Jazz-Rock has been defined as music that has combined elements of both Jazz and Rock ‘N’ Roll, and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments (Dictionary.com). Jazz-Rock is often called fusion or cross over and is accompanied by bass lines, drumming styles and Rock music (Britannica.com). It tends to put an emphasis on electric instruments and dance rhythms and in the 1960s jazz tunes began to include Rock rhythms, those elements have contrasted and enhanced each other (Britannica). During the late 1960s Jazz started to feel the impact of the Rock revolution which took place on the East and the West coast (Cengage.com). Jazz-Rock has been referred to as cross over due to the sales of music which had crossed over from the Jazz market
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Jazz venues began to shut their doors and labels began to abandon Jazz in order to pursue Rock (Cengage.com). Jazz-Rock began to appear on the radio in the 1980s and the 1990s, and soon it began to abandon Jazz elements and started using a little improvisation (Britannica.com). Jazz artists had begun to seek opportunities abroad and the fusion of Jazz and Rock began to be diminished by smooth Jazz (Cengage.com). Soon, many artists and critics started to believe that the fusion styles of Jazz were not real and were not genuine (Cengage.com).
Miles Davis was a leading figure when it came to combining the styles of Jazz and Rock music, especially when it came to his album “Bitches Brew” (AARegistry.org). It was with his album success of “In a Silent Way” in 1969 that Miles started to challenge the meaning of the word jazz (Jazz.com). Lester Bangs who was a writer for the Rolling Stones had said that “the music was neither Jazz nor Rock, and that new music is in the air which knows no boundaries or categories…” (Jazz.com). Miles began to combine ideas of free Jazz and Jazz-Rock when he recorded his album Bitches Brew in August of 1969, it ended up receiving critical responses from jazz writers which were mostly negative, and
Jazz venues began to shut their doors and labels began to abandon Jazz in order to pursue Rock (Cengage.com). Jazz-Rock began to appear on the radio in the 1980s and the 1990s, and soon it began to abandon Jazz elements and started using a little improvisation (Britannica.com). Jazz artists had begun to seek opportunities abroad and the fusion of Jazz and Rock began to be diminished by smooth Jazz (Cengage.com). Soon, many artists and critics started to believe that the fusion styles of Jazz were not real and were not genuine (Cengage.com).
Miles Davis was a leading figure when it came to combining the styles of Jazz and Rock music, especially when it came to his album “Bitches Brew” (AARegistry.org). It was with his album success of “In a Silent Way” in 1969 that Miles started to challenge the meaning of the word jazz (Jazz.com). Lester Bangs who was a writer for the Rolling Stones had said that “the music was neither Jazz nor Rock, and that new music is in the air which knows no boundaries or categories…” (Jazz.com). Miles began to combine ideas of free Jazz and Jazz-Rock when he recorded his album Bitches Brew in August of 1969, it ended up receiving critical responses from jazz writers which were mostly negative, and