>Though i agree that I don't here much Rock in Miles'
>jazz-fusion recordings (with Mahavishnu it's undeniable),
>there is no way to deny the funk. i mean by the time we get to
>Dark Magus, Miles and his team are DEEP in the bowels of the
>funk sound, feel, attitude. its hyper sexual, strong, proud,
>and angry. it is kind of fitting that it was his last
>recording before the 6-8 year hiatus.

All of those things were ALWAYS in jazz! Always. To that point they just hadn't been taken to that point of electrification. Jazz bass then is still an upright. Keys were piano. Drummers weren't mic'd the same if they were at all. Most of the jazz guitarists had left for other genres so they could be up front. So when you break from that cannon and pick up those instruments, but you're coming from the musical background of jazz but want to take that compositionally to another level. WHOOOOOOOOOO that's a hell of a formula. But the music itself is still jazz. The provocativeness, the attitude, the sexuality, the pride and strength, the anger, all of that shit was always in jazz.

That's my only point of contention though. Spot on with all the rest.

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