Miles Davis - Bitches Brew [Remastered] (CD 1991) on eBay (end time 12-Nov-09 17:10:08 GMT)


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Artist:	Miles Davis	Record Label:	Columbia
Release Year:	1991	EAN:	5099746060220
Genre:	Jazz	Format:	Album
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Condition:	Used

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Track listing
1. Pharaoh's Dance 2. Bitches Brew 1. Spanish Key 2. John McLaughlin 3. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down 4. Sanctuary 5. Feio
Details
Number of CDs:	2
Producer:	Teo Macero
Recording type:	Studio
Distributor:	Sony Music/Arvato Services
Recording mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album notes
Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet); Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Larry Young (electric piano); John McLaughlin (electric guitar); Dave Holland (acoustic & electric basses); Harvey Brooks (electric bass); Don Alias (drums, congas); Lenny White, Jack DeJohnette (drums); Jim Riley (congas, shaker); Airto Moriera (cuica, percussion).Producer: Teo Macero.Reissue producers: Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna.Recorded at Columbia Studio B, New York, New York from August 19-21, 1969 and on January 28, 1970. Includes liner notes by Ralph Gleason and Bob Belden. Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Mark Wilder.Among the most controversial recordings in the history of jazz, BITCHES BREW was Miles Davis' shot across the bow of jazz insularity, a bold statement about jazz's ability to draw upon elements of popular culture, without mitigating its spirit of spontaneous invention. Much as Ornette Coleman's THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME set a new standard for harmonic and melodic freedom a decade before, BITCHES BREW signaled a sea change in jazz.Davis became a lightning rod for jazz's transformation, by mixing the best elements of '60s free jazz with dancing funk rhythms, electric rock textures, blues phrasing and his own breakthroughs in harmony and modality. Davis employed the Electric Flag's Harvey Brooks to double up with upright bassist Dave Holland on the Fender bass, and he is the modal heartbeat of every tune, freeing up the multiple drummers and keyboardists to weave a complex polytonal/polyrhythmic web of volatile chords and colliding rhythms.Joe Zawinul's "Pharaoh's Dance" and Davis' "Bitches Brew" treat their multiple themes in a ritualistic manner, as several strata of voices engage the lead melody in exciting exchanges. "Spanish Key" offers a thrilling sense of tension and release, as the trumpeter navigates a "Sex Machine"-styled vamp with a terse, brilliantly constructed solo, revelling in his new guitar-like phrasing. "John McLaughlin" is Davis' tribute to the innovative guitarist; "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" is a spooky, visceral melange of funk, blues and third world sources; and Shorter's "Sanctuary" is a moody ballad that builds to a fever pitch. The savage emotional power of BITCHES BREW and Davis' subsequent recordings cries out for a fresh critical reassessment.
Editorial reviews
Included in Q's Best Jazz Albums of All Time. Q (04/01/1999) ...Miles' music continues to grow in its beauty, subtlety and sheer magnificence...these chaps have discovered a new way to cook... Rolling Stone (05/28/1970) ...Miles' music continues to grow in its beauty, subtlety and sheer magnificence...these chaps have discovered a new way to cook...Q (4/99, p.128) - Included in Q's Best Jazz Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone (05/28/1970) ...Miles' music continues to grow in its beauty, subtlety and sheer magnificence...these chaps have discovered a new way to cook...Q (4/99, p.128) - Included in Q's Best Jazz Albums of All Time.Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.118) - Ranked #94 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - ...The word 'fusion' was never big enough to describe the visceral thrill of these explosive studio explorations and the pioneering tape-edit wizardry of producer Ted Macero... Rolling Stone (05/28/1970)

2 x CD in old style double CD pack. Couple of marks on CDs but plays perfectly.

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