Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Miles Davis Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

[Mike]

Kinda reminds me of when the "Headhunters" album was released(w/ Herbie 
Hancock) the big debate then was whether or not it was a jazz album.

Mike


DWSI at aol.com wrote:
> Steve Barbone picked up on this article in the The New York Times  Arts 
> Section Sunday and I'm glad he did. It raises an interesting question about  the 
> value of music "categories." The article points out that many people  are 
> unhappy with Miles being called a rocker--even though he contributed to  early Rock 
> development--but that Miles himself didn't mind being called one. The  article 
> seemed to be asking a question it never clearly articulated: Is Miles a  
> Rocker or a Jazzer? And if he's a jazz artist, does he qualify as a great  
> OKOM-type jazz artist? Now I see why they invented the term "fusion" to describe  
> where jazz is going. Why should we care about these fences around musical  
> categories? 
> 
> Dan (Backup Pianoman) Spink  
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