Comments for Davis, Miles, Bitches Brew

Believe it or not, I found this harder to get into than the surrounding albums. It''s dense and demanding, requiring attention and far from the lowest-common-denominator sell-out some fools still believe it to be (either that or the lowest common denominator is much higher than I ever thought). Great playing from all involved, but John McLaughlin and Dave Holland (and of course, Miles himself) are the highlights for me. Moody, turbulent, shifting and brilliant. If this isn''t jazz, then what it is hasn''t ever been named, and I like it a lot. An essential piece of music.

This is one of the most important albums of our time. The modern classical conceptof minimalism and repetation with subtle change layered on top found its way into the world of jazz,and the world of rock, and the world of jazz/rock (which this album is an early milestone in).But beyond historical importance, this album just swings like a m*****f*****. In different directions than swing had previously been accomplished.Subtle tugging rhythms are the order of the day here. The music creates landscape portraits rather than song forms.In short - if you have ears, and appreciate subtle music, then you should own this. Track 1 is cool, track 3 is a favorite,but track 2 especially is timeless. Columbia`s reissue quality is less than fantastic, but as there are numerous tape splices involved in creating the master copy, I don`t think there will be superior reissues in the near future.P.S. - No disrespect intended from the album title ladies - I don`t like the word either - but that`s what he called it.