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Jazz vs. Rock

jazz musicians tended to resent rock and roll

• in comparison to jazz, rock was basic, simple, and mundane (easier to play & listen to)

Jazz piece
Miles Davis' recording of a Bud Powell composition
entitled "Tempus Fugit"

Rock piece
"Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stons

• rockers were successfully making money … often at the expense of jazz players

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