS EPISODE: Santana: Welcome Interview: Teo Macero; Miles Davis' legendary record producer. The Free Spirits (featuring Larry Coryell) - Girl of the Mountain Gary Burton Norwegian Wood I Want You Steve Marcus Tomorrow Never Knows Interview: Larry Coryell talks about his early days in '60s New York City Miles Davis So What Stuff Tout de Suite Mademoiselle Mabry In a Silent Way Interview: John McLaughlin talks about playing with Miles Davis Interview: Teo Macero Jimi Hendrix Little Miss Lover Miles Davis John McLaughlin Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Time After Time Interview: Miles Davis talks about Prince