Introduction Miles Davis Doesn't Care What You Think Directions in Music by Miles Davis Gramaphone, Trumpet, Razor Blade Bitches Brew, CS 9995 Bitches Brew, CS 9996 It's About That Time Selected & Annotated Bitches Brew Discography Selected Bibliography
Explores the hugely controversial, enduringly influential, utterly unforgettable 1969 album Bitches Brew by Miles Davis.
George Grella is a composer, musician and critic. He’s played CBGB and Carnegie Hall, is Music Editor at The Brooklyn Rail, and publishes internationally.
When Davis felt he could go no further with straight-ahead acoustic
jazz, he embraced the electric age… by 1969, when he recorded the
monumental double album Bitches Brew—the subject of a perceptive
new monograph by George Grella Jr. in the 33 1/3 series—he had
forged a bold new style, later dubbed the “electric Miles.” Today
no period of Davis’s work exerts as much fascination for young jazz
musicians.
*The New York Review of Books*
George Grella Jr. discusses time and the slippage thereof in
Bitches Brew (one of the latest additions to the brilliant 33 1/3
series) ... [An] articulate and thought-provoking book ... [Grella]
writes well about the music on the album itself, providing a
readable and non-technical description of musical themes ... [and]
offering insight into the construction ... of individual tracks and
the album as a whole.
*International Times*
George Grella dissects the creative process engineered by Miles
Davis album, delves into the motivations that led its creator to
break with the basics of swing and incorporate influences from rock
and unprecedented use of recording techniques in jazz . Grella also
devotes two chapters to study the outstanding technical features of
each of the six items on the double LP … and explores with passion,
wit and analytical rigor [the] constellation of musical, social and
psychological forces that came together to produce one of the most
revolutionary works of contemporary music.
*El Intruso (translated from Spanish)*
A worthwhile companion to your next Miles Davis listening
session.
*Jazzinstitut (Bloomsbury translation)*
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