For a few years, brass with jazzy tendencies were incorporated into rock's instrumental arsenal. Wind instruments gained a place in pop scenes with the rise of southern soul.
This coincides with a crisis in the jazz business, which affects Miles Davis. For economic reasons, we may not see a revival of brass bands, says Frank Carroll. The ideal formulation, horn bands were to combine the impetus of rock with the sophistication of jazz, he says. But an intangible called “attitude” was required and that was not sold in pharmacies.