Whitaker Jazz Speaks | 1940s-1950s – The Birth of Cool & Hard Bop | Miles Davis & the Birth of Cool: Reinventing Jazz in Post-War America

This talk will explore Davis’s pivotal role in bebop (playing with Charlie Parker), the development of cool jazz, his time at Juilliard, and how his collaborations shaped modern jazz. Kahn’s extensive work on his literary work inspired by the recording Kind of Blue makes him an ideal choice to connect historical aspects with the artistic innovations.