INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Running Down Miles' Voodoo

By Ron Hart 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Bitches Brew, an album long considered to be one of the pivotal turning points in the history of jazz. Change was indeed in the air when Miles Davis initially incorporated electronic elements into 1968's Miles in the Sky and 1969's Filles De Kilimanjaro. However, when he created an album with an all-electric ensemble with In A Silent Way (also released in '69), it was met with a staggering combination of awe and angst by both jazz an...

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