Released: 1971
Jack Johnson
by Miles Davis
The 2061st greatest album of all time
Jack Johnson is an electric-era Miles Davis album created as the soundtrack for a film about the boxer Jack Johnson. The music blends jazz improvisation with rock and funk rhythms, emphasizing amplified instruments, propulsive backbeats, and extended electric solos that favor groove and texture over conventional song forms. It is a notable example of Davis's jazz fusion phase and his exploration of heavier, rock-influenced sonorities.
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