How Did Miles Davis Build The Hippie Movement

Writer Oscar Wilde once said that life imitates art. In essence, that saying rings true to the 1960s, where the challenging of the status quo seen in the “hippie movement” was directly in line with the new changes in artistic mediums, including the style of jazz music. In order to bring about this change, it would take famous musicians like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Ron Carter to explore new methods of making music, and taking their careers in a completely new direction. Through these artists and many others, the genre was able to evolve. Living from May 26, 1926 to September 28, 1991, trumpet player Miles Davis was a significant contributor to jazz throughout his life, and helped to push it into a new era. With his album Walkin’. Davis helped create the “hard bop movement,” a variation on bebop. His experimentation with electronic music did not sit well with many artists, including famous jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. Throughout his career, he helped to form several bands, including the first and second “great quintets” in 1955 and 1964, respectively. Despite his proficiency in jazz, he led a particularly troubled personal life, becoming addicted to a number of drugs, which contributed to his death from pneumonia and respiratory failure. After his passing, he was honored in the

His work with the album Watermelon Man caught the attention of Davis, who later invited him as part of the second great quintet. After he had left the quintet, he began to embrace electronic music, and started experimenting with it in his V.S.O.P. quintet. In his personal life, he is a dedicated follower of Nichiren Buddhism, and also is a strong advocate of human rights and the environment. Even after he had left the second great quintet, Hancock still collaborated with members of the group in the aforementioned Tribute to Miles and also with his close friend Wayne