Did you know Miles Davis was influenced by John Cage? "Mingus was playing really different shit. All of a sudden he started doing this strange-sounding music, almost overnight. Now, nothing in music and sounds is "wrong". You can hit anything, any kind of chord. Like John Cage playing the shit he's playing, making all them strange sounds and noises" John Cage and Miles Davis met in 1948 in New York. Miles recorded in 1949 and 1950, this was Birth of the Cool. The music was meant to be more laid back and mellow than the fast rhythms and elaborate solos associated with regular bebop music, also using different chord tones. Did Cage influence Miles on this recording? These recordings inspired a whole new movement in jazz music, typically referred to as cool jazz. Although Miles thought Cage's music was "Crazy" he respected the music and what Cage was trying to do. Some of Miles's influences are Jimi Hendrix, Prince, john Cage, and Harry Parch. I just wanted to bring this up so that people can realize American Jazz Innovation was influenced by classical music. What we are discussing in class translates perfectly to what I will be discussing in a few weeks regarding AmericanMusical Innovation in Jazz.
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