Bitches brew
By: George Grella, Jr
Series: 33 1/3 -- 110; 33 1/3 -- 110.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781628929430
Subjects: Jazz; Analysis, appreciation; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Biography; Jazz musicians
Description: It was 1969, and Miles Davis, prince of cool, was on the edge of being left behind by a dynamic generation of young musicians, an important handful of whom had been in his band. Rock music was flying off in every direction, just as America itself seemed about to split at its seams. Following the circumscribed grooves and ambiance of In A Silent Way; coming off a tour with a burning new quintet-called 'The Lost Band'-with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette; he went into the studio with musicians like frighteningly talented guitarist John McLaughlin, and soulful Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul. Working with his essential producer, Teo Macero, Miles set a cauldron of ideas loose while the tapes rolled. At the end, there was the newly minted Prince of Darkness, a completely new way forward for jazz and rock, and the endless brilliance and depth of Bitches Brew. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Series numbering from spine.

Includes bibliographical references (page 118-119) and discography (pages 110-117).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Miles Davis doesn't care what you think; title: Directions in music by Miles Davis; title: Gramophone, trumpet, razor blade; title: Bitches brew, CS 9995; title: Bitches brew, CS 9996; title: It's about that time.