Bitches Brew

Closer to a 4.5, but I'm giving it 5 stars

yeah

its very good jazz music!

what is there to say, the albums bitchin’ best album cover of all time? the fact that some nerds were thinking that miles had gone too commercial woth this album is hilarious

This sounded like one continuous jam session and that was cool!

I mean she’s a bitch but she is fair

This was a Sanctuary.

This album is wall to wall chaos. I need to listen to it more just to begin to understand it.

Pivotal jazzy-funky psychedelia.

This project has helped me get into jazz a little, but this one was a bit challenging for me. I kinda wish it started with side 2; it felt more structured to me, so might've warmed me up for the freeform of side 1. I have no doubt it's brilliant, and I truly admire musicians who are able to do what they do here, but it's just slightly beyond me at this time.

I feel like the jazz albums are less over represented on this list and also cover so many sub genres. As such I think ill end up giving most of them near/perfect scores Glad this prompted a re listen, love the chaos this brings compared to some of his other work. Fav track: Bitches Brew

Legitimately excited for this and also nervous. I’ve tried listened to it recently and couldn’t really get into it. But I’ve been exploring a lot of jazz lately from the 50s and 60s so I’m definitely really intrigued to hear the evolution toward this more experimental fusion style. More familiar with Miles Davis from his late 50s era like Kind of Blue. Pharoah’s Dance starts with just frenetic energy and noise. It’s not really “jazzy” at first but then you hear that rhythm section working and instruments coming in and out of the sound. It’s a lot. But once the horns dominate more, it really grows on you. It’s chaotic, and that’s the intention I think. About half way through the first track is when you’re like yeah this is something. The electric pianos and guitars make a dent on the song and it all starts to bleed into something unique. It definitely reminds you of rock solos more than jazz solos and I guess that’s the point. Bitches Brew finds a jazzy rock groove sooner and feels like a true improvisation session. It doesn’t really sound like anything else I can think of. And Miles’ squeaking trumpet lingers throughout the album. Spanish Key sounds like a straight funk beat at times and it’s awesome. Seems like the most funk rock jazz mixture of genres that feels less “out there.” John McLaughlin track sounds closer to a rock solo. Biggest downside is that the experimental nature doesn’t lead to melody so songs start sounding like each other and don’t stand out when they’re done. But while you’re listening it’s an experience for sure. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down might be my favorite track. Feels like the perfect mix of jazzy elements with a funky blues rock beat. Super fun and at this point in the album you’re more than used to the sound so this sounds like something old and new. This is as unique an album to hear after being familiar with some form other jazz and not hearing much of any fusion. It’s a remarkable departure in sound. It’s very hard to properly rate. At times it was overwhelmingly noisy and songs often take a long time to win you over. By the end you’re fully aware you experienced something different, but it isn’t all the most enjoyable. It’s at least a 3. Probably a 4. Not sure it’s something you’d choose to listen to in entirety often but it’s unique.

Volvemos al reto de la mano de esta bestia de la música que fue Miles Davis. De él tengo escuchados pocos discos y este lo tenía en agenda. Lo escucharé en dos tandas, pero debo decir que la primera parte es hipnótica. Seguimos mañana. Hoy cerramos con el disco y hay que decir que es un laburazo. Hipnótico, sin dudas. Ideal para leer en plan de estudio. Gracias y hasta mañana

BREWING BITCHES

Η πρώτη πλευρά με κούρασε, τα λάιβ ήταν καλύτερα. Αλλά επιτέλους ΛΙΓΗ ΤΖΑΖ ΕΔΩ ΜΕΣΑ. Αν και ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΙ ΚΟΠΕΛΑΡΕΣ ΜΟΥ;;; Ελπίζω να μη βάλει μόνο άντρες τζαζίστες. ΑΜΑ ΔΕ ΔΩ ΤΗ ΝΙΝΑΡΑ ΘΑ ΓΙΝΕΙ ΧΑΜΟΣ

Spacious, maybe a bit aimless at times.

Very dense and strange. Love the rhythm section even when everything else gets chaotic.

Um disco que costuma filtrar até os mais entusiastas em Jazz. É uma escuta desafiadora e imprevisível. O verdadeiro gênio dos artistas envolvidos nessa produção é totalmente transparente nessas longas faixas. É preciso admitir que eu sou um daqueles turistas do gênero que acaba sendo filtrado por este magnânimo disco. Tem muito aqui que aprecio, a alma viva e pulsante dessas canções me conquista. Mas acaba que sua duração exacerbada torna a escuta desse álbum de capa a capa uma tarefa herculeana e assustadora. O lado mais elétrico de Davis é interessante. Spanish Key destaca isso muito bem, acho que é a faixa mais fácil de digerir do álbum, e acaba sendo minha favorita. A desconstrução do Jazz proposta aqui é fascinante mas acaba sendo opressora demais para meus ouvidos. 4/5

Forceful, textured, interesting and with a sense of interiority. Do I like jazz..?

Stellar line up of artists, fronted by the most influential man in all of Jazz. Right at the forefront of discovering the sound that would become what pretty much all of 70's and onwards Jazz would be about. This sounds nothing like the Fusion that would be known as Fusion later on in the decade. This is a bit more of a difficult listen and in a good way. Its eccentric and has this out of the world energy to it. Good reason to turn on the record player again. I will say that the second half that I accidently listened to first does kind of sound duller than the first one. Hugely influential but not one I turn to often.

Jazz masterpiece

Ground breaking jazz album, taking Miles Davis into jazz rock fusion territory

Just had a groove-tastic afternoon at work

I'm not really a jazz listener, but how can you not appreciate this--okay, I'm a Phish fan and it's clear the 2nd disc is mostly a rock jam haha. I'll probably put it on again, but not ready to go 5, more of a 4.5 for me.

more grooves must be EEEEVIIL!

First side is maximum audio. sometime after the 1 hour mark, you do start to wonder whether something else will happen still, which is the only downside.

Who am I to give this legendary album less than 5 stars but I still think that the praise for this one has gotten over the years is a bit overblown. The album is a bit self-indulgent but that's what happens when you're trying something new and shaking things up. 4.5 would be more appropriate but I can't help compare this to In a Silent Way which I think does it better. I definitely can get down with Voodoo any day though.

Experimental jazz at its best

Virkilega solid og áhugaverð plata. Skemmtilegur titill og plötuumslagið æðislegt. Eini gallinn að mér fannst erfitt að tralla með þessu.

Snilldarplata. Skemmtilegar tilraunir hjá Miles.

Favoritt-jazzen til samtlige støy/psych-musikere jeg er glad i. Har gitt den flere forsøk opp igjennom, men tror bare jeg har kommet meg gjennom hele én gang tidligere. Nå har jeg en hypotese. Jeg har satt på denne på morgenen mens jeg har gått til verks med sparkel & sandpapir. Arbeidet krever lite intellektuelt, men nok presisjon til at det ikke er komplett hjernedødt heller. Når hjernen er i dette stadiet, funker dette veldig bra, for jeg prøver ikke å gjette meg frem til neste moment, men balanserer grasiøst mellom motifene og overraskelsene. Tesen min: avant jazz er blue collar musikk. Det kan være tungt å komme seg igjennom et dobbeltalbum med dette, men det står egentlig i stil med håndverket.

Første gang jeg har hørt gjennom hele. Anbefalt av forståsegpåere siden 1970. Plata ble bedre desto mer jeg hørte. Stone me into the groove eller no sånt. Plate 2 begynte jeg for alvor å tenke på Jimi Hendrix og det han holdt på med sammen med Band of Gypsys. Qwanta meg fram til at Davis og Hendrix visstnok skal ha spilt sammen 1 gang på soverommet til Hendrix og hadde planer om å gjøre innspillinger sammen, men det falt sammen pga management. Men hadde Bitches Brew blitt så mye annerledes? Ja, bare Hendrix er Hendrix. Og bare Davis er Davis. Uansett, ikke så rotete og avantgarde som jeg trodde Bitches Brew kom til å være. Men jeg er nok mest interessert i Kind of Blue fortsatt, så du får bare kalle meg en basic bitches brew.

I'm a huge Miles Davis fan but have always struggled with this album, like I do with most experimental albums. They are music for musicians and a bit too much for me. But something clicked while listening for this project and next thing I know it has been on repeat all day. I started hearing more funk and psychedelia and freedom and less chaos. “Miles Runs the Voodoo Down” is a stand out track.

Haven't listened to this since college but man this is cool. Side A had me feeling like I was deep in a K hole and trying to crawl my way out but even that was a good experience.

Good shite

2026.08.25.

Pretty good

Great jazz. Brilliance but not jagged. Some jazz can be jarring if it isn't done well. This is done very well.

Like it. Good bitches

Dipped in the end

Insane how these tracks transform and shift within themselves to create some really mysterious and transfixing soundscapes. Having heard this now in full, it is easy to see where all the other jazz fusion artists I've listened to over the years have been pulling from. Fav Tracks: "Bitches Brew", "Spanish Key" and "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down".

It grew on me and I know it is vital but it always seems hard to access and reach. I totally get how important this record is and the reasons for it but I just don't turn to it like I do with Kind of Blue and In A Silent Way.

[Already rated. Original review:] Felt like a philistine at first, because I couldn't connect with the first disc at all. The second half is full of guitar freakouts and cool electric piano stuff, and really hit. Especially loved "Spanish Key" and "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down."

This type of jazz is usually not my thing, but I did find this to be a fun ride. It has all of the meandering elements that usually turn me off, but I liked the trumpet and guitar. Spanish Key Might be my new favorite song of this genre.

This was so cool! I really enjoyed it. I don't usually jazz like all of that but I got it. And I felt cool.

So sick

Definitely one that will take time to settle into. A real sense of frenetic energy overflowing, and a pushing of the boundaries of the genres it pushes together.

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Started listening with headphones but realized this was much more suited for speakers. Was a much more enjoyable listen. Miles runs the voodoo down was my standout favourite.

I'm going to firmly place this as the best album on the list that i won't give a 5 stars to. this is such a brilliant album don't get me wrong, but after listening it's prob the... weakest Davis album on the list. In terms of technical tho, it's easily the best on the list, it's just beautifully spaced with so much niceness to the texture, he's using everything in the textbook and far far away from the textbook to make a sonic masterpiece. I think the difference between this and the others is that there is more "coherence" to the other albums on the list from him then this. In A Silent Way, whilst having similar length tracks, I believe sonically is more my taste pallet and easier to follow. This'll def be an album I come back to here and again, i think one play of this isn't enough to LOVE this album.

Do you like jazz? If not, then you won't enjoy this

I get that it's too long, but it's impossible to not appreciate this. I mean this is an insane level of talent. Just to play something like this, let alone come up with it. This is incredible, I don't get how people can invent music like this and remember every single time how they played and what they played.

I think Davis is only meant to be listened to wandering a big city at night in the rain. My friends: “No, this isn’t one Davis’ weirder albums” - just cuz it’s not one of his weirder doesn’t mean it’s not weird!

It’s hard to write reviews the small amount of instrumental and jazz albums on this list but this was good.

i think i need more time and listens to really appreciate this. it's complex, lenghty, strange. has a spacey, psychedelic, futuristic taste to it that makes it so interesting even today. but at the same time, it made me lose myself on the music and find me at the end, without knowing that much about the music.

Kind of Blue is the best jazz album of all time. As I don't like jazz. This certainly takes more love of jazz to get into but the incorporation of electric instruments makes it very listenable still, despite its length. Spanish Key probably the highlight. My lack of love for jazz prevents this going higher but it's obviously a huge album.

Following on from 'In a silent way', the 'directions in music by Miles Davis' live up to their billing on this sprawling, at times difficult but never dull, listening experience. Supposedly recorded at the same time as Woodstock and having just as big an effect upon popular culture in the long run with the re emergence of Jazz via popular music, film soundtracks and prog rock. This is arguably day one of Jazz rock and fusion whilst achieving Miles's ambition to create music out of pure improvisation based on a handful of chord progressions set out by the man himself. Chick Corea and Joe Zawinul on keys, John McLaughlin on guitar, Wayne Shorter on sax and Bennie Maupin on the then unique bass clarinet are remarkable in creating something out of the loosest of frameworks. I need tie before hearing it again but there's a reason it was his biggest seller part from 'A Kind of Blue'.

8.5/10

acknowledging the abyss that separates my ability to enjoy this from being able to understand it the longest and by far most challenging album yet, i appreciate the quality of the performances, which are unlike anything i've ever heard before. top tier musicians creating a new language in an almost telepathic way; the groundbreaking spirit that leads them to do more than just the next great jazz album, adapting the same spirit of contemporaries from different genres, from psychedelia to prog, passing through funk and everything that represented the new social and cultural reality

1. "Pharaoh's Dance" 2. "Spanish Key" 3. "Sanctuary"

Ani neviem presne... Záleží na momentálnej nálade. Ak je priaznivá, tak 5, ak nie, také.

the first time i heard this album, it stopped me in my tracks. i had never heard anything like it. listening to it again today, i feel the exact same way.

Ok, really liking the experimentation going on in this one. I think I'm still more of a Coltrane fan, but this an Sketches of Spain are my favorite Miles records. Kind of has an uneasy, dark vibe to it that I'm digging. Definitely on the long side, but doesn't drag. Overall, great record.

Weird but in a way I like.

Will this be the album that helps me distinguish the good jazz from the other jazz? Let's find out in two hours. 2 hours later I still don't really understand Jazz but I think this album is pretty neat! I found myself just picking out threads of one instrument that stood out and just trying to follow it. I can understand why people like this stuff even if it doesn't super hit the spot for me usually. You could get lost in the sauce pretty easily.

iconic

Ok, so I went back and forth on the scoring a bit, but I've decided I'm going with 4 stars. I wasn't as into Pharaoh's Dance and Bitch's Brew that much, but I liked the rest of the album better. Lots of top notch musicians on this album. My favorite was Spanish Key. At one point during that song the rhythms were so hypnotic that I zoned out for a bit lol. I was completely lost in the music. (in a good way)

After a string of bad albums that were all "avant garde" (unlistenable noise), it's nice to have an album that I can tell is actually good even if it's not my cup of tea

It's Miles freaking Davis man. It definitely wore it's length at point but even when it faded to the background it still sounded great. 8/10

I dig Mile Davis as much as the next guy, and this album is great... but one doesn't need to listen to the entire record to get the idea. Good stuff, though.

I’m intrigued by this masterpiece but have that feeling I sometimes get in front of a famous painting in a museum. I know it’s brilliant, I know it’s unlike anything else or that it paved the way for everything after it, or it’s a technical and artistic wonder, but I just don’t get it. Or worse, I just don’t enjoy it. Yeah, that’s it. It’s just not for me. I can appreciate it but I really don’t want to listen to this again. 😆

Only listened to one side today, pretty good

Listen I love Jazz and I really enjoyed this experimental jazz album. However this is too long for me and the last song really ruined the vibes for me. I understand that it was like a slow release to a frenetic and intense album but it just didn’t do it for me!!!

This is like waking up and realising you got blackout drunk last night, and trying to piece the events of the evening together. You get up and make a black coffee. Milk would be bad right now. You get a flash of a roulette table in your head. You check your pants pockets and find 25 dollars worth of casino chips. As you sit down to drink your coffee, you are transported back to drinking an espresso martini. You cough, and it tastes like cigarette smoke. There is a girl asleep on your couch? You open the window, and a breeze reminds you of being at a rooftop bar drinking negronis. You can’t find your phone, but you have a bad feeling you left a voicemail message on your ex-girlfriend’s phone. Probably best you never hear that. Your shirt from last night is covered in mud, grass stains and a bit of blood. You check the mirror and see that you have a black eye. Next thing a girl comes out of your room, and sheepishly tells you her uber is waiting. What the hell happened last night? All in all though, you get the feeling it was a good time.

Not as good as his other and a bit long, but still a great listen and musicianship at the top of its game.

lidt ligesom hvis Jimi hendrix fik et lovechild med jazz, undfanget midt i et syretrip og lige inden (hippie)bølgen knækkede og rullede tilbage. Bestemt udfordrende (som al god kunst bør være) - selvom det måske går lige lidt for vidt et par gange - men også vildt interessant at lytte til.

I have heard that this is an incredible album. Long songs but not boring. Great sax by Miles. Nice guitar work. A good album. Four stars

In A Silent Way was a 5 star album for me, even though I'm not a big fan of jazz. Miles Davis' genius is big and bold, and I can appreciate this album even though it's not my cup of tea. I don't "get" jazz- especially experimental jazz, but I know that I am listening to a true work of art.

ggrroooovvyyyyy, i vibed

Multiple tracks being 15+ minutes is wild

Jazz isn't typically my thing, but this almost changed that. Overall a pretty interesting experience, not always enjoyable but that's what you get with experimental stuff. It's objectively good though

I’d listened to Bitches Brew in the past. It was amazing. Somehow I didn’t quite have the energy for 1hr 45 mins this time round, so I guess that’s only four stars.

Great album from Miles and the virtuosos he assembled… not quite as consistently good as In A Silent Way but it’s close. Favorite songs: Pharaoh’s Dance, Spanish Key. 4.5/5

Musical horrors beyond my comprehsion. 8/10

A cool album, but not an easy one. The experimental and improvisational jazz makes for some very cool music, but also music that you won't just put up at random. Great album, I will listen to it again, but it will only be if I have the time and focus for it

a bit hard to get into, i kept pausing and trying to come back to it many times along the week, in fact i am 7 days behind rn. i appreaciate jazz and i really enjoyed the album overall, but non the less i still had a hard time sitting trough the first chunck of it.

Jazzy but discordant it has good moments

It's Miles Davis, what more do you need to say?

I still don't know how to verbalise my thoughts on jazz but this is really entertaining and impressive. Lots of long winding, crazy passages that make the album cover a perfect fit for the sound of this album 4.5 Highlights: Spanish Key, Sanctuary

It's famous and it's still utterly captivating. But it's also tiresome. I'd put it on again as a beloved museum piece rather than a favourite friend.

Cannot possibly digest this in one listen. Some accessible bits, some hard going, dissonant bits, and some bits that sound like Mario music according to my wife.

Miles Davis makes great jazz music, not much else to it.

What a journey. I was intimidated by the track list, but found myself really enjoying the long and meandering songs. Would love to listen to this one again in a non-work context, because it was difficult to pull off at work.

Long songs Long album Damn fine album 4/5

Great album, although for me it dragged on for just a tiny bit too long.

Not everyone is going to like this one, but I do! It sounds like Miles Davis plus Grateful Dead psychedelic jams.

classic

This one is hard to rate. I went in expecting something like Kind of Blue but that's basically the opposite of what this is. It's a challenging listen if you sit down and do critical listening. And it's definitely not meant to be listened to as background music. It's very technically proficient, but similar to Nina Simone's Wild in the Wind, you have to be in a specific mood. Or at least I have to be.

Great! Probably went over my head a little in terms of how much craftsmanship is in this album, but it was a superb experience listening to this

Pretty wild jazz album. Some oddball stuff on this, but done in an interesting way. Can see why it is a classic. I didn't enjoy it as much as Kind of Blue, which is a very different experience.

Objectively phenomenal, but this is something I'd put on in the background, not something I'd want to be actively listening to. 20+ minute songs aren't for the weak.

4/5

Not my favorite Miles, but certainly a worthwhile listen.

This album is the definition of cool just like peeing your pants. He had a way of making you feel his music and I am all for it. 8.5/10 Top song Bitches Brew

Very cool and artsy artsy jazzy. The stereotype. Should listen and pay attention at some point

If anyone ever asks me what my favourite Miles Davis record is, I will probably say Bitches Brew because it will make me look clever. It hasn't happened yet, but if it ever does, I'll be ready. I do genuinely like it but yes, it's hard work and you have to be in the mood. I'm far happier listening to the proggy, psychy side of Miles Davies than the candle-lit dinner jazz side. I love a challenge in music, and this record is a challenge but a rewarding one, if you're willing to put the time in. I recommend a darkened room, some good headphones and a drop or two of something intoxicating to aid digestion.

Good jazz album

incredible jazz album. Probably my favourite of miles's. 9/10. First listen tracklist ranking: 1. Bitches Brew 2. Pharaoh's Dance 3. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 4. Spanish Key 5. Sanctuary 6. John McLaughlin

Oh, boy. Heavy doesn't even begin to describe this one, which is a bit too much to digest on a Thursday morning in May. I have had exposure to it before, notably when Dogfish Head released a 40th anniversary beer in honor of it, and I popped it on Spotify while I drank one of them. It was a phenomenal and very fitting nod to the source material, as both are think, rich, and quite frankly have too much going on to be enjoyed casually, or in large doses. Which is to say that I APPRECIATE it more than I actually LIKE it. I'll certinly give it its due, but as I'd seldom if ever choose to put this on for myself, it's a 4.5/5 that I can't bring myself to round up.

It's a bold album. I've always been kind of intimidated by it. It's like a mashup of Fellini, Picasso, and Joyce. There are times when it's a five in one ear and a two in the other. Mind boggling record. Great fit for the list.

nice

Nice free jazz one of the leading albums of the genre late 60s

I tried jazz, I mever really got into it. I have a couple of Miles Davis records at home. So, I guess I kind of knew what I was up for when Bitches Brew came up yesterday. At least, I thought I knew. Bitches Brew was something else. It is tough to describe, just a couple of genius musicians trying to outdo each other for almost two hours straight. It isn’t easy listening, I probably never listen to this record again, but it was a good listen.

There is a lot going on with this album. Might have to give it another listen.

I’d call this album elegant. It’s compact and cool in a way. Miles Davis never disappoints. 7/10

I’m no jazz impresario, and most jazz sounds roughly the same to me above a certain quality level. This is definitely above that quality level. It feels like an auditory collage that reaches to the heavens and the innermost recesses of your brain at the same time. Bitches brew (perfect name) feels like the soundtrack to the coolest noir/horror move ever.

Way out there, stimulating stuff. You could spend hours and days wandering in these sonic landscapes.

good for chilling in lingerie (alone or with a friend). fav: miles runs the voodoo down

I remember my cool older friend playing this, and I didn't get it. I wouldn't say I get it now, but there are moments.

Not KOB but it’s still Miles

Not gonna lie, when I saw the 1hr 45 run time on this I wasn’t exactly bursting with enthusiasm. While I have gained an appreciation for Jazz throughout this list I do have to be in the mood for it. With that in mind, it did take me a bit to get into this but once I did it was great. I won’t get time to listen again today but I will give it another go at some point when I’m not in work and it’s way more relaxed.

Miles was one of a kind 🎺

I think this is technically excellent and groundbreaking, but doesn’t match in enjoyment of listening for basic me.

I feel like this is one that grows on you. It’s overwhelming on first listen. Espiecially the first two songs. There’s a lot going on and it feels like a mess. Spanish Key was where it started clicking for me, that song I liked a lot. The rest of the album was also more cohesive, not as difficult to decipher on first listen. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite album but I think I’d return to it.

Good stuff.

It's space. It's space. Uh, it's space. It's really good at being space.

eigentlich e schand dasi da nonie glost han. find s fangt super reduziert und cool aah. hwei pianiste zwei drummer. ah und d pianiste sind de zawinul und de chick corea. scho streng. aber de erst song hani sogar no nice gfunde. de zweit findi würkli streng. ok scho no geil de drum groove amel und giti sehr geil gspielt aber ich brücht ab und zue e melodie. isch glaub eis zum mehrmols lose. spanish key sch geeil. langsam chumi drii

Good songs if you like jazz, I just found them a bit too long

If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis. Favorite Track: "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down".

A very immersive listen. It’s amazing how the collective group moves from contemplative, to grooving, to urgent, to lonesome. I love when music inspires you to create a story or narrative. This album does that. Probably could not listen to this album too often, but there will be times when I’d welcome it. Favorite track: Spanish Key.

Gran gran álbum. Segundo que escucho de Miles, y es realmente hipnótico. Empiezo a entender de qué va esto. Encima, la tapa, 1970, es todo lo que uno imagina. No se queda en el Jazz el tipo. 8/10

I listened to the great Bitches Brew but at a hour and 48 minutes frankly I need more time with this one. One word I would use to describe this album is hypnotic. It was an incredibly active listen, meaning this isn’t jazz that washes over you; these musicians are all seemingly on offense which makes it exciting. I will be back…

Very jazzy. I mean, of course I have to applaud the effort to mix in some non-mainstream, non-pop musical styles on a huge list of albums I must hear before I die, but including four Miles Davis albums feels like just about the laziest possible way to do this. Certainly nothing wrong with this particular album, and it even showcases some interesting directions Davis was moving jazz toward. I suppose even token diversity is better than no diversity at all. I'd certainly much rather listen to this than another Smiths or Pet Shop Boys album!

coming from his other project, he truly goes wild on this one. jazz fusion, chaotic, and insanely long with compositions that are like 30min long it was a fun listen, it expands your mind to the highest + features cool jazz figures

I can't judge this off one listen, it's far too involved and full of hidden depth that would only reveal itself after multiple listens, not to mention the extraordinary 90 min length! It was truly engaging though, very unpredictable and draws the ear in waiting to hear where it goes next. One I'll have to return to in the future but I can hear the quality here.

Я бы хотел научится разбираться в джазе

Вообще долго не выкупал этот альбом, потому что он: а) пипец долгий; б) послушал его впервые, когда только начинал слушать джаз, и на тот момент это был тяжеловатый опыт. Но в начале этого года переслушал - классная пластинка, да, все еще иногда казалась утомительной, но сейчас нравится гораздо больше. Но при этом все еще далеко до моих любимых альбомов Майлза.

Amo a Miles y amo este álbum.

Outstanding jazz record. Full of everything!

i mean yeah he good at jazz

so long but good homework music again lol, it’s good stuff but not my stuff if that makes sense. I like it a lot of I’m not sitting there trying to focus on it

This is an album I love listening to by myself, but I know that I would feel awkward listening to it with others. It is good chaotic music to relax/drive to.

Based on the listener feedback, I'm guessing the reason this album has a largely mixed review (3, 4, and 5s have been given with roughly the same frequency) is because jazz is doing what it always promised: it's inventing new things all of the time. i mean, fuck, it's not just a random coincidence that this album became a legendary jazz record only after everybody fucking hated it at first. what do you mean we're adding electric pianos and guitars?? to MY jazz??? but that's why i love bitches brew so much. it's not my favorite miles davis album, but you absolutely cannot deny the impact of this improvisation and davis's magnificent vision. in a record whose first ten minutes sound like the band warming up, miles davis decides to *spit in the face of HIS OWN jazz convention*. if that's not fucking cool, i don't know what is. who says i can't record random sounds that evolve into smooth ass tracks like "spanish key"? this list of contributors is also impossibly great. aside from the man himself we get chick corea, wayne shorter, john mclaughlin, i mean come on! how many other times did this MANY legends contribute to a single album?? i mean in jazz collabs are common but this array is always going to be impressive. i mean bill evans did it regularly but whatever obviously anyone is allowed to hate bitches brew, but what i will not stand is "i hate this album" followed by "well of course i didn't even listen to all of it, i could tell from the first few minutes that it wasn't for me" bc you sound like boomers that hated rock because it didn't sound like the 50s pop their racist parents put them on. the whole reason jazz is cool is because it has such an obvious and traceable evolution over a really short amount of time. people are making shit up that is being listened to *right now*, not making shit up that lasted for, like, the pop punk era and then became a monument in musical history. i will give this album's critics a point: some of the tracks do overstay their welcome. i would love to be able to pretend it doesn't bother me that the title track is half an hour, but it does. sometimes you can get away with this, but i usually don't have that kind of patience for an experimental album like this. the sheer variety, though, makes it infinitely relistenable. if you get bored with "pharaoh's dance", fine, play "spanish key". you can always play "spanish key". anyway. this album might not fuck as hard as some other stuff from miles davis that i like more, but this album still fucks. hard. as my priest says, it is a right, good, and joyous thing, always and everywhere. 4.5/5

Miles Davis is always a guarantee. This is heavily chaotic and experimental. A masterful expression of art. The only sad part is that I don't really see myself coming back to it easily.

Jazzy

this was excellent miles davis is an enigma

Very long, but very good

I’ve listened to Miles Davis before and he is a master at his craft. To jazz enthusiasts I’m sure this is a masterpiece, but it just sounds like a bunch of musicians who hit “record” and played for nearly two hours.

While I wasn't in the right mood to listen to 2 hours of experimental jazz, it still was really good. I mean Miles is a legend for a reason, and even though it was a little disconnected at times, I think that's more on me not listening to this type of music more often. Still love the electronic synth and jazz rock components.

Pharaoh's Dance 4.4 Bitches Brew 4.3 Spanish Key 4.3 John McLaughlin 4 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 4.1 Sanctuary 3.8 Score: 4.15

Not the easiest listen, but definitely a milestone in music history.

Clocking it at nearly 2 hours of experimental jazz, this album is a tough inclusion on a daily listening list. It's difficult to approach music like this inorganically, but this record deserves the accolades its earned over the years and I'll need to find time to sit down with it again. From what I was able to digest I really enjoyed.

It’s oddly satisfying, I’m just happy listening but don’t know exactly why 😂

Weirdly got this back to back with In a Silent Way, and this is a much longer album with a more expansive sonic palette.

alright he got time!

The only downside to this album is that the length keeps me from getting quality time with it. It was weird and inventive but still rooted in the jazz you love Miles for.

Is this what they call free jazz? These guys are all masters of their craft. I wonder how much actual structure there is to these songs, because there are distinct sections, but many of those could very likely be a result of coordinated improvisation rather than a compositional framework. In that sense, it is almost impossible to replicate this kind of music; if another group of jazz musicians tried to cover of any of these, it would surely come out different to the extent of being unrecognizable. I like how the tunes ebb and flow between chaotic and calm sections, and it's very cool to see how each member plays off of each other. This music would be 10 times better live, It's one of those things that the more attention you give it, the more it gives back. Without it being live, you have to really concentrate your ear on individual parts and visualize them playing it to fully appreciate the music. I also sensed some of the time period, hints of Herbie Hancock, and not just because of the electric base and keyboard. There's nothing quite like this, which means it requires a certain state of mind, but it also means that it can reach you in a way unlike any other music. Tough to rate though

Accurate title

need to have time to get into it.

Another one of those album's that I like but would never really return to unless I put it on in the background. In order to fully appreciate this you need to really pay attention and that's not something I want to do all the time while listening to music. The musicality on display here is otherworldly and there are a number of songs here that I found to be quite hypnotising but I think because of it's length and quite demanding nature, this isn't going to be something I'll fully re-listen to again even though I do think this is pretty great. Fav Songs: Miles Runs The Voodoo Down, Pharaoh's Dance, Spanish Key Least Fav: John McLaughlin 8.1/10

Experimental jazz/jazz fusion can be incredibly fun to listen to.

I’m surprised how much I enjoyed this, I’ve never really listened to Jazz and wasn’t looking forward to trying this. I can see how this was considered revolutionary at the time, the musicianship here is top notch, I would say my favourite track is either Spanish key or Miles runs the voodoo down. It misses out on one star for the fact that it’s not something I’ll be adding to my regular rotation at this point, but if I’m in the mood for Jazz, I’d definitely give this another play.

Eclectic and experimental

Halt scho tuff

Entspannt

Groundbreaking

The best jazz album Ive listened to yet. Its long but Its really good. I hate seing more experimental album getting bad reviews on this site... Open your mind people.

It would have hit so much different if I was either drunk or high.

i don't know much about jazz; i'm finding it a little hard to write an interesting review, so i'm going to keep it short. this album is a masterpiece -- even a novice like me can notice that. the musical palette on this thing is complex and layered, and generally he is able to transport you in space and time, unlike many others. i had a great time listening to this. that album cover is bad ass, too.

Way too long but good. Just a jam with some of the best jazz musicians of the time.

Serious vibes.

Love Miles Davis! Thought the album was brilliant. Really got me grooving. Long album though so took longer than I wanted to get through it all. Time and place would make this even better.

My head is spinning. This is a challenging listen that's like a feverish nightmare at times. But I mean that in the best way possible, because I absolutely loved it. The electric piano, reverb, and dissonant, fragmented melodies leave you feeling dizzy. This isn't a collection of songs, it's artistic sonic experimentation. The improvisation is obvious, but what isn't as obvious is the post-production editing. It's freeform improv mixed with careful post-production assembly, building up to peaks, and giving breathing room through troughs. The percussion section gets into a proper groove. There's definitely improv happening here, but it's also the driving force that allows the other instruments to fly wildly all over the place. The electric guitar and bass lines bring these pieces out of what you'd traditionally associate with jazz, and more into the world of avant-garde. At times it feels like Can, at other times it has a "Kid A" vibe to it. This isn't music you put on in the background as you're doing household chores. This is music you put headphones on for, and let it engulf you until your head is spinning.

Sorry but everyone crying this is “too experimental” might be a baby and an uninteresting person

My top five Miles albums are all from the bebop/ cool jazz phase, but this noodley (but compelling) offering might be number eight or nine.

Initial thoughts are quite good. Not my usual listening but I think repeat listens would be good.

Growing up, I didn't particularly like jazz. My grampy was really into it, but my only real exposure to the genre before adulthood was playing trumpet in my middle school jazz band, which my parents made me join. I dreaded going to the practices because none of my close friends were in the ensemble and the director was kind of a jerk (he ended up getting arrested for operating under the influence and assaulting a police officer – true story). Ironically, Haywyre and Kendrick Lamar (two artists who could have only barely been considered jazz at the time) were more accurately my gateway into the genre. Not to say that their work had me itching to dive into jazz proper, but Two Fold Pt. 1 and To Pimp a Butterfly were both really important albums in my journey to figuring out my music taste after listening to basically nothing but Christian rock for half my life. That said, I was more more susceptible to the genre's allure by the time I had to take a History of Jazz course during my sophomore year of college and there was one artist my professor couldn't stop praising: Miles Davis. He painted Davis as not only a generationally-talented trumpeter, but an innovator at the forefront of almost every major jazz movement. When it was time to learn about jazz fusion, I was intrigued by an album he referred to as "Mm-itches Brew" (if it wasn't already obvious, I went to a Pentecostal school), which was apparently a landmark release for the genre. I got even more interested in it once I heard the title track – I had never heard a jazz record so uniquely psychedelic before and it instantly clicked with me. Once the semester ended and I had some disposable income from working full-time, a B**ches Brew CD was one of the first purchases I made (along with Kind of Blue and Heavy Weather). I listened to the full album for the first time in my friend Hunter's car while we ventured out to pick up a new commute bicycle for me. He listened to music in a really intrigued and nonjudgmental way, so he really was the perfect person to consume this sort of album with. Although I'm not into jazz to quite the same degree as I was back then, my opinions on B**ches Brew haven't changed all that much in the years since – it's still one of the most unique, entrancing and avant-garde fusion albums I've ever heard. It's an absolute must-listen for anyone looking to take the plunge into the world of jazz, especially for folks who want an album that feels cutting-edge and experimental (even today). Admittedly, its excessive song lengths prevent it from being the kind of thing I can pick up and play any time. The title track alone is longer than a lot of albums are and I rarely ever have the time/attention an album like this requires to be fully appreciated. It doesn't help that the two shortest songs are also the weakest of the bunch (in my opinion), so putting one of those on to quickly scratch my Miles Davis itch is basically out of the question. All things considered, I'd give B**ches Brew four stars based on my own rating criteria. I'd love it if the album were just a smidge more approachable and if the two shortest cuts were slightly more memorable, but it's a near-perfect jazz experience that I'm happy to sit down with every few years. Please give this one a fair shot – you're not going to find another Book Album like it! Highlights: Pharaoh's Dance, B**ches Brew, Spanish Key, Miles Runs the Voodoo Down

This is a beast of an album. It takes you places. That's all I gotta say.

the album people that say that they hate jazz love. what else to say?

Alles één samengesmolten klont, dus favo track kan ik niet zeggen. Wel heerlijk plaatje voor een dag thuis.

Not actually going to give this five stars on account of being great ambient jazz; it did what it needed to but felt a little too repetitive, monotonous, and dull for the length

A little bit all over the place, but in a good way

This was nothing like I expected but in a really good way

An old friend and a perfect jazz album I feel nervous saying that because sometime after high school I decided that exploring jazz was kind of a poseur thing to do and gave up. I think it's part of an unfortunate acculturation process that happened to a lot of us white kids in college in the 2000s, the tastemakers of the time steering us toward whiter and whiter things as signs of cultural sophistication. I wish I had listened to my friends in high school who loved reggae and hip hop just because of how it sounded, not because of what it signified. But my time with Miles came before all that. This was a category of music I loved that made some of the people around me think I was a stoner when I was way too socially timid to do drugs. But I was confident in the setting of school, so when we pasted up the school paper late at night I usually put on jazz. I had no idea what jazz fusion was so this and albums like Herbie Hancock's Headhunters were just a part of the exploration. And that's what I especially associate this album with: going on a mental journey that you can't quite control. I could probably hum along with most of Kind of Blue even now, but I get completely lost in the world of Miles and John McLaughlin and Chick Corea. These days I need to get lost more than ever, so I'm happy to have this in my life again.

This is some wild shit

A couple days ago my family was at one of those aquariums with moving sidewalks where you can watch sharks swim over top of you. We couldn't tell if the sound we were hearing was jazz music from the aquarium sound system or something rubbing in the sidewalk mechanism. That said, this album might be my gateway drug to jazz. While listening I felt mostly just puzzled.

A bunch of goats jamming for almost two hours Not songs I’d go back to often cause of the length but I’m glad I listened to this One of the first jazz fusion albums — cool funk grooves

if the 70s film soundtrack doesn’t sound like this i don’t want it

Miles goes electric!

I love Miles Davis now Edit Mar 27 2026: 5 --> 4. I haven't played this album *as* much. Maybe if I play it more in the future I will bump it up more

Awesomely uniform

I love jazz!!!!! Ik hou nog meer van moeilijke jazz!!!! Laat het vreemd klinken heerlijk. Wel had ik migraine vandaag, dus echt deep listening werd het niet hihi.

Ya like Jazz?

I mean... one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. Although tbh, not my current taste in jazz!

Yeah dude high as fuck jazz I love it

This was chaotic and wild and I probably won’t listen to it again but it deserves some love

Free jazz by the best

whatever Miles was on (hard drugs), I want it.

really long but i can see how influential this is. not sure how often i’d gravitate to it tho to play regularly

bitchez gonna bru..... bitchez gonna bru.

I do not really know how to judge this. To me this is a collection of very long fusion-y tunes that are the right sort of nice dischordant to feel thoroughly cool enjoying this. The introduction of electric elements is really cool and a step for the genre, but I don't know how to judge this, needs more listens

Background music

Joya!

Not my favourite

Absolute classic and staple for a reason

Difficult

I skipped this album when I first saw because I think I was worried it’d be too challenging to listen to on a Wednesday. But on Saturday I was making a cake and listening to radio 6. There was a comedian on there, who I couldn’t remember the name of, who said jazz was like comedy. It’s about pushing something to the extreme for the purpose of fun. That alone made me turn that off and listen to this. It was challenging, but in a way that was exciting; I didn’t know what was going to come next. I am not well versed in jazz by any means, and I kind of thought that was exciting. I listened to this and was excited by what was coming next. I know miles Davis is a kind of master of jazz, but I am unsure it would have made a difference who it was. I was excited by this as an album, and the length of it didn’t make a difference because of the mind set I was in. Would listen again and I look forward to listening to more jazz. Thank you radio 6 comedic guest, you pushed me to listen to this in a positive way.

I've never really listened to an album like this before. I sat back, and let it take the lead.

80 % de corrélation psychédélique je crois avoir tout entendu après une heure haha

For the most part I think this album is great, but my biggest problem is the 2nd song. More me, not enough really happens in it to warrant it being 26 minutes long. Besides that, I love all of the experimentation and chaotic passages. High 4.

I enjoyed it, didn't LOVE it. First track off vol.2 was awesome

This is far out, man. Maybe a little too far out.

Très très expérimental, pas le genre que j'écouterais au quotidien. J'ai lu "on dirait des musiciens de jazz qui se préparent avant le concert", je comprends l'idée. Vraiment un délire.

Miles Davis at his best. Not much else to say; his expansion into full-blown jazz fusion is a legendary moment in music history.

Very long songs but defo a great instrumental

Loved it, love me some miles

This guy was untouchable. He was great at everything. The man could redefine music. This album pushed the boundaries of what music could be.

Creo que no lo entendí por completo

Every time I get a jazz album I say the same thing - I just don't get it. Like, I understand people think it's masterful, and Miles Davis is the GOAT, and blah blah blah, but it's just not for me. Well, this IS for me. I couldn't possibly tell you the difference, except this shit sounds like someone is about to do something dark, and most jazz sounds like background music while you peruse handbags at Macy's.

Will occasional dip into this album over the years, it’s a mixture of the relaxing and a light challenge at the same time. It gives itself time and the spaces to breath, probably why I like what’s considered avant-garde in jazz more than in rock, there is more structured freedom that embraces the innovative whereas in rock I just find it more chaotic and directionless. Personal choice. Found myself getting lost within this morning, superb. I understand jazz is a preference but I don’t see why this is considered so challenging (by people who seem to like byork ??) it’s not like it’s Coltrane late period, which is a challenge. Anyway superb 4.5 Star

supa good... i already listened to this prior

Noita

Happy to report that this became a very good album to listen to as I was packing to go to Florida tomorrow. I was very nervous about listening to it, given what I've heard over the years about Davis' jazz fusion being difficult at times, as well as reading some of the reviews from this website. I found it to be a much more pleasant (if that's the right word) experience overall, though some songs were more than others. My favorites were the title track and Miles Runs the Voodoo Down, but I can't say I strongly disliked any of it. I am not going to seek out any of his non-list albums, but I'm glad it was one I needed to hear. My cat, however, did not at all enjoy Feio. She kept on looking around to see what was making all those weird sounds.

Was a good album to listen to for something different

3.8/5 Brilhante e sem foco em medidas iguais. Gravação e mixagens são o ponto alto.

Lovely vibe!! Fs one of my go to 8/10

The longer it went on for, the more it grew on me

J'ai adoré ! Je n'y connais rien mais j'ai pris mon pied.

This record has a real bitchin’ vibe.

Great, just not Birth of the Cool great.

9/10 really fun cool jazz, some very unique parts. Love miles davis

her er jeg fullstendig ut av både komfortsone og forståelsesgrunnlag. nå har jeg hørt denne ig. jeg skjønner det er en teknisk oppnåelse men det får meg ikke til å føle noe. eller. jeg føler meg jo ukomfortabel. dette albumet fikk meg til å flytte tidspunktet på dagen jeg vil høre nytt album.

Amazing to think about this album in context. Jazz was the domain of acoustic instruments. Electric instruments were for rock. This album blurred the lines between them and inspired a whole genre of jazz fusion. It’s hard to imagine Weather Report existing without this album.

Felt like a philistine at first, because I couldn't connect with the first disc at all. The second half is full of guitar freakouts and cool electric piano stuff, and really hit. Especially loved "Spanish Key" and "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down."

Ye buddy

Nice jazz album. Great drums and bass. Good atmosphere created throughout the album

Il y a des sacrés bons grooves de McLaughlin et du gars au keys, j'ai oublié c'est qui. Mais on dirait que c'est toujours trop court par rapport aux interminables couac de trompettes overdubbed de Miles. Alice dit que c'est pas de la musique, c'est du bruit. Moi je dis que c'est beaucoup trop long même si c'est délicieux dans l'essence.

Pas mon style préféré de jazz mais je ne me vois pas donner moins de 4 étoiles. J’ai préféré In A Silent Way, suis-je fou de dire ça!?!

This record really expanded my world into jazz fusion and experimental jazz when I first heard it. It’s such a strange sonic universe they’ve crafted on this record. John McLaughlin of Magavishnu Orchestra ripping guitar. Miles Davis is almost more of a featured element than the main voice as I hear it. It feels more akin to a strange ambient music than noodly jazz fusion (though I appreciate both). It feels extraterrestrial, exploratory. Allegorical to a mind in chaos. Really weird, but not as alienating and noisy as something like John Zorn. Brilliantly strange.

I really enjoyed this album. This is my 3rd Miles Davis album and all are excellent. This is the soundtrack to a super cool persons life.

I admittedly couldn’t define “fusion” for you, but I normally don’t like music associated with that word. It’s been about 10 years since I’ve last listened to this album, and in the time since I’ve come across and grown to love other works by some of the musicians in Davis’s band (most notably Wayne Shorter). And I return to this album able to appreciate it on its own terms, not as a genre-type. This is not easy music for me, and it might be another 10 years before I listen to it fully again. But I enjoyed the heck out of it. And I still don’t like fusion.

Bitches Brew is a slow burn for me. I have to remain simultaneously focused and aloof while listening so I don't take it so seriously yet still remain aware of what's happening. It's a good driving album, or at least it was this time around. I wasn't sucked in until around the 10 minute mark during the title track. Miles goes hard on the horn and everyone around him is respectfully grooving away, giving just enough to shine yet not overshadow the great one. Spanish Key and Miles Runs the Voodoo Down are two other tracks that had me for their entirety. The only thing about this album is....it's too long. There's so much going on within each 10+ minute track that by the end of it you feel like you got consensually fucked by a gorilla.

Good album but I don't have all day to listen to 27 min songs. This is the type of jazz people talk about when making fun of it but I do like it. Will revisit

Generous and lengthy!

I've never actually listened to this before. It's really good, even though I had to break it into a couple of sessions due to its length. High four.

Better then kind of blue

Absolute experience of an album. You just can't rate it like almost any other; it's like listening to the mechanisms of a clock rather than its chime. Can't give it a 5 though, just don't love it enough (not yet at least)

Need to review

Really solid Jazz, but good lord is it a long album. Great to put on in the background.

songs are DMB concert length, but very vibey!

Listened both while driving to work and chilling at home. Found it better at home, not engaging enough for driving. I don’t fully “get” jazz but it was cool.

Possibly the most famous experimental jazz album ever made (if not "A Love Supreme"). What's interesting about "Bitches Brew" is the major intersections with rock n roll, while sounding nothing like rock n roll, jazz, or anything that could be described as "jazz rock". Davis was heavily inspired by Jimi Hendrix and the increasing use of electric instruments in popular music. So you might have expected this to sound like a jazz album with a lot of overdriven guitars. Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, Davis produces something like a template for jazz fusion and prog rock in equal parts. The album would go on to inspire generations of rock stars, including bands like Radiohead. The album art as well feels far more like something you'd like from a psychedelic rock band, with scenes from (presumably) Africa melting into the sky. It's a complex triumph of an album with its secure place in history. But it's definitely not an easy album to listen to. It's no mere background album, but it demands attention and memory. It's completely fair if you don't have the energy for it, but the album remains there for those who do.

will keep listening to this

Jazz, 1970 -> 4

I remember trying to listen to this once, and as a fervent male feminist, I immediately turned it off when I read the front cover. I can get behind the brew, but *ahem* BITCH? Don't you mean QUEEN??? From that day on, I swore off this release, until my overlord 1001albumsgenerator.com told me to jump. My only response, is how high... was Miles Davis when he decided to put together a funk fusion record. I genuinely remember hating this, but I was like 17, so if it was interrupting my usual routine of New Japan Pro Wrestling and loneliness, I wasn't interested. I welcome that intrusion now and await the presumably disturbed wailings of Miles and friends. Will this be an acid trip that expands my consciousness, or just causes irreversible damage to my frontal lobe as I wait for NARCAN in the ER. Pressing play will tell the tale. Down the hatch and down the rabbit hole. Pharaoh's danced to this? Maybe the old days were cooler. I've been meaning to get into pining. Just looking out a window and really pining hard for an idea or something. Maybe ancient Egyptian jazz freakouts are my jam. Although, I would most likely have been a serf in that time and expired of old age in my late 20s. Hmm. I'll reconsider the object of my next great pine. Oh no. I'm still trapping myself in the song-by-song format. I need to evolve to paint-by-numbers pitchfork aping! STAT. Sound the alarm. We have a free thinker over here. GET HIM. Off-the-wall, completely insane. Dancing royalty. Psychedelics distilled from the venom of an elderly asp. Vision quests accompanied by great horns echoing off the walls of labyrinthine catacombs. I think I vomited a living asp who told me my fate. November 9th 2071. I will leave my job as vape assembler in the NEW United States of America brought to you by Amazon and become a spirit free to roam the oceanic cosmos for the period between my death and when corporations figure out how to reanimate corpses to produce more "economic value." If this is the soundtrack to my ascension and subsequent resurrection at the hands of the rulers, I can have faith that I will come back with the ability to turn people inside out by chanting an incantation scrawled in a forgotten language on the inner sanctum walls of the Chichen Itza. I mean this thing is groovy BUT maybe knock one star out of the cosmos for how bloody long it is. May it shatter into a million planets that house life hitherto unseen and wholly incomprehensible to the minds of humans. That's what I got out of this record. That, a couple sores from feverishly dancing to the snake-charmer like jazz for about 90 minutes and the further confirmation that 17 year old me was woefully misinformed about a great deal of things. Now scoop me another ladle out of that cauldron, these dogs sure can brew. Or are the dogs IN the brew? No matter, two scoops to go. 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Bitches Brew

Distractingly good! Not much you can do when this is playing. Just turn up the volume and get High!

acho esse incrível jazz experimental me dá uma sensação parecida a de andar descalço na grama completamente doido de droga (não consigo elaborar além disso)

PEDRADAÇA!! ótimo pra trabalhar ou encher o cu de droga. depende da sua rotina. dito isso, jazz fusion da melhor qualidade. gostosinho demais, me deixou focadão na diagramação, no puro êxtase dos instrumento maluco

What a great album

148/1001 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ Yeah this absolutely rules

There are some really amazing explorative sections of music on this album. There is also some parts that just kind of meander a little too much. This is so close to being a truly amazing album. 4/5 Will listen again

Finfin jazz, æ e fan.

This is a really good album, though not Miles Davis's best entry on the list. (It's probably one of the coolest album arts on the list, though). The tracks are long and meandering, just as one would expect from an avant-garde jazz album. That's a good thing, in my mind, and it gives this album a more immediate feel, almost like you are listening live. My main demerit against this album is that the very long tracks blur together quite a bit, I think I would have liked the whole package better if the individual songs had more identity. Favorite track: "Pharaoh's Dance"

I can't say I really like it but it's not just noise, your can sense his musical genius in there.

Too long but good jazz

Free form jazz

I am learning to appreciate this album the more I listen to it

I was afraid to listen to this Album. So big, such a reference, but what was I to think? I think, if you let yourself fall into it, it can change your life, it can be more than music or a hell of a lot of single notes. At the same time, I totally get, that you cannot see more than some guys doing weird, disharmonic stuff. I also think that at some moments it gets too repetitive, too long and too caught in itself. But overall, it is the best jazz Album I know. Fav: Bitches Brew

I really struggled with this one, experimental jazz not being my thing. However, the later tracks were a bit more straightforward and enjoyable for me.

I get that it was groundbreaking and some of it is really amazing but I guess I'm more of a 'Kind of Blue' guy.

This kind of felt like jazz on acid. Favourite Track(s): Spanish Key, Miles Runs the Voodoo Down Least Favourite Track(s): Feio

A sprawling masterpiece vest enjoyed at night with s drink (or several given the length in hand). The chaotic explosion (although how chaotic this actually is falls into question in Bitches Brew with the audible “keep it tight”)of noise and seeming refusal to follow traditional structure just works and creates something wonderful. Spanish Way feels relatively normal following the first two tracks, being driven along at pace.

I think I could get into jazz

Rating: 9/10 Really cool shit throughout, every track is like its own crazy journey and it’s definitely one of those pieces of music that can’t just be digested understood and loved immediately, you really cannot brute force something so titanic. Favorite song was Spanish Key.

There are similarities to the experimental electronic stuff I like. Enjoyed it.

Never going to be my favorite Miles Davis, but I have gained more of an appreciation of it over the years. Surprisingly listenable once you've made it through a few times and I'm sure it was revolutionary when it was released I just think he did similar ideas to a greater effect on other projects and always am gonna have a soft spot for his hard bop and modal jazz eras over this later stuff.

Not a huge jazz fan, but I like how this one gets a bit psychedelic.

Hell yeah. Not an everyday listen, but this goes hard.

Had low expectations, but it really helped me focus on writing. So I guess it was good?

Usually when Jazz gets this unhinged there is a more aggressive slant to it, a more menacing edge. But Bitches Brew does crazy in an amiable way. It’s oddly structurally robust despite the fact it follows no formula. It wanders, but Miles Davis knows where he is going. He is in control of the whole thing. The music is pouring out of him. Every choice he makes is strange, fascinating and always obviously the best choice. Elsewhere we have heard Davis stand out against a more typical backdrop, but here we get the benefit of his band being on exceptionally very fine form, clearly improvising around a general sense of where Davis is going. Albums of this length are always a little unwieldy, so I had to listen in two parts, but it was a very pleasurable couple of listens and a key to unlock a bit of jazz rock fusion history.

Really cool

"Hey fam its Miles Davis from Jazz. I need $2,000 so I can make Bitches Brew 2. Can you give me your credit card information? Anyways, I have Wayne Shorter with me. Say hi shorty"

Miles Davis went through several creative phases, and like On the Corner a bit later, Bitches Brew is both groundbreaking and divisive. I really love the sound. If there’s any rock influence, it’s mostly in the electrification but it still feels raw and visceral, unlike most traditional jazz-rock. There’s a lot of improvisation; the album could’ve used a bit more structure, but the control and build-ups are fantastic. A major jazz fusion record, mostly worth it for its innovative spirit. There would be more effective ones later on in jazz-funk. But this one broke the ground for jazz- rock and, in my opinion, it is far better than later albums in that genra.

This album I'm was really good. I just get annoyed by long songs sometimes. So it wasn't the best for me people. But still very high quality.

This one has grown on me. I have it on vinyl and haven't listened to it in forever. It's loose, it's wild, but then you blink and it's tight and greasy, but it's all Miles and it's all jazz.

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Bitches Brew I enjoyed this more than Kind of Blue. It felt more spontaneous and alive. It was quite long though, and so I only got in a two maybe two and a half listens before I moved onto other music.

Si alguien se pregunta por qué he tardado tanto en hacer reviews es porque me tocaba este álbum y DURA HORA Y MEDIA. Quería escucharlo bien antes de decir algo sobre él. Tengo un beef personal con los álbumes que duran más de lo necesario pero por ser Miles Davis haciendo jazz revolucionario I'll let it slide Fácil distinguir el por qué del culto con este doble álbum, no me cabe duda que es de lo mejorcito del género, pionero y rompedor. Pero como me privó de mantener el ritmo habitual con las reseñas, no le pongo las cinco estrellas. Venga Miles, ven a buscarla. Nah, es coña. Simplemente al no ser un álbum que volvería a escuchar (no me suelen sobrar 27 minutos para tener la misma canción de fondo), no me sale catalogarlo de perfecto. Ojo, lo es, pero vaya, que para que me vuelva a escuchar por voluntad propia una canción que dure más de diez minutos tiene que ser muy especial, y no tengo esa conexión con Miles (soy gen Z) Favs: Sanctuary

3/4

uf, este sí que es un desafio

Det krävs ett visst sinnelag för att lyssna på Bitches brew. Och tid. Har man båda är det en upplevelse att bara flyta med i allt som pågår i den här häxbrygden. Ett mäktigt band skapar groovet som driver på. Låtarna nästan omärkbart ändrar form och man märker inte att det skett förrän mot slutet när cirkeln sluts. Bästa Miles-perioden. Allra starkast är första skivan med Pharaoh’s dance och titelspåret.

schon toll und das cover und keine bass Gitarre drums Bandlogik aber wie oft mache ich es nochmal an? Miles Davis ist schon toll! c

I thought I knew it well but I don’t. It’s always going to be some of the most horrible sound ever.

I guess it's a measure of this album's influence that I can hear this as pleasant background music and not wildly experimental weirdness. I liked it, but not 90 minutes' worth, but what do I know.

вайбово. хороший состав. каждый день такое слушать не буду, но иногда прикольно)

I appreciated the creativity and spontaneity of this album.

Not in a hurry to relisten to this one - but you can't doubt the chaotic mastery of sound and its impact.

There’s no question Bitches Brew is a landmark. The musicianship is staggering — Miles leading this controlled chaos of groove, texture, and experimentation — but it’s not an easy listen. Some sections are brilliant, others feel like a fever dream in sound form. It’s definitely not the Miles record to throw on in the background or to unwind with, but when it clicks, it’s electric. I respect the sheer audacity and the talent on display too much to go lower than a four, even if I can’t see myself reaching for it often.

While I have long considered Miles Davis as one of my favourite Jazz musicians, I always felt a little confused by Bitches Brew. I know it is considered by many people to be one of his best, but the chaos of the opening several minutes had previously scared me away. I was excited to try to listen to this again with open ears and I'm glad I did. While I still find the first half of the first album to be a bit chaotic at times, I feel like in the context of the album it gives contrast to the much more subtle second half. Its hard to compare this to more traditional Miles Davie, ie. Kind of Blue. They are vastly different albums, but what I feel like Bitches Brew does fantastically is evoke a feeling. It's eerie, a bit unsettling but also still somehow put together. Experimental and a little bit insane but also rhythmic and a huge step toward music yet to come. I think if I didn't consider this album within the context of his career, I might not like it, but listening to it now I feel it absolutely has it place.

Tough spot here...already gave Kind of Blue five stars, and Bitches Brew isn’t far behind. Gotta respect how it made the jazz establishment clutch their pearls. Helps when you marry someone twenty years younger who turns you on to Hendrix, Sly, and psychedelia. Miles heard the future and plugged straight into it.

Quite the album, a lot going on. Don't try to do anything else while listening. It's an objectively good album that commands your attention, not a casual listen.