In the 1970s and ’80s jazz met rock in a modern form called “fusion’ or “jazz rock.” Miles Davis, pioneering yet another jazz genre, was essential in laying the groundwork for jazz fusion by adding rock beats and electric instruments to several of his albums in the late ’60s and throughout the ’70s, causing much consternation among jazz purists. Pianists Chick Corea and, as we see in this video, Herbie Hancock, guitarist Pat Metheny and the jazz-rock ensemble Weather Report didn’t express consternation at all, embracing and advancing fusion by adding synthesizers, keyboards and highly processed woodwinds.
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