1960 was a year that signaled the start of one of the most tumultuous eras in American history. As John Kennedy squared off against Richard Nixon in the U.S. presidential election and students mounted sit-ins to protest segregated restaurants in the South, the social and cultural changes that had been brewing since the end of World War II began to come more and more to the forefront.
The jazz world was witnessing change as well, with many musicians falling under the modal-jazz spell of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, as well as the free-jazz influence of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, whose music was either bewildering or liberating, depending on who you talked to. Night Lights' “1960: Jazz at the Dawn of a Decade" features music from both artists as well as Eric Dolphy, Hank Mobley, Wes Montgomery, Max Roach, and more.
The jazz world was witnessing change as well, with many musicians falling under the modal-jazz spell of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, as well as the free-jazz influence of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, whose music was either bewildering or liberating, depending on who you talked to. Night Lights' “1960: Jazz at the Dawn of a Decade" features music from both artists as well as Eric Dolphy, Hank Mobley, Wes Montgomery, Max Roach, and more.
