Tonight begins a month of music that reflected some of the bands and the changes that were happening in Jazz music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Rock and funk music and electric instruments were being absorbed into Jazz by various bands but the real mover and shaker was Miles Davis, whose music was undergoing a major transformation. Gone were the old tunes and the mainly acoustic instruments. The music of "Miles In The Sky", "Filles of Kilimanjaro", "In A Silent Way" and of course "Bitches Brew" were about the changes in Miles' music. The next step was to play those concepts with an increase in energy and volume and that is what tonight's Jazz Feature is about. It is a set recorded at the famous New York rock palace, Fillmore East, with his working band of 1970. Davis on open trumpet with a 19 year old wonder on tenor and soprano saxophones, Steve Grossman. Two great keyboard wizards are on board playing a variety of electric keyboards, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. Dave Holland on acoustic and electric bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Airto Moreira on percussion, flute and vocal. This is a complete and unedited set as played at the Fillmore East and points at future directions by the mercurial Mr. Davis. Check it out tonight and tune in on successive shows in April for more of the early happenings in what became known as "fusion".

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