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Line-up:
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Joe Zawinul - Organ, Piano (Electric)
Chick Corea - Piano (Electric)
Herbie Hancock - Piano (Electric)
Keith Jarret - Piano (Electric)
John McLaughlin - Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Dave Holland - Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums
Tracklist:
1. Pharaoh's Dance
2. Bitches Brew
3. Spanish Key
4. John McLaughlin
5. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
6. Sanctuary
7. Feio
Website:
www.milesdavis.com
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Improvisation...for
some people that term, expressed all music ever existed, for most of the
people though, jazz was a very specific music, not readily absorbed by
the listener due to it's complexity.
1969 and Miles Davis, already in his
40's was one of the very few jazz artists capable, financially, to
"hire" top musicians like Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Herbie
Hancock, Keith Jarret on the electric piano (praised the newcomer at
that time fender rhodes piano), John Mclaughlin on the guitar, Dave
Holland on the bass and Jack Dejohnette on the drums.
Usually on live shows, a second drummer would be present on
stage. Finally, Wayne
Shorter on the sax with Miles "The Leader" on trumpet were the
brass section.... the result meant to be a record that 1) Transformed
all the artists involved into superstars 2) Columbia records made
numerous releases of the music that Miles recorded and performed live in
the time between 1969 - 1971, incorporated in only two albums ("In
A Silent Way" and "Bitches Brew")...(really what can you
say about the industry?) 3) Made the big old crowd able to listen to
music of the highest quality, music that was created right before their
poor eyes and ears...we were born too late to understand the full scale
of this masterpiece...
by
Dzean Foxx
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