The revolution in jazz that took place around 1949, the evolution from the `` bebop '' school of Dizzy Gillespie to the `` cool '' sound of Miles Davis and Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, and the whole legend of Charlie Parker, had made an impression on many academic and literary men.

Davis commenced his remarks by an allusion to the general feeling of opposition which the meeting had encountered from many of the citizens and all the newspapers of the city.

Nearly twenty-five years before, Captain John Davis had noted, as he sailed near the Arctic Circle, `` a very great gulf, the water whirling and roaring, as it were the meeting of tides ''.

Church official Philip G. Davis noted that the administration and Colonnade buildings had not been fully used for many years and that vacancy increased after staff reductions in 2004.

Essendon had tough, but talented players with the likes of " Rotten Ronnie " Ron Andrews and experienced players such as Barry Davis, Ken Fletcher, Geoff Blethyn, Neville Fields and West Australian import Graham Moss.

Bob Davis acknowledges the possibility that had Coleman played, Essendon may well have won, given that Geelong had no true match for him, as Coleman was simply too skilled.

Davis quickly apologized for the poorly timed comic strip, claiming that it had been written a year in advance and that both his brother and son were veterans.

Bogart's disputes with Warner Bros. over roles and money were similar to those the studio had with other less-than-obedient stars, such as Bette Davis, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland.

Davis believed that his company had paid too much for Infocom and initiated a lawsuit against them to recoup some of the cost, along with changing the way Infocom was run.

Bolstered by this success, Brown recruited a new band, consisted of saxophonist J. C. Davis, guitarist Bobby Roach, bassist Bernard Odum, trumpeter Roscoe Patrick, saxophonist Albert Corley, drummer Nat Kendrick and his old band mate Bobby Byrd, who had rejoined Brown's band on organ.

Historians have criticized Davis for being a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart Abraham Lincoln, which they attribute to Davis being overbearing, controlling, and overly meddlesome, as well as being out of touch with public opinion, and lacking support from a political party ( since the Confederacy had no political parties ).

Both of Davis ' paternal grandparents had immigrated to North America from the region of Snowdonia in the North of Wales ; the rest of his ancestry can be traced to England.

Reportedly the chief liked Davis because of the kind treatment he had shown.

By early 1836, Davis had purchased 16 slaves.

That same year, Davis met Varina Banks Howell, then 17 years old, whom his brother Joseph had invited for the Christmas season at Hurricane plantation.

Within a month of their meeting, the 35-year-old widower Davis had asked Varina to marry him.

Jefferson and Varina Howell Davis had six children ; three died before reaching adulthood.

He had not served a year when he resigned ( in September 1851 ) to run for the governorship of Mississippi on the issue of the Compromise of 1850, which Davis opposed.

As Davis explained in his memoir The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, he believed that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.

Davis had expected this but waited until he received official notification ; then on January 21, the day Davis called " the saddest day of my life ", he delivered a farewell address to the United States Senate, resigned and returned to Mississippi.

Anticipating a call for his services since Mississippi had seceded, Davis had sent a telegraph message to Governor Pettus saying, " Judge what Mississippi requires of me and place me accordingly.

An adjacent marker was erected by the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of The Republic of Texas and the Lee, Roberts, and Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederate States of America.

In a review of The Mismeasure of Man, Bernard Davis, professor of microbiology at Harvard Medical School, said that Gould erected a straw man argument based upon incorrectly defined key terms — specifically reification — which Gould furthered with a " highly selective " presentation of statistical data, all motivated more by politics than by science.

In 1937 the gravestone for Harriet Tubman Davis was erected by the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs ; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

The area that would become Almira was first settled in the 1880s by Charles C. Davis purchased land and erected a small store to serve the few settlers living in the area.

" Tubby " Davis erected the 56-foot ( 17-meter ) tall structure over his restaurant in 1963 as a method of advertising.

His words describing the area can be found on a monument erected at the mouth of Davis Park in 1986.

A new building was erected adjacent to the Howard & Davis factory in Roxbury, Massachusetts, for the firm Dennison, Howard & Davis.

A statue of Sam Davis was erected on the grounds of the Tennessee state capitol at Nashville.

A bronze equestrian statue of Davis was erected in 1927, at Sycamore Street and Randolph Avenue in Elkins ; it is located in the Wees Historic District.

There is a peace arch near the Canadian border, and next to it, was a marker erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy noting that this was a portion of the Jefferson Davis National Highway.

In the spring and summer of 1924, a three story main building was erected by the Thompson-Starrett Construction Company with Zachary Davis as the architect.

Directly opposite the station entrance is the statue of potter Josiah Wedgwood ( 1730 – 1795 ), sculpted by Edward Davis and erected in 1863.

Guitarists in the fusion realm fused the post-bop harmonic and melodic language of musicians such as John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis with a hard-edged ( and usually very loud ) rock tone created by iconic guitarists such as Cream's Eric Clapton who'd redefined the sound of the guitar for those unfamiliar with the black blues players of Chicago and, before that, the Delta region of the Mississippi upon whom his style was based.

" jingle, recorded in two different versions ( big band and rock ) by Sammy Davis, Jr.

In December 2003, Michael Davis entered a studio in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, to produce Swedish rock band Dollhouse's debut-album " The Rock and Soul Circus " ( Released 2004 on Dim Mak Records ).

The company, which had previously avoided rock music ( its few rock acts prior to the Davis presidency included The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, and Paul Revere and the Raiders ), doubled its market share in three years.

In addition to involvement in the reggae and rock scenes, Gil attended performances by jazz artists, including Miles Davis and Sun Ra.

Francis Davis wrote that Ivey's lyrics " both rock and gangsta-rap conventions.

" Davis also drew on the rock influence by playing his trumpet through electronic effects and pedals.

While the album gave Davis a gold record, the use of electric instruments and rock beats created a great deal of consternation amongst some more conservative jazz critics.

Arista had been having trouble pushing rock acts in the US, and Clive Davis had hoped that with Zomba's Mutt Lange connection, the newly formed Jive would fill that role.

CBS executive Clive Davis even claimed that Steinman knew nothing about writing, or rock music in general.

Performers who use acoustic 12-string guitars span a range of genres, from folk ( Arlo Guthrie, Keith Potger, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Ben Woodward, Pete Seeger and Noel Paul Stookey ), through reggae ( Bob Marley ), traditional blues ( Lead Belly, Blind Willie McTell, and Guy Davis ), folk rock ( Paul Simon, Neil Young, Tim Buckley, Gerry Beckley, John Allan Cameron ) and country ( Pinmonkey's Michael Reynolds, Taylor Swift and Mike Nesmith ), to rock bands ( Mark Tremonti of Creed and Alter Bridge, Jimi Hendrix on " Hear My Train A-Comin ", Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys, George Harrison, John Lennon of The Beatles, Robert Smith of The Cure, David Bowie for his " Space Oddity " live performances, Pete Townshend of The Who, Roger Hodgson ( ex-Supertramp ), who used acoustic 12-string on " Give a Little Bit ", " Even in the Quietest Moments ", " C ' est le Bon " and " Know Who You Are "; Melissa Etheridge, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Greg Lake on " Lucky Man " and " Still ... You Turn Me On ", Brian May of Queen, Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory of XTC, and Nick Valensi of The Strokes ).

In concert, Davis ' rhythm section of Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette combined elements of free jazz improvisation and rock music.

The Ann Arbor-based group Destroy All Monsters began as an art-oriented experimental group but soon evolved into a hard rock band with a psychedelic edge, prominently due to the presence of Ron Asheton ( The Stooges ) and Michael Davis ( MC5 ).

Among the many artist musicians who studied at SFAI are Jerry Garcia, guitarist in Grateful Dead ; Mike Henderson painter and blues musician ; Dave Getz, drummer for Big Brother and the Holding Company and Country Joe and the Fish ; Prairie Prince and Michael Cotten of the The Tubes ; Debora Iyall and Frank Zincavage of Romeo Void ; Freddy ( aka Fritz ) of the Mutants ; Penelope Houston of the Avengers, Courtney Love, actress and rock musician ; Nathan Burazer, and Jonathan Holland of Tussle ; Cliff Hengst and Scott Hewicker of Troll ; Devendra Banhart ; Robert Earl Davis, band leader of The Earl Brothers.

In addition to providing information about the orientation of past fluid flow in the host rock, elongate concretions can provide insight into local permeability trends ( i. e., permeability correlation structure ; Mozley and Davis, 1996 ), variation in groundwater velocity ( Davis, 1999 ), and the types of geological features that influence flow.

Besides rock, Graham also featured non-rock acts such as Lenny Bruce, Miles Davis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charles Lloyd, Aretha Franklin, and Otis Redding as well as poetry readings.

Davis is a big fan of the French progressive rock band Magma, and even organised a concert in London so he could watch them.

Miles Davis came to Montreux several times, also British hard rock band Deep Purple were invited as headliners five times.

The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock / lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis.

Davis recognized DeJohnette ’ s ability to combine the driving grooves associated with rock and roll with improvisational aspects associated with jazz.