MILES DAVIS BITCHES BREW GATEFOLD 2 LP JAZZ/FUNK LP NM
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Nov 3, 2010 Sold Date
Oct 29, 2010 Start Date
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MILES DAVIS~BITCHES BREW~GATEFOLD 2 LP JAZZ/FUNK LP! NM

 
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FOR AUCTION:
MILES DAVIS
"BITCHES BREW"
COLUMBIA GP 26

EXCELLENT CONDITION US PRESSING FROM THE 1970s!
GATEFOLD COVER IS EXCELLENT WITH LIGHT RINGWEAR ON THE FRONT AND BACK.
VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT WITH ONLY LIGHT WEAR.

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, 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's 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, big chords ring up a 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's later records. Side three opens with McLaughlin and Davis trading fours and eights over a lock-step, 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 foogy nadir. The disc closes with "Sanctuary," completely redone here as a moody electric ballad, reworked for this band; but keeps enough of its integrity to be recognizable. Bitches Brew is so forward thinking, it retains its freshness and mystery in the 21st century == All Music Guide


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