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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

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