Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (Jazz, 1969/70)
The first thing that Bitches Brew made clear is that Miles was keenly interested in expanding the idea of what his music could be, and was starting to stretch it way out. The title track runs 26 minutes, which then and now is at the extreme end of what a side of vinyl on an LP can hold; the opening "Pharaoh's Dance" also breaks 20 minutes. And these pieces weren't lengthy compositions or single jams, but were assembled by Miles and producer Teo Macero through editing-- unrelated tracks could become one piece through the miracle of the razor blade and magnetic tape. For an improvisatory art form that was founded on the idea collective expression in the present moment, the idea of stitching together pieces into a new whole was radical enough on its own. But Miles was changing his approach in several ways simultaneously as the 1960s came to a close. He was processing his trumpet with echo, working with electric keyboards and electric guitar, adding new percussion colors, experimenting with rock rhythms, doing away with chord changes, and building long tracks from riffs and vamps. And, as the liner notes from Greg Tate included with these sets illustrate, he was hanging out with Betty Davis, who was introducing him to new music, and along the way he had become a fan of Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, and James Brown.
All of these elements swirled together into a record of brilliant and fascinating contradictions. The psychedelic cover art and long electric jams on the one hand anchor the music in Age of Aquarius, but the connections to earlier jazz tradition and unmoored, floating quality of music also lend it a timeless feel. It sounds very much like a bunch of dudes jamming in the room, but some of the abrupt edits serve as a reminder that it owes a lot to technology. It finds Miles distancing himself from his musical past, but it sounds equally far from the dense abstraction his music would take on a couple of years later, especially in a live setting. It was long and hard to get a handle on, but it was also a huge commercial success. Ultimately, Bitches Brew seems mostly like a single beautiful frame from a jarring film filled with jump-cuts. The amount that Miles Davis' music changed from the early 60s to the early 70s is astonishing. His sound was constantly on the move, and this is what it sounded like on those August days in the studio.
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The musicians on the album are: Miles Davis on Trumpet, Wayne Shorter on Soprano Sax, Bennie Maupin on Bass Clarinet, Chick Corea on Electric Piano, John McLaughlin on Guitar, Dave Holland on Bass, Harvey Brooks on Electric Bass, Lenny White on Drums, Jack DeJohnette on Drums, Don Alias on Drums and Congas, Juma Santos on Congas, Larry Young on Electric Piano, Joe Zawinul on Electric Piano, Billy Cobham on Drums, and Airto Moreira on Percussion. Please note: Not all musicians appear on all tracks.
The cover art by Mati Klarwein is/was groundbreaking. His credits for Lp's is too long to list here yet a few are.... Santana, Buddy Miles, Eric Dolphy, Jon Hassell, Malcolm X, Earth, Wind & Fire, Leonard Bernstein and The Last Poets.....
Bitches Brew Track Listing:
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1. Pharaoh's Dance - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
2. Bitches Brew
3. Spanish Key
4. John McLaughlin
Disc: 2
1. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
2. Sanctuary
3. Great Expectations
4. Orange Lady - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
5. Yaphet [#][*]
6. Corrado [#][*]
Disc: 3
1. Trevere [#][*]
2. The Big Green Serpent [#]
3. The Little Blue Frog [Alternate Take][#][*]
4. The Little Blue Frog [MST]
5. Lonely Fire
6. Guinnevere - Miles Davis, Crosby, David [1]
Disc: 4
1. Feio [#][*] - Miles Davis, Shorter, Wayne
2. Double Image [#][*] - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
3. Recollections [#][*] - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
4. Take It or Leave It [#][*] - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
5. Double Image - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
* Miles Davis - trumpet
* Wayne Shorter - soprano saxophone
* Bennie Maupin - bass clarinet
* Chick Corea - electric piano (solo on "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" )
* Larry Young - electric piano
* Joe Zawinul - electric piano
* John McLaughlin - guitar
* Dave Holland - bass
* Harvey Brooks - electric bass
* Lenny White - drum set
* Billy Cobham - drum set
* Jack DeJohnette - drum set
* Don Alias - congas, drum set only on "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down"
* Juma Santos - shaker, congas
* Airto Moreira - percussion
CD1 http://www.csoftcorp.com/1NzU4NTE2NDNmMTVhYjk5OT/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD1-of-4-161-150.html
CD2 http://www.csoftcorp.com/hMzk2ODBlNjYzNzFiMGJhYj/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD2-of-4-172-78.html
CD3 http://www.csoftcorp.com/hMDU0ZjA4MTg0NGIwNjkzOD/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD3-of-4-127-118.html
CD4 http://www.csoftcorp.com/wZTlkMDk4YmFlZDcwODU1OT/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD4-of-4-Jazzmp3-320h33tschon55.html
These are NEW LINX!
MY 2 Cents;(wish i could find the vinyl rip for ya, but..) My highlights are "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" and GREAT VERSION of David Crosby's "Guinnevere"!
if these links fail see comments.
The first thing that Bitches Brew made clear is that Miles was keenly interested in expanding the idea of what his music could be, and was starting to stretch it way out. The title track runs 26 minutes, which then and now is at the extreme end of what a side of vinyl on an LP can hold; the opening "Pharaoh's Dance" also breaks 20 minutes. And these pieces weren't lengthy compositions or single jams, but were assembled by Miles and producer Teo Macero through editing-- unrelated tracks could become one piece through the miracle of the razor blade and magnetic tape. For an improvisatory art form that was founded on the idea collective expression in the present moment, the idea of stitching together pieces into a new whole was radical enough on its own. But Miles was changing his approach in several ways simultaneously as the 1960s came to a close. He was processing his trumpet with echo, working with electric keyboards and electric guitar, adding new percussion colors, experimenting with rock rhythms, doing away with chord changes, and building long tracks from riffs and vamps. And, as the liner notes from Greg Tate included with these sets illustrate, he was hanging out with Betty Davis, who was introducing him to new music, and along the way he had become a fan of Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, and James Brown.
All of these elements swirled together into a record of brilliant and fascinating contradictions. The psychedelic cover art and long electric jams on the one hand anchor the music in Age of Aquarius, but the connections to earlier jazz tradition and unmoored, floating quality of music also lend it a timeless feel. It sounds very much like a bunch of dudes jamming in the room, but some of the abrupt edits serve as a reminder that it owes a lot to technology. It finds Miles distancing himself from his musical past, but it sounds equally far from the dense abstraction his music would take on a couple of years later, especially in a live setting. It was long and hard to get a handle on, but it was also a huge commercial success. Ultimately, Bitches Brew seems mostly like a single beautiful frame from a jarring film filled with jump-cuts. The amount that Miles Davis' music changed from the early 60s to the early 70s is astonishing. His sound was constantly on the move, and this is what it sounded like on those August days in the studio.
-pitchfork-
The musicians on the album are: Miles Davis on Trumpet, Wayne Shorter on Soprano Sax, Bennie Maupin on Bass Clarinet, Chick Corea on Electric Piano, John McLaughlin on Guitar, Dave Holland on Bass, Harvey Brooks on Electric Bass, Lenny White on Drums, Jack DeJohnette on Drums, Don Alias on Drums and Congas, Juma Santos on Congas, Larry Young on Electric Piano, Joe Zawinul on Electric Piano, Billy Cobham on Drums, and Airto Moreira on Percussion. Please note: Not all musicians appear on all tracks.
The cover art by Mati Klarwein is/was groundbreaking. His credits for Lp's is too long to list here yet a few are.... Santana, Buddy Miles, Eric Dolphy, Jon Hassell, Malcolm X, Earth, Wind & Fire, Leonard Bernstein and The Last Poets.....
Bitches Brew Track Listing:
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1. Pharaoh's Dance - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
2. Bitches Brew
3. Spanish Key
4. John McLaughlin
Disc: 2
1. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
2. Sanctuary
3. Great Expectations
4. Orange Lady - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
5. Yaphet [#][*]
6. Corrado [#][*]
Disc: 3
1. Trevere [#][*]
2. The Big Green Serpent [#]
3. The Little Blue Frog [Alternate Take][#][*]
4. The Little Blue Frog [MST]
5. Lonely Fire
6. Guinnevere - Miles Davis, Crosby, David [1]
Disc: 4
1. Feio [#][*] - Miles Davis, Shorter, Wayne
2. Double Image [#][*] - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
3. Recollections [#][*] - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
4. Take It or Leave It [#][*] - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
5. Double Image - Miles Davis, Zawinul, Joe
* Miles Davis - trumpet
* Wayne Shorter - soprano saxophone
* Bennie Maupin - bass clarinet
* Chick Corea - electric piano (solo on "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" )
* Larry Young - electric piano
* Joe Zawinul - electric piano
* John McLaughlin - guitar
* Dave Holland - bass
* Harvey Brooks - electric bass
* Lenny White - drum set
* Billy Cobham - drum set
* Jack DeJohnette - drum set
* Don Alias - congas, drum set only on "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down"
* Juma Santos - shaker, congas
* Airto Moreira - percussion
CD1 http://www.csoftcorp.com/1NzU4NTE2NDNmMTVhYjk5OT/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD1-of-4-161-150.html
CD2 http://www.csoftcorp.com/hMzk2ODBlNjYzNzFiMGJhYj/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD2-of-4-172-78.html
CD3 http://www.csoftcorp.com/hMDU0ZjA4MTg0NGIwNjkzOD/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD3-of-4-127-118.html
CD4 http://www.csoftcorp.com/wZTlkMDk4YmFlZDcwODU1OT/Miles-Davis-The-Complete-Bitches-Brew-Sessions-1970-CD4-of-4-Jazzmp3-320h33tschon55.html
These are NEW LINX!
MY 2 Cents;(wish i could find the vinyl rip for ya, but..) My highlights are "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" and GREAT VERSION of David Crosby's "Guinnevere"!
if these links fail see comments.
