YOU guys probably know this but for those who don't, Davis also influenced some of rock's finest talents:
Grace Slick wrote "White Rabbit" after a marathon listening session of
Sketches of Spain.
Duane Allman said that he had listened intently to Davis's
Kind of Blue for two years.
The soloing in "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" which put 'em on the underground radio map, breaking out
Live at Fillmore East , reflects the influence of Miles' modal philosophy during those sessions.
He's probably also directly responsible for the birth of "jazz fusion" with
In A Silent Way and
Bitches Brew.
(From
the usual source):
"By 1969, Davis's core working band consisted of Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Dave Holland on bass, Chick Corea on electric piano, and Jack DeJohnette on drums.[10] The group, minus DeJohnette, recorded In a Silent Way (1969) which also featured Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Tony Williams, and Herbie Hancock...."
Ok there's the seeds of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, and Return to Forever....
Larry Young was also on the
Bitches Brew sessions, later recruited to play organ on the posthumous Hendrix release
9 to the Universe , as was Dave Holland:
"Bassist Dave Holland commented: "I'm not quite sure why I was called, but I was real happy to do it. It was a lot of fun and very informal. Nothing was really planned ... It was real loose, and Jimi seemed as if he was putting it together as he went."
Alan Douglas likely introduced Hendrix to Miles Davis, Young, and Dave Holland, among others, even though he gets a bad rap for his handling of his posthumous Hendrix releases.
And the list goes on:
"Thom Yorke, singer of the English rock band Radiohead, cited it as an influence on their 1997 album OK Computer: "It was building something up and watching it fall apart, that's the beauty of it. It was at the core of what we were trying to do"
Davis is undeniably one of the giants of jazz, but I could understand if the doco doesn't go up to '70-'71.
I'll look for it and thanks for the heads-up!