Bitches brew [sound recording] / Miles Davis.
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MusicPublisher number: 4-45090 | Columbia4-45171 | ColumbiaGP-26 | Columbia88697 54519 2 | Columbia/LegacyPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Columbia/Legacy, p2010.Edition: Legacy edDescription: 2 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 videodisc (ca. 61 min. : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)Subject(s): Genre/Form: - Original recordings produced by Teo Macero ; reissue produced by Bob Belden.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Thought by many to be among the most revolutionary albums in jazz history, Miles Davis' Bitches Brew solidified the genre known as jazz-rock fusion. The original double LP included only six cuts and featured up to 12 musicians at any given time, some of whom were already established while others would become high-profile players later, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Airto, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Don Alias, Bennie Maupin, Larry Young, and Lenny White among them. Originally thought to be a series of long jams locked into grooves around keyboard, bass, or guitar vamps, Bitches Brew is actually a recording that producer Teo Macero assembled from various jams and takes by razor blade, splice to splice, section to section. "Pharaoh's Dance" opens the set with its slippery trumpet lines, McLaughlin's snaky guitar figures skirting the edge of the rhythm section and Don Alias' conga slipping through the middle. Corea and Zawinul's keyboards create a haunted, riffing modal groove, echoed and accented by the basses of Harvey Brooks and Holland. The title cut was originally composed as a five-part suite, though only three were used. Here the keyboards punch through the mix and big chords ring up distorted harmonics for Davis to solo rhythmically over, outside the mode. McLaughlin's comping creates a vamp, and the bass and drums carry the rest. It's a small taste of the deep voodoo funk to appear on Davis' later records. Side three opens with McLaughlin and Davis trading fours and eights over a lockstep hypnotic vamp on "Spanish Key." Zawinul's lyric sensibility provides a near chorus for Corea to flit around in; the congas and drummers juxtapose themselves against the basslines. It nearly segues into the brief "John McLaughlin," featuring an organ playing modes below arpeggiated blues guitar runs. The end of Bitches Brew, signified by the stellar "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down," reflects the influence of Jimi Hendrix with its chunky, slipped chords and Davis playing a ghostly melody through the funkiness of the rhythm section. It seemingly dances, becoming increasingly more chaotic until it nearly disintegrates before shimmering into a loose foggy nadir. The disc closes with "Sanctuary," completely redone here as a moody electric ballad that was reworked for this band while keeping enough of its integrity to be recognizable. Bitches Brew is so forward-thinking that it retains its freshness and mystery in the 21st century. ~ Thom Jurek
"All compositions by Miles Davis ... unless otherwise noted"--Insert.
Originally released in 1970 as Columbia GP-26 (principally), 4-45171 (Miles runs the voodoo down and Spanish key (single edits)), and 4-45090 (Great expectations and Little blue frog; mono.) ; alternate takes and DVD previously unreleased.
Program notes by Greg Tate (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
CD 1. Pharaoh's dance / Josef Zawinul (20:04) -- Bitches brew (26:58) -- Spanish key (17:31) -- John McLaughlin (4:22).
CD 2 -- Miles runs the voodoo down (14:01) -- Sanctuary / Wayne Shorter (10:57) -- Spanish key (alternate take) (10:20) -- John McLaughlin (alternate take) (6:39) -- Miles runs the voodoo down (single edit) (2:49) -- Spanish key (single edit) (2:49) -- Great expectations (single edit) (2:41) -- Little blue frog (single edit) (2:36).
DVD. Copenhagen live 1969. Directions / Josef Zawinul (7:14) -- Miles runs the voodoo down (9:40) -- Bitches brew (15:35) -- Agitation (10:28) -- I fall in love too easily / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (3:39) -- Sanctuary / Wayne Shorter (3:29) -- It's about that time ; The theme (19:52).
Original recordings produced by Teo Macero ; reissue produced by Bob Belden.
DVD: Miles Davis, trumpet ; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax and soprano sax ; Chick Corea, electric piano ; Dave Holland, bass ; Jack DeJohnette, drums.
Miles Davis, trumpet ; variously with: Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone ; Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet ; Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Larry Young, electric piano ; John McLaughlin, guitar ; Dave Holland, bass, electric bass ; Harvey Brooks, electric bass ; Lenny White, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Cobham, drums ; Don Alias, congas, drums ; Jumma Santos (Jim Riley), shaker, congas ; Airto Moreira, cuica, percussion ; Khalil Balakrishna, sitar ; Bihari Sharma, tambura, tabla.
Recorded at Columbia Studio B, New York City, on Aug. 19-21, 1969, and at Columbia Studio E, New York City (Great expectations and Little blue frog) on Nov. 19 and 28, 1969 ; DVD recorded live at the Tivoli konsertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark on Nov. 4, 1969.
Compact discs.
DVD; "360 sound" stereo.