The revolution was recorded: in 1969 Bitches Brew sent a shiver through a country already quaking. It was a recording whose very sound, production methods, album-cover art, and two-LP length all signaled that jazz could never be the same. Over three days anger, confusion, and exhilaration had reigned in the studio, and the sonic themes, scraps, grooves, and sheer will and emotion that resulted were percolated and edited into an astonishingly organic work. This Miles Davis wasn't merely presenting a simple hybrid like jazz-rock, but a new way of thinking about improvisation and the studio. And with this two-CD reissue (actually, this set is a reissue of the original set plus one track, perfect for the fan who's not so overwhelmed as to need the four-CD Complete Bitches Brew box), the murk of the original recording is lifted. The instruments newly defined and brightened, the dark energy of the original comes through as if it were all fresh. Joe Zawinul and Bennie Maupin's roles in the mix have been especially clarified. With a bonus track of "Feio"--a Wayne Shorter composition recorded five months later that serves both as a warm-down for Bitches Brew and a promise of Weather Report to come--this is crucial listening. --John F. Szwed

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Summary: MILES DAVIS BITCHES BREW
Comment: I am not a reviewer as such, but, I feel that this is well worth the money at any price. It's as good as it gets, and that is why it is not inexpensive. Love it!!!!

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Summary: How could anyone not "get" this album??
Comment: Bitches Brew was the last defining moment where (in my opinion) Miles had spontaneously changed the entire landscape of jazz at his whim. ..
This album single-handedly started the jazz-fusion movement in the 70s. & that in my opinion is where jazz took a leap of faith and caught up with the 60s thanks to Miles. Trippy music that played with your mind and body and soul had come to life but not to fruition until this album. Period. Thank you for your time and support.

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Summary: Another innovative classic album from Miles
Comment: When this album can out in '69, jazz was in a state of flux, alternating between the mainstream, traditional swing and rock'n'roll. Miles had been flirting with rock rhythms and vamps in his later albums with his famous 2nd group (Shorter, Hancock, Carter & Williams) with "Miles in the Sky", "Filles of Killamanjaro" and "In a Silent Way" ( a colloboration with Joe Zawinul which also featured Chick Corea and John McLaughlin). But with this ground-breaking album, Miles Davis created a new genre---fusion. For better or worse, Miles wasn't about to look back but forward as he did earlier with his "Kind of Blue" album. Many earlier fans thought Miles had sold out but I believe that he was true to his Gemini nature of wanting to break new ground. And of course with Zawinul's influence he did with extraordinary results. Tunes like "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" and Shorter's "Sanctuary" would become staples of his group in concert. If you're longing to break away from be-bop and am tired of it and swing--check this one out!! It is as about innovative as the avant garde music of Ornette Coleman or Cecil Taylor. Recommended only for adventurists in sound.

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Summary: A JAZZ FUSION MASTERPIECE.
Comment: An ex co-worker of mine's from my working days at the Post Office turned me on to this Miles Davis recording back in 1993. I'm glad he did because I went straight to the record store the next day and copped it. Haven't regretted it since. The improvisations, which Miles really dug from his musicians, was really hittin' on all cylinders. Some jazz fans may view this recording as rather bizarre, but this was around the time when Miles was kind of going in a different direction with his music. I would recommend this title for all jazz lovers.

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Summary: Bitches Brew
Comment: I wouldn't say this is Miles best Album, but I think the experiment as some would call it was successful. If this is nothing more than an experiment in heaping dimished and minor chords on top of each other with tape loops...if people want to reduce it to that I don't object. However I have to say this is Phenomenal. As an experiment it works 100% - I've been listening to it regularly for a long time and have not tired of it. It is magestically apocalyptic with no regrets.

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