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Jazz Fusion is a musical genre formed in the late 1960s when musicians combined styles such as jazz, funk, rock, and R&B commonly referred to as rhythm and blues. It has been popularized by artists like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, and Allan Holdsworth, along with many other legends in the jazz world. Jazz and rock music have played an integral part in society throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Jazz populated the airwaves throughout the 1940s and 1950s. With artists like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonious Monk. Jazz of the 1940s was commonly referred to as Bebop which is characterized by fast tempo, complex chord progressions, and numerous key changes. In the year 1959 you had the breakthrough jazz record Kind Of Blue recorded by the great Miles Davis. This record has been quoted as the "greatest jazz record of all time". It was recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City accompanied by pianist Bill Evans, saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb. This was the first modal jazz record and shaped the sound for jazz of the 1960s and 1970s. For this record Miles Davis brought sketches to the studio with no sheet music. Just telling the musicians to play what they feel and listen to each other. While the record was improvised and loosely sketched it has sold millions of copies and has made a remarkable staple in the jazz community. Some modal jazz and/or jazz fusion records that followed were Bitches Brew, Headhunters, Birds Of Fire, and In A Silent Way. The Jazz artists of the 1960s and 1970s had a large impact on many rock groups of that era such as Santana, Guthrie Govan, and Frank Zappa. They took jazz phrasing and harmony and incorporated it into modern rock music, changing history as we know it and paving the way for artists that would follow in their footsteps. Carlos Santana in particular has given much credit twoards Miles Davis and the influence he had on his music. While Miles Davis combined jazz with Modal and Rock influences Carlos Santana combined these along with Latin rhythms and feel shaping a whole new genre latin rock. Other rock artists such as Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix and The Allman Brothers Band have taken influences from jazz and jazz fusion and incorporated it into their own music. Taking various rhythms, instrumentation, musical theory, and soundscapes from the jazz realm and bringing it into rock music and all that it had to offer. Miles Davis was one of the first Jazz musicians to incorporate Fusion into their material. In 1975 Miles Davis stopped making music due to ongoing problems with drugs and alcohol. His guitar player John McLaughlin branched out forming his own fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra. Blending Indian classical music, jazz, and psychedelic rock they created a whole new style just like John McLaughlins former band member Miles Davis. Miles Davis went on to record many Jazz Fusion records such as In A Silent Way, and most famously Bitches Brew. He also recorded live albums during this period such as Live Evil, and Miles Davis at Fillmore Live at the Fillmore East.