Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
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Track List: Bitches Brew
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Disc 1:
Disc 2:
- Spanish Key
- John McLaughlin
- Miles Runs The Voodoo DownDownload & Buy
- SanctuaryDownload & Buy
- FeioDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Bitches Brew
- Release Date:
- 04/01/1970
- Label:
- Sony / Bmg Japan
- UPC:
- 4547366021295
User Reviews: Bitches Brew
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A Bold and Fearless Masterpiece
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... - See all ...'s reviews Pros: it's Miles Davis
Cons: you might not be able to sit through the entire album.
I am a true music lover and fan of all types of genres. But when it comes to Jazz, I think of miles before I think of all the other great Jazz musicians. Miles Davis started out on the scene way before many of the kids these days can remember. If you've never checked out a Miles Davis track; you don't know what you
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Pro Reviews: Bitches Brew
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Thought by many to be the most revolutionary album in jazz history, having virtually created the genre known as jazzrock fusion (for better or worse) and being the jazz album to most influence rock and funk musicians, Bitches Brew is, by its very nature, mercurial. The original double LP included only six cuts and featured up to 12 musicians at any given time, most of whom would go on to be highlevel players in their own right: Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Airto, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Don Alias, Benny Maupin, Larry Young, Lenny White, and others. Originally thought to be a series of long jams locked into grooves around one or two keyboard, bass, or guitar figures, Bitches Brew is anything but. Producer Teo Macero had as much to do with the end product on Bitches Brew as Davis. Macero and Davis assembled, from splice to splice, section to section, much of the music recorded over three days in August 1969. First, there's the slow, modal, opening grooves of "Pharaoh's Dance," with its slippery trumpet lines to McLaughlin's snaky guitar figures skirting the edge of the rhythm section and Don Alias' conga slipping through the middle. The keyboards of Corea and Zawinul create a haunting, riffing groove echoed and accented by the two basses of Harvey Brooks and Dave Holland. The title cut was originally composed as a fivepart suite, though only three were used. Here the keyboards punch through the mix, big chords and distorted harmonics ring up a racket for Davis to solo over rhythmically outside the mode. McLaughlin is comping on fat chords, creating the groove, and the bass and drums carry the rest for a small taste of deepvoodoo funk. Side three opens with McLaughlin and Davis trading funky fours and eights over the lockstep groove of hypnotic proportion that is "Spanish Key." Zawinul's trademark melodic sensibility provides a kind of chorus for Corea to flat around, and the congas and drummers working in complement against the basslines. This nearly segues into the fourandahalf minute "John McLaughlin," with its signature organ mode and arpeggiated blues guitar runs. The end of Bitches Brew, signified by the stellar "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down," echoes the influence of Jimi Hendrix; with its chuckandslip chords and lead figures and Davis playing a ghostly melody through the shimmering funkiness of the rhythm section, it literally dances and becomes increasingly more chaotic until about nine minutes in, where it falls apart. Yet one doesn't know it until near the end, when it simmers down into smokeandice fog once more. The disc closes with "Sanctuary," a previously recorded Davis tune that is completely redone here as an electric moody ballad reworked for this band, but keeping enough of its modal integrity to be outside the rest of Bitches Brew's retinue. The CD reissue adds "Feio," a track recorded early in 1970 with the same band. Unreleased except on the box set of the complete sessions "Feio" has more in common with the exploratory music of the previous August than with later, more structured Davis music in the jazzrock vein. A threenote bass vamp centers the entire thing as three different modes entwine one another, seeking a groove to bolt onto. It never finds it, but becomes its own nocturnal beast, offering ethereal dark tones and textures to slide the album out the door on. Thus Bitches Brew retains its freshness and mystery long after its original issue. - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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Pros: A surreal, complex, and unforgettable jazz fusion experience
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Growing up as a young child in the 1970s, I was exposed to jazz through my late father's extensive record collection. One of his most-played titles was a double LP called "Bitches Brew." At the age of around 7 years old, I remember fixing my gaze on the album cover, watching its bold and vivid colors stare right back at me while the music was blaring out of the speaker. Even then, I was able to appreciate the album's many riches as a tremendous milestone in jazz. Then, years later, I bought the CD version, hoping to relive those distant childhood memories. Even after all these years, the album still holds up remarkably well. An unparalleled fusion of jazz and rock, "Bitches Brew" is less an album than a guided tour through the mind of a genius. "Pharoah's Dance" and the title track are two extremely long, unstructured, but well-nuanced tracks that are potent as they are hypnotic. "John McLaughlin" bristles with fire and spunk, and "Spanish Key" also holds up well. This is a great album to listen to on a rainy evening, on your walkman during a long flight, or for a dinner party for almost any occasion. The remastered version is a huge imporvement over the original pressing, whose sound quality was embarrassingly poor. Those who are debating whether to make the "upgrade" are strongly advised to do so. Not only is the sound richer and more crisp, but this edition also has a bonus track, the 11 minute "Feio," that appears on the box set. Quite simply, "Bitches Brew" is a bold, brilliant piece of work. To give it anything less than five stars is sheer lunacy. ...