Class Year
2017
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2013
Department 1
Conservatory of Music
Abstract
The paper details Miles Davis's influence in the counterculture rock and roll movement through his development of jazz fusion and his personal connections with rock musicians of the period, as well the overlap in musical ideology that occurred when both rock and jazz began to incorporate elements of each others' styles.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Thatcher, Blake A., "Fracturing Jazz, Freeing Fusion: Miles Davis’s Role in Counterculture Rock" (2013). Student Publications. 105.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/105
Comments
This paper was written as the final project for FYS 118-2, Why Jazz Matters: The Legacy of Pops, Duke, and Miles, in Fall 2013. The course was taught by Dr. John Jones.