Post-Production Manipulation Versus the Original Tenets of Jazz

Post-Production Manipulation Versus the Original Tenets of Jazz

Miles Davis’s In A Silent Way is partly the result of post-production manipulation (not the first time the technique had been used in jazz). Post-production interventions became and remain a staple of the pop music creative process, so jazz/fusion musicians naturally adopted it’s use. Do post-production treatments subtract from fundamental tenets of jazz such as improvisation and the creative interaction among performers? Does post-production manipulation created in a recording studio contradict the original tenets of jazz? Useful Advice: You may consult any sources including videos, books, and articles to get an idea of how others have compared and contrasted the saxophone playing of Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. No direct quotes can be included; paraphrase instead.