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Columbia's continuing summation of the career of Miles Davis through lavish box-set reissues resumed in 1998 with The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, a four-disc set including all the music from the original 1970 double-album Bitches Brew plus over two additional hours of music from the six-month period during which the album was recorded. (Some of those tracks were previously released on compilations like Big Fun and Circle in the Round, but almost one-third of the material lay unissued until this release.) The music is simply fabulous -- the simultaneous birth and peak of jazz-rock/fusion, with a host of major players (John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette) and many innovations. There is a bit more evidence of tape hiss than in Columbia's last American remastering of the album, but the revelations of depth and timbre more than make up for it. Though the unreleased selections are distinctly inferior to those released on Bitches Brew, "Yaphet," "Corrado," and "Trevere" are intriguing jam sessions that reveal much about the creative process between Davis and producer Teo Macero during recording. Unlike Columbia's previous sets in the series (one treating Miles' period of collaboration with Gil Evans and one featuring the music of his second classic quintet), the Bitches Brew sessions lend themselves well to a box set of this type -- presenting the music in chronological order does no harm to original LP configurations as it did on previous sets, and the music here is another glowing testament to Miles' importance to the development of jazz in 1969, as in 1949.
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Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar - Miles Davis, Trumpet, Soloist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, Soloist - John McLaughlin, Electric Guitar, Soloist - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone, Soloist - Don Alias, Congas - Dave Holland, Bass - Larry Young, Piano - Joe Zawinul, Composer, Piano - Lenny White, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet, Soloist - Jumma Santos, Shaker - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Composer, Trumpet, Soloist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John McLaughlin, Electric Guitar, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Alias, Congas - Dave Holland, Bass, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, Piano, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny White, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jumma Santos, Shaker - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Miles Davis feat. John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea & Joe Zawinul, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Composer, Trumpet, Soloist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John McLaughlin, Electric Guitar, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Alias, Congas - Dave Holland, Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Young, Piano - Joe Zawinul, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny White, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jumma Santos, Shaker - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Composer, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John McLaughlin, Electric Guitar, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Alias, Congas - Dave Holland, Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny White, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jumma Santos, Shaker - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Composer, Trumpet, Soloist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John McLaughlin, Electric Guitar, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone, Soloist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Alias, Drums - Dave Holland, Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jumma Santos, Congas - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, Soloist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John McLaughlin, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Composer, Soprano Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Alias, Congas - Dave Holland, Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny White, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jumma Santos, Shaker - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Airto Moreira, Percussion - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums, Triangle - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Joe Zawinul, Composer, Lyricist - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Franck Laico, Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Rob Schwartz, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Bihari Sharma, Percussion
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Frank Laico, Recording Engineer - Don Alias, Congas - Dave Holland, Bass - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Joe Zawinul, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Lenny White, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Jumma Santos, Shaker - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Airto Moreira, Percussion - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums, Triangle - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Franck Laico, Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Rob Schwartz, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Bihari Sharma, Percussion
Originally Recorded 1969 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Airto Moreira, Percussion - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums, Triangle - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Franck Laico, Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Rob Schwartz, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Bihari Sharma, Percussion
Originally Recorded 1969 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
DISC 3
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums - Frank Laico, Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass - Larry Young, Organ, Celeste - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Russ Payne, Mixing Engineer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Seth Foster, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Guerriere, Mixing Engineer - Stan Weiss, Mixing Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Stan Tonkel, Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Bihari Sharma, Tanpura
Originally Recorded 1969 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums - Frank Laico, Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass - Larry Young, Organ, Celeste - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Russ Payne, Mixing Engineer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Seth Foster, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Guerriere, Mixing Engineer - Stan Weiss, Mixing Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Stan Tonkel, Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Bihari Sharma, Tanpura
Originally Recorded 1969 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums - Frank Laico, Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass - Larry Young, Organ, Celeste - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Russ Payne, Mixing Engineer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Seth Foster, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Guerriere, Mixing Engineer - Stan Weiss, Mixing Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Stan Tonkel, Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Bihari Sharma, Tanpura
Originally Recorded 1969 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Harvey Brooks, Bass - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums - Frank Laico, Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass - Larry Young, Organ, Celeste - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Russ Payne, Mixing Engineer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Seth Foster, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Guerriere, Mixing Engineer - Stan Weiss, Mixing Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Stan Tonkel, Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Bihari Sharma, Tanpura
Originally Released 1970 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Airto Moreira, Percussion - Miles Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums, Triangle - Dave Holland, Bass - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Joe Zawinul, Piano - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Franck Laico, Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Rob Schwartz, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
David Crosby, Composer, Lyricist - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Billy Cobham, Drums, Triangle - Dave Holland, Bass - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Joe Zawinul, Piano - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Franck Laico, Engineer - Khalil Balakrishna, Sitar - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer - Rob Schwartz, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
DISC 4
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Miles Davis, Trumpet, Soloist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John McLaughlin, Electric Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Composer, Soprano Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums - Dave Holland, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, AssociatedPerformer
Originally recorded 1970 & released 1998. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Billy Cobham, Drums - Frank Laico, Recording Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass Guitar - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Joe Zawinul, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Stan Tonkel, Recording Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer
Originally Recorded 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Billy Cobham, Triangle - Frank Laico, Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass Guitar - Joe Zawinul, Piano - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Josef Zawinul, Composer, Lyricist - Russ Payne, Mixing Engineer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Seth Foster, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Guerriere, Mixing Engineer - Stan Weiss, Mixing Engineer - Stan Tonkel, Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer
Originally recorded 1970 & released 1998. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Billy Cobham, Triangle - Frank Laico, Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass Guitar - Joe Zawinul, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Russ Payne, Mixing Engineer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Seth Foster, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Guerriere, Mixing Engineer - Stan Weiss, Mixing Engineer - Stan Tonkel, Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer
Originally Recorded 1970 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Executive Producer - CHICK COREA, Piano - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Billy Cobham, Triangle - Frank Laico, Engineer - Dave Holland, Bass Guitar - Joe Zawinul, Composer, Lyricist, Piano - Teo Macero, Producer - Bennie Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Russ Payne, Mixing Engineer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Seth Foster, Re-Mastering Engineer - John Guerriere, Mixing Engineer - Stan Weiss, Mixing Engineer - Stan Tonkel, Engineer - Bob Beldon, Reissue Producer
Originally Released 1971 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
Columbia's continuing summation of the career of Miles Davis through lavish box-set reissues resumed in 1998 with The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, a four-disc set including all the music from the original 1970 double-album Bitches Brew plus over two additional hours of music from the six-month period during which the album was recorded. (Some of those tracks were previously released on compilations like Big Fun and Circle in the Round, but almost one-third of the material lay unissued until this release.) The music is simply fabulous -- the simultaneous birth and peak of jazz-rock/fusion, with a host of major players (John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette) and many innovations. There is a bit more evidence of tape hiss than in Columbia's last American remastering of the album, but the revelations of depth and timbre more than make up for it. Though the unreleased selections are distinctly inferior to those released on Bitches Brew, "Yaphet," "Corrado," and "Trevere" are intriguing jam sessions that reveal much about the creative process between Davis and producer Teo Macero during recording. Unlike Columbia's previous sets in the series (one treating Miles' period of collaboration with Gil Evans and one featuring the music of his second classic quintet), the Bitches Brew sessions lend themselves well to a box set of this type -- presenting the music in chronological order does no harm to original LP configurations as it did on previous sets, and the music here is another glowing testament to Miles' importance to the development of jazz in 1969, as in 1949.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 04:24:29
- Main artists: Miles Davis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Jazz
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
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