[Dixielandjazz] Is Miles Davis Jazz?

[Stephen Barbone]

Some of us don't hear Miles as Jazz and some of us do. Pretty much
certain he is not OKOM as we define it. It is not important what we
think either way. Each to his own.

What is important, is that his album, "Kind of Blue", cut in 1959 or so
has been the top selling JAZZ album (as categorized by whomever else
exists besides us in the world of jazz) for many, if not all of the
years since then. It is certainly, I think, the top selling jazz record
for the period 1959 to 2003. In spite of that, many might quote the
opening song from that album and say "So What".

So What, indeed.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone