Did Merl Saunders Shape the Grateful Dead’s Sound with Jazz?

November 17, 2023By Marjorie Rogers

As one of the greatest rock ’n’ roll bands of all time, Grateful Dead, who gained popularity in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s, quickly became synonymous with the hippie movement and demonstrated how the counterculture of the civil rights era drew inspiration from Black art, and challenged the segregationist norms of the era. … Read More