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August 23, 2005
"That's when jazz lost its best friend."
"The trouble started when the first guitar player plugged in to the amplifier and played the blues really loud and rock n roll was created. That's when jazz lost its best friend. Jazz was like, 'Okay, who do I relate to? What popular music do I draw from?' When rock n roll happened, all of a sudden there were no cord changes, and melody took a back seat to rhythm. The jazz player said, 'Where are the chord changes, what's going to spur on my improvisation?'"
--Marcus Miller, Open Source Radio, July 25, 2005, "Miles: Early, Late, Real, Yours"
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