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Nothing bad to say about this. Classic jazz record. Will revisit when I’m in the mood. Docking one star based on my personal taste.
Overall very solid, a good vibe throughout
Great, but hoping 'kind of blue' is on here too
Kinda feels like a predecessor to a lot of other avant-garde genres like noise rock and ambient. I don’t usually like stuff like that but I think the fact that this project uses classical instruments makes it easier for me to get into. The only problem is that it’s too long. I like it more than I remember liking kind of blue but I doubt I’d come back to it often
Rating: 7/10
Tumultuous
Magic. Sparkles of light energy onto a ribbon of sound unfolding. Like a play. Journey and consciousness.
Irres Album, das die persönlich wahrnehmbare Zeit seltsam verändert. Hatte es auf einer stressigen Stau Fahrt gehört (1,5 Male !!!) und dabei noch gedacht "wtf am I doing here?!" Jazz zum Stress verhält sich ja eher ernervierend also verstärkend, aber manchmal ist wie beim inner turmoil bei Coltrane so gut vom eigenem Furor aufgefangen wie das hibbelige und ungeduldige Wesen im vielschichtigem Spiel Davis'. Tolle Kombo auch und starke Gitarren-Parts. Als würde die aggressive Faust aufs vorauseilend bläuende Auge passen. Wie schreibt man solche Musik? Irre schön-kitschiges Cover zudem für irre schön-kitschige 3.8
Just recently listened to this for the first time and made me realize that actually like jazz
Sprawling and expansive, with musicians at the peak of their game. I think this still sounds startlingly modern, and it birthed whole subgenres whose best exponents haven't ever quite reached these heights. Whether you like this or not boils down to your tolerance of jazz fusion, I suppose - I reckon this would alienate the casual listener.
A fascinating listen. Innovative. I don't think it really stuck with me but I definitely respect jazz/fusion. Might take some time before I truly appreciate this stuff.
Admittedly a but too involved and complicated to be an easy listen for background music, but for a jazz fan this is a great one. The guitar really elevates the album while making it distinct from other Davis stuff.
Spodziewalem sie ze uszlysze pana Davisa jeszcze na liscie, ale nie sadzilem, ze bedzie to tak szybkie spotkanie, a dodatkowo, ze bedzie to material z tego samego okresu, bo Bitches Brew zostala nagrana zaledwie pol roku po wypuszczeniu In a Silent Way, wiec jest to ten sam elektroniczny okres Davisowania, ale pomysl na material jest wyraznie inny, nie ma tutaj przepieszczenia materialu overdubem, a kawalki byly tworzone przez laczenie osobno nagrywanych partow, bo tak jak na poprzedniej plycie sa to potezne formy muzyczne ponad dwudziestominutowe na pierwszych dwoch stronach, a oscylujacych w graniach dziesieciu na dwoch kolejnych, bo jest to podwojny album o lacznym czasie 94 minut, wiec jest to sroga dawka jazzowania, jesli chodzi o styl plyty, to tak jak na poprzednim materiale Miles oddalil sie od klasycznych jazzowych rytmow na rzecz luznych aranzacji inspirowanych rockiem do czego wykorzystal elektryki, zarowno klawisze jak i gitary, czy nawet basy, ale w odroznieniu od silent waya album jest o wiele bardziej oparty na improwizacji, przez co czulem sie jakbym sluchal bardziej Coltrana niz Davisa, jesli chodzi o kompozycje, 90 minut materialu to i featury na takim projekcie musza byc bogate, a najwazniejszymi postaciami beda tam Zawinul na klawiszach i Wayne Shorter na saksie, ten pierwszy jest odpowiedzialny za kompozycje Pharaoh's Dance, drugi natomiast za Feio i Sanctuary, bylem sceptycznie nastawiony przed odsluchem, ale ciesze sie, ze moglem posluchac tak szybko Davisa z tak mocnym materialem, na plejke leci traczek tytulowy oraz Miles Runs the Voodoo Down, no i znowu wypada napisac, ze Davis jeszcze bedzie sluchany, ale tym razem juz na pewno beda to raczej starsze materialy
great jazz, very timeless
Bitches Brew I am familiar with. I have always loved side 2 more than side 1. The record was one of the first true jazz records I spent any real quality time with. I wish I could remember the name of my History of Jazz professor because he is the one that introduced me to Miles, and so many more.
This was a challenging listen. Jazz is not normally my main squeeze but I did enjoy it knowing how influential it was to artists that I love
Rock-Jazz or Jazz-Rock? I have never heard some of these sounds before.
I've never heard this iconic album until today. I have heard, own and love In A Silent Way. Bitches Brew is very much cut from the same cloth. The atmosphere, the feel, the playing is so similar to In a Silent Way that it sounds like they were both taken from the same studio sessions. Do I like it as much? not yet. Will I? maybe. I'm tempted to give it 5 stars which is how I will rate IASW, but it's too new in my listening life so 4.5 🌟
I dig it
“Bitches Brew” by Miles Davis (1970) You’ll have to set aside some time to listen to this 94-minute smorgasbord of experimental jazz, influenced by rock and electronic effects. These six instrumental tracks average over 16 minutes each (The expressionistic “Feio” was not on the original double LP release). They are intricate improvisational compositions, each one involving contributions from ten or more musicians, frequently doubling bass lines (electric and double bass), two electric pianos, and two drum sets. The doubling of these instruments is widely (and helpfully) separated into left and right stereo channels. The greatest level of complexity here is in the rhythm section. This is not just ‘cool trumpet music’. To the listener who is not familiar with jazz, this album will seem to be rather inaccessible. But it has definite rhythmic structure. Stay grounded to snare and cymbals and you won’t lose your way. It’s clear from the horn solos that they are not following a rigid plan. Some minor flubs (a couple in the control booth!) are nicely ironed out. I don’t imagine there were any second takes. What I’d really like to hear is a recording of Davis’ directions to the group immediately prior to the rolling of the tape machines. One of the more fascinating aspects of these sessions (recorded over three days) is that the musicians rarely step all over each other, even when they’re all on board. They work as a team, even through changes in dynamic level and mood. Each musician knows intuitively when to lay back, when to throw in his unique spice, and when to stride in and just plain take over, dammit. My mom would’ve called this ‘noise’. My dad would’ve smiled and leaned back in the recliner. With a cigar. 4/5
Weird but in a good way - not quite the classic jazz. 7/10.
Trippy as fuck
Some real avant-garde jazz here. Also exhibit A of “Miles Davis on drugs.” Some of the grooves the group gets into here are incredible, but some parts are definitely spent trying to find it.
I had a hard time actively listening, but enjoyed a lot as background music. Will listen again.
First jazz album. Can't judge much. But was quite a good listen.
I'm ignorant in jazz but this is groovy and cool - I LIKE it! Definitely a nuanced and expressive colorful blob of music
Didn't listen to the whole album, but I really enjoyed the vibes. I love the clarity of the trumpet and definitely want to listen to the full album. Makes excellent background music.
Always a fan of Miles Davis. Definitely not for everyone, but that's alright.
The famous Miles Davis album, though very avanguardistic and not an easy listen all in all, but age definitive nevertheless.
Great album to viiiiiiibe to
This album is a perfect encapsulation of what makes Miles Davis work. There is a base of experimental jazz that is always in danger of a loud trumpet crashing through it to refocus all attention on it.
Bitches Brew is such a trip, I'm definitely gonna have to take a deeper dive into this one (maybe in a pitch black room, laying on the floor haha). Much heavier and rock-focused than what I'm used to from Miles Davis, incredible set of players on this one. 4.5/5
Can appreciate, but could not focus on anything else, so I guess that's a positive for the album?
I quite like how much chaos is going on w so many different instruments playing at the same time and how good the jamming sounds. I had a problem with Mingus' album due to its chaos but the chaos on this one works for me.
Quality, I like jazz i find it fascinating because the musicianship is ridiculous. Its stupidly long though, halve it and im looking at a 5*
Not my first pass; I'll be curious to see if there is more Miles down the road. Not my starting point if someone requested recs for MD. That being said; classic and must listen (duh).
Not in general my genre... I enjoyed the album, especially the parts that highlighted his trumpet. But it’s so much you kind of get lost in it. I’m between 3 and 4 but I’ll go 4 just cause it’s Miles Davis
First couple tracks were great, then it gets to B-Side, drug infused, experimental jazz. Got to be in that mood for that, but I still liked it.
Oh boy, if there ever was a polarizing album... Fans of his earlier phases, Be-bop, Hard-bop and Modal will probably hate this. But what you have to respect about Miles is that he's always pushing the boundaries and charting new territory, too bad if its out of your comfort zone. Get uncomfortable mofos! I think this would have been a cracker single album but it drags a bit as a double, so I would give it a 3 +1 for its influence on jazz/rock fusion and just because Miles is the OG badass mofo. If you like this check out the album Miles from India, a compilation of Miles' music mostly performed by excellent Indian musicians.
It's jazz bro
Nice and relaxing/ Trumpets out of 5
Late period Miles Davis is hit or miss for a lot of folks. But boy do I love it. It's jazz full of the Psychedelic movement, trance like. Like New York City late in the evening. Alive. Kinetic.
Sin ser ni cerca de experto en Miles Davis si sabía un par de cosas; sé que toda su música inicial me ha gustado mucho, desde los 50s hasta cerca de los 70s y que después de un tiempo hizo música que ya se vuelve demasiado extraña, con mucho electrónico, sin la chispa que tuvo antes y muchísimo más confusa. No sabía en qué rubro cae este disco y extrañamente cae casi a la mitad; ya no es bop deconstruido como al inicio pero tampoco es ese jazz fusión feo del final. Lo que queda aquí es algo muy interesante, es tomar a algunos de los mejores músicos de su época (por cierto Chick Corea acaba de morir si no lo conocen busquen algo de él daba lecturas y clases y es muy interesante verlo hablar para entender muchas cosas de jazz), crear una combinación perfecta de instrumentos y alimentarles lo mínimo, dar solo un ritmo, acorde, alguna progresión, ni siquiera llegar a una melodía central y dejar improvisar, lo que se diría dar un "groove" y dejar que cada músico halle a dónde va a ir confiando unos en otros. El resultado a mi punto de vista es brillante, todo fluye y es literalmente sentarse a ver como se crea un disco y una canción de la nada, sentir cómo la música se desdobla y se va acomodando. Es un lugar en el que los géneros se fueron por la borda y se hace un sonido realmente único. Quizá el pero que se le puede poner es que es masivo. Más de 90 minutos puede sonar pesado pero a mi parecer vale la pena agarrar una bebida y aplastarte ese rato en paz y dejarte llevar.
at the start i thought this was pushing the boundaries of my ability to appreciate jazz, but the longer it goes the easier it is to settle in.
I first heard this a long time ago after getting it from the Rochester Public Library - I was trying to learn more about Miles Davis at the time, and I wasn't ready for how vast and varied his catalog is. Maybe a decade later, I appreciate this album more.
Weird and fantastic
Shit is wild and all over the place. I love it
Yeaah I knew the album already, really good. Experimental af tho
Definitely well-known and iconic in modern Jazz. An intimidating album, I can't say I have the background to fully appreciate it. It's likely a 5 but enjoyment (and understanding) for me is a 4. Some bold play here. Might be the only trumpet I've ever heard with echo/delay. It also sounds like a lot of this was spliced together from many cuts, but I would have never guessed that, seems like a complete one-take to me.
great bgm - C
Pretty sweet tracks actually. Very long and often very meandering and esoteric, but all good ambiance.
Really cool but I'm too dumb to appreciate jazz in a way that isn't just "background music"
Only listened to half. It was a crazy experience hearing miles Davis doing something so abstract and psychedelic.
Shit man, this was an experience. From the getgo it takes you someplace else entirely.
there's so much jazz and it's so long and I vibe with none of it sorry :(
the songs are really fricking long 😂 they are all saxophone and stuff
I feel bad for you if you don't get this album.
Beautiful listen
Jazz fusion! Rockigt med el-gitarrer och väldigt experimentellt.
The bomb.
Didn’t get the time to listen yesterday but I’ve listened to this one before. It’s mega cool, but maybe not the first album I’d put on when I’m in the mood for some Miles.
This album sounds like Miles trying to bang you with his intellect I saw a crow walking in sync with the beat at one point and it made me giggle
Made me too anxious to finish.
прикольно без контекста пролетело из одного уха в другое когда почитал об альбоме - стало понятнее начал обращать внимание на количество инструментов, на эффекты с небольшим пониманием стало интересней и увлекательней, однако есть треки которые реально скучные и тяжелые выше 3 точно не могу поставить
Bueno
maraVILia
This album was a lot to say it short. I'm not that far on my jazz journey and while having heard Miles Davis In A Silent Way and Kind Of Blue I haven't come across Bitches Brew yet. While In A Silent Way feels softer, quieter and more of a straight concept this one is structured chaos and very free in its playing which was quite influental for later jazz musicians and the genre itself. That also applies to the instrumentation. With that mix of electronic and classic accoustic instruments it takes on where In A Silent Way left and opens the genre up even more. I can hear why the album was also influential on the jazz rock and rock genre in general so really a diverse album in that way. I have to be honest though I just can't ignore the length of Bitches Brew. It is huge with 1 1/2 hours of playtime and for me as a non musician and not having the most jazz experience it is very hard to stay focused on such a "chaotic" complex jazz record. Often I lose focus for some time and then can't catch the theme back and then it really feels like chaos to me. I blame that partly on my lack of understanding and knowledge but also thats just too long for an instrumental album in my opinion. An instrumental album of this length is just destined to become background music after some time. If just the best parts (by my taste) of this record where cut together to like 30-40 minutes then my score would for sure be higher and I could enjoy it a lot more but with it being as it is I will probably prefer albums like Kind Of Blue or Love Supreme by John Coltrane most of the times when the time for a jazz album has come. As an album experience Bitches Brew is simply too long for me. 3,1/5
No fav song
Some interesting and fascinating pieces and the surprise Mario theme was a cool discovery. It did drag on a bit much and some of the high pitch horns were too much for me.
buen jazz
I’m a lowkey jazz fan but know little about it. I have “Kind of Blue” and a little Glenn Miller and that’s it. This was a good record, very chilled but also complicated, chaotic but orderly, simple and layered at the same time. It’s the sort of album you’re glad to have on the list.
Interesante saber que por aquí empezó el Jazz-Rock. Se me hizo un poco largo y la verdad es que funciona bien para mí como música de fondo, pero no consiguió que guarde nada concreto como especial.
I might be too smooth brained, but I can’t really tell the difference between good and bad jazz
I respect this more than I enjoy listening to it
Tough one to rate really. The difficulty with “experimental” albums is that they rarely land perfectly first time, possibly taking time and dedication to really open out and reveal themselves. There were some bits of this that landed really well with me, others where I just found it irksome, but at least it wasn’t bland and boring like some on the 1001. The difficulty with rating that though is that it leaves it pretty much sitting in the middle, which feels unfair when it’s at least more interesting and challenging than many albums I’ve had so far on this list.
Helt ok, men ikke noe for meg dette
great jazz, loved the trumpets
Would not have listened to this previously, found it more accessible by approaching it like a dj mix. Could hear the influence on Jeff Mills and Laurent Garnier.
You like jazz?
Very random, but pretty good at some points. Really it’s just overly long and a little boring at some points. I see why people like it but it’s not meant to be and “enjoyable” listening experience.
One of those albums where I can at most appreciate what it's doing and its musicianship and find that that's about it. It's a bit of a struggle to get through, though I understand why it's seen as it is today.
Bien mais j’ai pas tt écouté
a lot happening
First true jazz album listened through here. Sounded good. It reminded me of the soundtrack of the blues in "Blade Runner" (1982).
I really wanted to like this! Songs so long and no highs and lows, just droned on and on. 😵💫
Weird experimental classical jazz album. Enjoyed it, even if it was somewhat unnerving in places.
Miles Davis is a great jazz trumpet player. I like the use of electric piano and electric guitar. Very long album. 3.5/5
VERY slow buildup. And it's pretty chaotic but still there's some beauty to it. The album altogether is a pretty abstract concept.
Really hard to rate it’s like amazing music I will probably never fully listen to again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
I played this one for dinner. We talked about Miles’ influence; the evolution of jazz; how odd Careless Whisper on harmonica would sound with a scat-style duet demonstration; had a discussion of jazz and classical artists and albums that both appeal and annoy; had a breakout vocal Broadway performance and washed the dishes…all in the time for the song Bitches Brew to played once. Honestly, I enjoyed Side-1, but I was alone in my assessment. Miles’ trumpet tone is magnificent, like a battle cry among the chaos. And I am a sucker for jazz bass clarinet, as it reminds me of my first year in middle school jazz. But admittedly, the album did start to feel long. I like Spanish Key as well. It’s times like this I wish I knew more about late-60s jazz to truly appreciate the nuances. I could listen to this again. Next time, with headphones….
Random thoughts: * Dude! That is a lot of music. 1 hour and 45 minutes to be exact. * I'm not sure I'm sophisticated enough to really appreciate this music but I did listen to it while working and cooking and just life because I cannot cut out 1.75 hours to dedicate to listening. * I'm not even sure when the songs switched really as it was just one continuous play for me. * Some of it was transfixing and meditative. * I'll definitely play this again and get to know the genius of Miles better.
Good for going on a walk. That’s it tho
Pleasant, Inoffensive. By virtue of what it's going for it lacks anything for me to consider memorable. Enjoyable background music though.
I liked this a lot more than some of the other experimental jazz albums on this list!
I love jazz and I love Miles. But this is the point in his career when he loses me. There is undeniable brilliance in the musicianship. It’s the third time that he changed the course of jazz. But listening is a graduate level seminar for musicians more than a work of art for music lovers. I find it constantly interesting; but only rarely emotionally engaging. And emotional engagement is what I want from music.
This made me understand more why people like jazz but it's still not my favorite
I enjoyed, not really up to speed with jazz so I think I went over my head
I can appreciate it, but it can drag. 3/5
I had a bit of a headache when I started listening to this, and it didn’t help! The jazz cacophony was overwhelming and I wasn’t able to properly enjoy it, as I know I probably would in other circumstances. One I will return to, when I’m feeling a bit less delicate.
Whatever the magic is, I don't fully comprehend, but it's an interesting jazz album and it does go places
Ok, så här. Jag fattar att detta är otroligt på många sätt. Skicklighet och nyskapande. Men... Det tar ju aldrig slut? Oändligt långt och det loopar och loopar. Jag kan väl enkelt säga att detta inte är för mig. I små mängder ja, men inte ett helt album.
Clearly a genius, but the album was a little too chaotic for my taste
Miles Davis
I don't hate it, but I also think I don't appreciate jazz enough to really get this one. I just do not enjoy songs that are 20 minutes long, regardless of the genre. They start to feel too self-indulgent after awhile. I do think this one improved towards the end. Or maybe it just became more accessible towards the end. Regardless, it's been the only thing I've listened to all day because of how long it is, and I've kept having to start and stop it while I'm doing other things, which is certainly not the way to listen to this type of album. Maybe I'll give it another go at some point and find I like it more than I currently do.
I tuned out during the first 20 min track. I usually like this kind of jazz but wasn’t in the mood today.
3/5
I just can't do jazz without being in a bar. I need the aesthetic to be into it
Listened
Normally I’d say that jazz doesn’t do much for me but Miles Davis is an exception. However on this occasion I just think that even this was a little too much for me, a cacophony of sound that at times just wasn’t coherent. Sorry purists.
I tried, but it's just not my thing
It really does take a concerted effort from me to like this kind of jazz, I wish I had the ears for it :( Miles Runs the Voodoo Down is fucking COOL though.
Would probably be a 4 if it was half as long
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Not my favorites Miles Davis album, mostly because of the stylistic direction
I don’t appreciate or understand this as much as someone who really loves jazz, but it was generally entertaining and intriguing.
This was even more random than other jazz I have been exposed to. For example when this - let’s call it bloated experimental directionless album ended another miles Davis track came on. Something from the birth of cool. That was awesome compared to this record. Not gonna give it two stars but it’s not a fun listen.
This is really difficult to review for me. I'm not a fan of jazz at all. However, I really liked the sound of this. But then the entire album sounds the same to me. And 1 hour and 45 minutes of trumpets is just way too many trumpets
Brilliant music. But my nervous system can't deal with the sharp trumpet. It is unfortunate. The other music, beside the trumpet, is fantastic. 3/5
Jazz gets away with a lot of shit by saying "it's meant to be challenging". Sometimes I don't want to be challenged.
Paul Klee's theory of drawing was that the artist was simply "taking a line for a walk." I find this useful when trying to listen to jazz - just follow the line, wherever it goes, you'll be tethered to something, you won't get lost. That's what worked with Kind of Blue for me - the lines are clean, cool, and elegant. Bitches Brew sounds like those lines went straight up Miles Davis's nose. The line was then scrunched up into a ball, which, I think, is the basic model of string theory. But that similarity might be because, like string theory, I don't really understand Bitches Brew either. It is one of the few albums that Aislinn can listen to while she works. I tried listening to it while I was writing yesterday - I came to a hour later and it was occult gibberish. 2.5 In my attic lies a pile of all the jazz CDs I ever bought, which is only about a dozen. About half are Miles Davis. Some years back I decided I’d tried my best with Jazz and…well, fuck it. Up to a box in the attic they went. I retrieved Bitches Brew this evening and in truth felt slightly guilty about having left it up there, rejected with the others. It is undoubtedly the Jazz album I have listened to the most in my life. This is principally because I started listening to it when I was about 16, having just discovered that Radiohead had cited it as a major influence in the production of OK Computer (which I don’t get, although I can hear Kid A obviously). It wasn’t back then a particularly enjoyable or edifying listen - quite dispiriting, in truth, because my basic bafflement was clear evidence that I wasn’t musically fit enough to be in Radiohead. I did recognise that it had its peculiar character however - which was enough to keep it in my headphones over the years. The CD I rescued from the attic has a pleasingly chunky booklet. I love the artwork - colourful cartoonish fantasy (and font!) where almost all the other jazz albums in my pile have merely a rather gloomy picture of a musician not looking at the camera. The booklet also has the cringeworthy original liner notes by Ralph J Gleason - an apparent wally. It has too some of the studio edit charts, which I had another go at following as I listened. Absolutely useless. I can’t follow Pharaoh’s Dance or Bitches Brew or Spanish Key. Still, for music that remains structurally oblique, I continue to get quite a bit of enjoyment from listening to it. The satisfying, thick, chewy texture of most of this record is marvellous - I love the double drum kit, the electric piano, and especially that bass clarinet, all ticking away together. If I can’t have structural or narrative satisfaction with those big tracks I always feel happy enough dwelling in the sound - attention always rewarded with some odd, previously unnoticed detail, inattention always attended by an compulsion to groove along in my chair - making my own experience. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure sort of music I find. Whether I want something soothing or abrasive, sweet or bitter, it always seems to all be happening at once - the shift in the focus of my own attention is all. I can attend to one particular musician or none - everyone is perfectly distinctive (apart from maybe the drummers) and everyone is also part of the same smothering rhythmic wave carrying me away. I dare say people who know and appreciate Jazz better than me will say that that is the ordinary dualism that much Jazz is built upon - nothing special about Bitches Brew in that respect. Well I honestly struggle to feel it so potently elsewhere. Maybe the essential advantage Bitches Brew has over me - apart from two drummers (always a great idea, surely) - is the editing and effects. Where almost all the meaningful decisions you hear on Kind of Blue, for example, were made in the moment by musicians in a room, a good portion of the decisions here were made by someone sitting at a mixing desk with headphones on. As someone used to listening to rock and pop music I feel that, I recognise that, and I am comforted. If there is a lack of structural narrative within the longer tracks that I can grab hold of - there is also, at least, a sense of grand narrative across the hour and a half. If I make it as far as Sanctuary and Feio I find that yes indeed - I am ready for a good wallow. Here’s an Album, as I understand the term. Perhaps some other rock and pop listeners will find only the cold chaos of ‘experimental jazz’ in Bitches Brew - as remote and unsympathetic as a thousand other Jazz albums. I personally feel like it is one of the only times Miles Davis, and Jazz, puts an arm round me and invites me in. Now…back up to the attic with it. 3.5/5
Very hard one. I recognize that this is a landmark moment in music history. The studio and in-the-moment creativity is actually incredible. But as a piece of music, as a synthesized whole, it's not especially listenable. I'll take "In A Silent Way" 100 times out of 100. I'm glad I heard this, but don't plan to do it again.
one of the most important jazz albums ever, but I am not big on fusion
I can appreciate the musicianship, but too noodly for my taste
I have found that a lot of the jazz albums on here have been very good, but the Miles Davis ones just haven't been great for me. This one was better that the other one I just listened to. There was more here (not just the fact that it was almost 2 hours), in style and substance. I did still find a bunch of it repetitive without as much variance as I would like. Still, a solid effort. 3 stars.
A few songs were 10 out of 10, but some of them I didn’t get on with at all. Split the difference.
못들었다... 1번 2번 트랙의 초반부 조금과 나머지 트랙은 찍먹했다. 이런 긴 흐름의 곡을 음미하고 싶은 욕구는 있지만 너무 바빴다... 평점은 3점이다. 앨범을 듣지는 못했지만 어떤 구간을 들어도 이 앨범의 세계에 곧바로 빠져들 수 있었기 때문이다.
The first one that I had heard none of before this project, and probably never would have tried otherwise (purely instrumental albums are definitely not my thing). I know nothing about jazz, but I had a good time just taking it in! Not really for me but I appreciate the talent :)
JL : 2, Sanctuary A : 4, Spanish Key
The Good: We get bitches and brew! The Bad: No.. no we don’t… The Ugly: This is the kind a Jazz that most of us don’t understand… The snob in me wants to give this a 5* rating without hesitation, and to tell you the truth, when the album presented itself this morning, I thought that I was in for a treat… I was a little wrong… Not that it was bad… it was just that I could have skipped half of the songs… and that, I guess, expels me from the snobby in-crowd fan club… Oh well… c’est la vie! 3*
Interesting academically, but not quite the enjoyable listen of Kind of Blue
*57 Anders’ favorit der kommer her :) Som følelseskatapult og opvisning i instrumentfærdighed, er det et super godt album. Som musik-oplevelse er vi nok nede på en 1'er. Jeg giver tre meget små stjerner til futuristic-anxiety-miles for at køre mig helt ud over kanten på en 56 år gammel LP.
3.5 Not sure how I feel about this. There were parts that were amazing, parts where I honestly felt a little nauseous. Definitely a really interesting work though
dog soup
Not super my bag. But there are some cool sections.
A little bit spazzy but some cool sounds throughout as well.
No doubt Miles is a genius. And no doubting this is an album of great musicians at the top of their game. It’s just not quite for me.
I do not like dissonance, so disc 1 was hard to get through.
pleasant background music ig some songs are way way too long 3 only listened to disk 2, didn't finish disk 1
I enjoyed this, but didn't find it very conducive to working on spreadsheets.
The cover art is clearly set in the daytime, but I feel like this music is better in the dark somehow, where it can envelop me. I like Bennie Maupin's bass clarinet quite a bit, especially in the title song.
Nice to listen to while doing something else
Enjoyed that, felt like a big jam session. Album artwork top notch also 👌
jazz experimental? to dentro!! ps: a capa desse album é belissima
I want to like this album so bad but I don't. I remember checking it out when I first got into jazz fusion in the 90's and it didn't click for me back then and it still doesn't now. Give me something to latch on to... a groove, a repeating riff, a head or even a fucking chord progression. They just meander the whole time. In a vacuum, I'm rating this 2 stars based on that I will never purposely listen to it again. But I'm adding half a star for how revolutionary it was at the time and how much it influenced a lot of my favourite music... The jazz funk fusion of the early to mid 70's. And half a star for the bitchin artwork.
Miles Davis is musically brilliant but not my thing.
cool sounds, just got a bit samey
I know that this is an extremely important album but I just do not have the literacy around experimental jazz to really get this, at least not on first listen, which took almost 2 full hours lol. Part of me was tempted to give this a 5 just to pretend I had taste. Obviously Miles Davis is incredible this just isn’t a super enjoyable album for me, not unenjoyable though. I sincerely apologize
Idk it's Jazz
Little too noisy for me. I prefer kind of blue
Not my kind but its great
6/10 Esta bueno, temas muy largo, eso no me gusto y se me hizo medio denso en un momento, con temas que estaban bastante pj. Pero no es malo, se puede disfrutar
I like a project, about 6 years ago I decided I was going to listen to all of the rolling stone 500 albums of all time in a year. There were only two I couldn’t listen to. An album by Selena, it just felt too lightweight. And this. For context I was in the midst of a patch of really poor mental health and this was too frantic and too chaotic. So I’ve tried again, and it’s still those thing but in a positive way. This is an exercise in technique and ambition and it meets it most of the time. Phenomenal musicianship and production that uses the studio as an instrument. Not always my natural musical home but never not impressive.
I think maybe I just don't care for Miles, excepting kind of blue and the spain/flamenco? one. This is electric fusion and all as advertised, but on first listen just doesn't go as hard as I need my relatively formless music to go.
I liked Kind of Blue much much more.
Great musician, horrible human
3.8
Super well renowned but just fiddly soloing for long songs, it didn’t grab me emotionally or resonate with me much. After a few days later, I can’t remember a single song. Impressive for what it is, but not for me
⭐⭐⭐ Svårbedömt album å ena sidan stuntals krävande med lmycket långa spår utan tarditionell låtuppbyggnad men jag upplever också att jag går helt upp i vissa spår och att det nästan blir meditativt. Efter några lyssningar uppskattar jag det mer och kommer nog komma tillbaka till det igen, helt klart är att man måste vara i rätt mood för detta album. Det är de två första spåren Pharaoh's dance och Bitches Brew jag har svårast för. Det blir en strk 3a. Bäst är Spanish key, Miles run the voodoo down
I'm really trying to appreciate Jazz here. This was good, but sometimes an uncomfortable listen, and I'm comfortable sitting with that. Jazz is never "easy listening" for me. The thing with Jazz music like this is they'll get on a groove or a little segment of a song that I'm enjoying...then before I know it, they're off on another tangent. I keep wanting them to settle in, let me settle in, but I never get the chance to.
Imma be so honest, I listened to 40 minutes and I think I’ve had enough lol. Good album but almost 2 hours is wild
Felt like listening to a panic attack
Sounds like elevator music but it's relaxing. 3 stars
Very talented obviously. I wish I had the attention span to parse out the individual songs. This album art is sweet though and I can't believe it's from 1970.
Oon nyt ihan vastikää jotenkin lämmennyt jazzille enemmän. Toki myönnettävä, että jazz ei todellakaan sovi joka tilanteeseen, mutta esimerkiksi ravintolassa taustamusiikkina tai kotona ylipäätään taustalla kun fiiilistelyfiilis päällä niin toimii todella hyvin. Ps. Jazz baarissa ois kiva päästä käymää
Not a big enough jazz boy. Prefer sides 3/4 to 1/2
I know I should rate this higher but I just can’t
Weird and dark
Cool
Not good, but I appreciate the experimentation.
I just can't get into this, maybe I'm not cool enough.
it's good but i just. the songs are so long !!! but it's really nice
Ideal for working
I’ve been a fan of most of the jazz albums I’ve listened to on this list, but this album was a bit tedious.
Not something I'd choose to listen to, find the trumpet a bit grating 😬 Obviously technically very good otherwise
Pas de doute sur le fait que ce soit un grand artiste mais c’est trop long pour moi C’est des tunnels auxquels je ne suis pas réceptive à écouter sur une petite JBL
Sympa!
I honestly feel so unqualified to review this album. I’m still a nascent jazz enjoyer so this was an intimidating listen. I enjoyed Spanish Key.
Unfortunately just too damn long. Super cool and influential but not my fav miles by a long shot. I like the moodier more atmospheric stuff. This shit is still awesome tho
Maybe I'm just a philistine but I don't quite *get* this one. It sounds good and the players are incredibly talented but it doesn't move me. More toward a 3.5 than a 3 but still
Too much going on here for me and I’m just not a huge fan of jazz.
It's good, it's so experimental though that I'm not sure I really got it.
Feel like I'm back in Nola, listening to all this jazz. I know it's improvisational as a genre, but some of the songs felt more disjointed than I typically like, plus almost 2 hours was perhaps a bit much. Still though, it's Miles Davis!
did i enjoy this? not really. do i think it deserves a place on this list? 100%
Idk its jazz songs are long as. would study to
Obviously this is an incredibly important album and I can't deny its influence and the way it paved the way for so many delightful weird jazz albums I like. However, Bitches Brew lives in this weird zone where it's more experimental than something like Kind of Blue (an all time favorite) but not as weird as something like Journey to Satchidananda (my favorite) which leaves me unsatisfied.
Gotta be in the right mood
Jazz.
Jazz is still something that eludes me, maybe on a another listen or after I listen to a more toned down jazz album this will click with me more.
Savršen primjer albuma koji bi se trebao odslušati jednom u životu. Da se divi genijalnosti i da se više ne sluša. Jer je potrebna gomila koncentracije i vremena da se ovo svari. Kad bi bilo malo kondenzovano na nekih 70 minuta mislim da bih imala bolje mišljenje.
Although I feel the tracks on this album sound a bit too “chaotic” for my liking, I think it’s good as background for studying
Knew I was in for a ride when I saw this album had 7 tracks and it was 1 hour and 45 minutes long Miles Davis will always be cool, easily a top 3 musician to ever pick up the instrument. The musical talent itself is incredible, just masterful execution. There are some really interesting ideas in this one, definitely feels a lot more modern than Birth of the Cool while still absolutely having some of that same identity. It was a bit too freeform for my liking, not necessarily a bad thing but it made it harder to get invested in the music. It definitely did drag a lot, I probably would have liked it more if they tried some shorter more focused pieces in between the long flowing tracks. I will always be pretty happy with a jazz album, I got a shit ton of work done listening to this one. Not quite my cup of tea but I can absolutely see the type of person who would say this is one of the greatest albums of all time
han schochli respekt hahaha jz so mach 15 min findis na cool zum eifach chli lose aber s isch schono vill. d perkusssion wo de teppich leit sozege findi recht cool de ahfang vo bitches brew isch na cool! aaaaber 25 min sind halt fucking lang ok ja es isch scho sehr zu hindergrundmusig mutiert wow es 4 minütigs lied! hey bin denn scho froh wenns fertig isch ok sanctuary findi jz echt chli langwilig. höchstens d drums findi cool aber naja weiss iwie überhaupt nöd was denke. iwie mega spannend und au meistens recht cool, aber halt musig, mit dere ich sehr selte in kontakt bin und drum au nöd uuunglaublich vill han chönne ahfange. für mich isches leider sehr schnell hindergrundmusig gsi
Experimental jazz indeed. It certainly inspired emotions, mainly fear and anticipation for it to be over. Still a fun listen for its uniqueness if nothing else
I appreciate it but I’d never choose to listen to this
Ekki alveg minn tebolli en alveg mjög cool stuff inn á milli.
Perus hyvää Milesiä. Ei kuitenkaan henk.koht suosikki. Hyvä lätty taustalla.
Галя я не выкупаю (но джаз это хорошо, просто я слишком тупой)
нравится джаз слушать живьем, все конечно круто, реально, но так долго слушать записи такие - не могу, 3.5 из уважения чисто
Jazz fusión y rock, en un formato bien experimental 1hr y 45min de un jazz bien fino, incluso a veces puede ser incomprendido, yo si recomiendo dejarse disfrutarlo, detrás de esa capa de ambigüedad hay elementos muy interesantes y muestran lo atemporal que la música puede ser Miles Davis fue sumamente importante en el mundo del Jazz y este álbum fue una manera de recordárselo a muchas de su audiencia y a desconocidos también 3.5
Music needs to evolve, and move into new and interesting areas. It can them evolve to a blend of old and new, achieving wider popularity and acceptance. So, God Bless the explorers and innovators. We need the Beefhearts, the Stockhausens, the MC5s, the Miles Davises, the Sun Ras, The Residents. But, these new forms are not always comfortable. The Europeans landing in Australia may have thought "It's just baking sand and weird animals that can kill you." So it is with this album. I appreciate the invention, the exploration, the uniqueness. But I personally did not enjoy it. Sure, I'm glad it exists, and I'm sure Taylor Swift wouldn't exist without this album (?!) but I'm unlikely to listen to it again. Scoring it - Difficult, so rated it as "banana max".
I actually enjoyed this way more than I expected. I thought this would be too avant-garde for my taste and that it would be constant banging on keyboards and dissonance and stuff, but that wasn’t really the case. There is really beautiful music on this with stunning melodies. The biggest problem for me though, is the length of this album. I think this was quite a lot to take in in one sitting and therefore I don’t thing I’ll return to this much.
Undeniably extreme talent, undeniably cool. Please don’t take my reviews as a measure of quality I’m ranking based on how much I like it. The chords and harmonies are carefully chosen to be evocative and unsettling. I’m very impressed but I’m probably not coming back to this.
I swear I heard Emerson Lake and Palmer in there... So this album takes a couple of tracks to get a feel for it. I was expecting more straightforward jazz and I got a weird prog jazz that is honestly good. I wish I had the time to get in the right head space for it. Or out of my head space perhaps. Either way a little weed and this settles in quite nicely. It's a fun experiment in music. Some parts really work, some don't, but it's an experiment so go in with an open mind and let yourself follow it. It's worth the time.
not bad
Not my style but had some sick instrumentals for smooth jazz.
Cool Jazz but a bit long
Solid! Not a huge Miles fan but this one is good
Objectively 5/5, but I’m not on this album’s level. So 3/5.
I’m giving this album 3.5 stars. It’s not a genre I usually listen to in my daily life, so it was definitely a different experience for me. Still, I do enjoy jazz, and I can recognize that this is a very important and influential album There’s something captivating in its chaos
Pretty good! Enjoyed listening to while working
I prefer the other works of Davis but its clearly still him!
Quite the journey here. Easy to fall into a jazz trance with this one. A good recording of a legendary artist, it's going to stretch your jazz-ness, if that's what you're looking for. Gotta slow down to enjoy this one.
I’ve never been a big fan of jazz. Still am not, but enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Got bored during the last couple of tracks, but the first two or three were really strong.
Would not buy
maybe sacrilege, but this just gets too experimental for my caveman brain
Not bad background music. 2.75
I love Miles Davis, but always found this a difficult album to get into. I got a little closer, but not there yet.
It was okay. Too many tempo changes and variables to be considered one song, and just a few veeeery long tunes.
Similar to my other jazz reviews: this is fine and nice to have in the background, but I can’t see myself seeking this out again.
I know that he is meant to be brilliant but I can't get into it. It sounds like a random jam session that doesn't go anywhere.
Jazz is not my thing, didn't finish it. Won't ruin the ratings
It literally doesn't matter what this is as long as it's different from the last fucking album. What is this lad on about. Holy shit two hours with 7 songs?? Ok. Interesting. It's instrumental it's a little devious it's study music. Not much else to say unfortunately. He's doing some really interesting stuff but I am not the right person to appreciate it unfortunately. So this does sorta just feel like noise. Idk. I've always loved Spain. Wait John don't hurt em now. Miles I'm ready. It is kinda sanctuary. Fee fi fo fum baby. Favourite: Spanish Key Least favourite: Bitches Brew
Never heard Miles Davis before, very experimental at times but overall a nice music to work along
Miles has to be considered among the greatest and most important musicians of the 2oth century, and this is one of his dramatic left turns in creative direction.....and yet, I can't shake my feeling that this is an album that people pretend to like. The art work is beautiful, the ambition is evident, the sounds are revolutionary, and its quite possibly the greatest assembly of musicians ever, yet every time I've tried to revisit it, I find much of it an abrasive and often unenjoyable or amelodic listen. A lot of it sounds cool, but I'm just too much of a sucker for melody and hooks to really fully sink in. I kind of prefer "In A Silent Way" or "On the Corner" from Miles' electric period.
Not my type of Jazz. I can appreciate the trumpet talent but doesn't mean I enjoy it. Album is not offensive.
I like listening to jazz, but 30 minutes is my max.
"Jazz double album" would normally be a death sentence for an album. But I've always liked this one. Pharaoh's Dance feels like the soundtrack to a 70s detective movie. It's probably my favorite jazz piece ever. The title track is not as good, a lot weirder. I like this album for completely unknown reasons. I generally like funk and this album is funky...but I also generally dislike freeform jazz and this is maybe the most famous (popular?) freeform jazz album ever. The second album is not as good as the first.
Jazz and definately experimental jazz as this album is an aquired taste. I enjoyed the listen but am sure those with a more musical background appreciated it much more.
Hab ich leider nicht reingefunden.
Good
Always hard to rate jazz. Got to be in the right mood. But I liked it. Quite liked the franticness. Could have done we 40min of it however.
He’s got to catch you on the right day. Every now and again he’ll hit you with something where you are thinking ooh I wonder where this goes and then he rips it up entirely, what a tinker. Sprawling, cosmic jazz.
This is my fourth Miles Davis album and they have progressed in scores from 2 to 4 and then most recently to a 5 with 'In a Silent Way'. I felt like this might be a sign of my improved musical understanding, perhaps in part because of this journey and that I was embracing jazz in a new way, but 'Bitches Brew' has thrown a curveball to proceedings. It contains a lot of brilliance, mainly in the middle of the album, but I don't feel unjust in saying that it's too long and perhaps too obscure. 'In a Silent Way' was obviously more compact and more singular, this perhaps more adventurous but it was almost too complex for me. Going to go 3. Which leaves only a 1 vacant for Miles. I hope there isn't an album where he went really left field that comes up for him that I absolutely hate.
Very interesting jazz album. Not my jam, but I can appreciate the style and complexity
No me gustó mucho. Prefiero otros discos de Miles Davis
Heard of miles Davis Heard of Bitches Brew Not heard any songs off Bitches Brew I completely accept I won't like all of the 1001 albums even if they are worthy of being on the lift. I can see why this is here. I don't get it. Like the other comments it's too loose, too random, too long for my taste. But I'm glad I listened to it and can see why it's here.
Not my cup of tea, it's fine
Druk wel vet
I would usually listen to Miles Davis but enjoyed this!
À Classic…but really hard for me to listen to
Non è brutto ma mi ha stra rotto il cazzo dura troppo
Bitches Brew is a fancy album. I like jazz, but this was too complex for a casual listener. It’s interesting and fantastic but difficult to get through.
3.50
It does occasionally dissolve into pure jazz madness but it’s also surprisingly comprehensible
Entiendo que es el 🐐, pero... jazz en auriculares... 🥱
3 stars (and I might have done 2.5, if that had been an option). I liked the bass clarinet, a couple of times, anyway. And some other stuff, too - some percussion, and some bass here and there, and Miles's trumpet. I'd probably like other specific things if I continued to listen, but something about this keeps me from paying attention to it (or wanting to listen to it again). I remember telling my mom that I didn't really like jazz (like this) where it sounded like they were all just noodling about, and (to me) it didn't add up to much that I could like or enjoy or relate to or make sense of. I do remember this striking album cover, anyway, growing up. I guess props to Miles for experimenting, and/or trying to stay relevant, to change with the times. But I would SO much rather hear his earlier stuff than this. For me, in terms of how much I liked/enjoyed it, even 3 stars is a little generous.
good background musıc ı guess 6/10
Long album, completely instrumental. It was good to work to, but nothing really caught my attention.
*1970. *The album has 4 sides, with only 1-2 songs on each side that range from about 10-27 minutes. *As much as I like the trumpet, this is a lot... There just aren't many settings where you can listen to this. In a jazz club? Yes. Otherwise, it gets old fast in the car, it's not great background music, and I just couldn't find a space where it made since to listen. *It's definitely well done and I like it, but I just don't need 94 minutes of it. RATING - 6.5/10
Not quite my tempo relative to birth of a cool
Long and multi-layered, with lots of instruments and star performers joining. My ear just isn't attuned to most jazz, so this came off as disjointed and kind of boring. The repetitive "bum-bum-bum" bassline with assorted tunes laid over it on the final tune, "Feio," left me glad when it ended.
honk....shooo... 3/5
Maybe a little too dissonant and random for my taste? I enjoy jazz but the trumpet noodling was honestly too much
The last of the four Miles Davis albums in this collection--both for me and chronologically--and a nice way to hear him out, knowing that he still had another couple of decades of albums and output after this curious discordant experiment. I'm not at all familiar with Davis' large corpus of work, nor really with jazz in general, but I'm impressed with how eclectic and freeform this sounds. It also definitely helped to wear headphones for the experience, and even then I had a hard time discretely hearing all of the simultaneous pianos and drums/percussion on some tracks. The main fault I'd say of this album is how long it is, both temporally and musically. I really enjoyed the beginnings of nearly every track, and also loved at times the utter cacophony of multiple instruments all cascading over each other (plus the occasional whispered directions by Davis at various points), but eventually I lost both focus and interest at some point in each song, usually well before the 10-minute mark. This is probably more of a limitation of my attention span and lack of jazz-oriented appreciation, but it still made this album come in a bit lower than the other Davis compositions. I'm definitely glad for having gotten even more exposure to a towering jazz figure, though.
I maybe don't like jazz.
Mais um grande álbum de Miles Davis. Mas demasiado longo, para mim. É um forte 3/5.
Idk how much I like jazz Edit: I get it now
Listening session: february 27th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: so this is quite an album for someone who’s not really into jazz. I’m trying to get more into it though and while I can appreciate the musicality, this was a bit intense and long to listen to Favourite tracks: Spanish Key & Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
Er gebeurd ontzettend veel op dit album. Een aaneenschakeling van vage solo's, één drummer links, de andere drummer rechts, etc. Voor mij bestaan er grofweg 2 categorieën jazz, mooie jazz en jazz die meer de grenzen opzoekt van wat mogelijk is om samen goed te laten klinken. Dit valt toch meer in de laatste categorie. Neemt niet weg dat ik me vermaakt heb, maar waarschijnlijk blijft het bij deze keer.
not my genre
Pharoah's Dance 3/5 Bitches Brew 3/5 Spanish Key 3/5 John McLaughlin 3/5 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 3/5 Sanctuary 3/5 Feio 3/5 Overall Album 3
Love this, right towards the top of the three stars. Tom.
Certain tracks in here really worked for me, but overall I don’t think I have a sophisticated enough jazz palate to love this album.
a lot longer and not as interesting as other albums.
I thought this was an interesting album, but Rachel made me turn it off part way through cause it was stressing her out.
great music for studying, i spent the whole day yesterday with this on repeat
Pretty solid. Not my favorite.
Very 70s cop show music vibe. First time I heard Davis.
Relaxing
Man, how high were people in 1970? Just a lot of extremely talented musicians getting all random and "experimental" with the instruments, resulting in the types who look at a banana duct taped to the wall and declare the plight of struggling Tibetan dental assistants being represented by the contrast of the bruises and the colour yellow... It's extremely pretentious, yet is still decent enough to enjoy on some weird levels. I hated this type of jazz as a kid. The album name and art is really good.
Dejligt at lytte til i dyrehaven :) men tog også headset ud for at lytte til fuglesang i stedet, nothing beats that
No consequences music. giving me some whacky vibes to write this email to a contractor.
Bro is a great musician, but this one was too experimental with barely anything I enjoyed
normale albumlengte geluisterd. best leuke jazz maar is niet echt mijn ding (en wel gw veel te lang)
intens lang album, maar miles davis kan lekker jazzen. eigenlijk vier sterren maar het deed me niet zoveel als andere jazz
i dont think i like jazz which is a shame since this album fucks :(
Songs were too long, clearly amazing musicians. 3.
Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5
Adding to the list of albums to return to later
I really like Miles Davis but I am not exactly sure the point of this record. The length does not really lend itself well to the non-melodic nature of the sounds contributed. The instrumentalists are giving 110 tho, and the production is so ahead of its time. I would feel remiss without giving those aspects some credit.
This is a very experimental sound for Miles Davis, and marks a shift towards fusion and other types of jazz adjacent music that he came to be known for at this point in his career. It’s a long album, but I enjoyed it and definitely want to give it additional listens.
Not a big jazz head but found this very motivating while working
if peeing your pants is cool, then consider me miles davis. I'm enjoying this, but I am not in the right headspace for it. I also don't think I'm musically inclined enough to be blown away by any technical craftsmanship.
I don't know. I am nuetral. It's hard to see a song that is 20min long and essentially just ping pongs around. It doesn't sound bad but I am just into it. I bet if I were at a swanky bar with an ice cold cocktail, I'd be really into this - live. It's not bad working background but I still somehow got bored. Not a knock on Mr Mile Davis but perhaps I am not cool enough to appreciate it all.
It's jazz, so I'm automatically not a huge fan. But it is Miles, so it's some great jazz. I think with jazz especially it is easy to get lost in the notes. They are melodic but flying at you a million times a second. It's a well done composition but it's hard for me to really say I enjoy it. It is, for me, very good background noise.
very nice
I know this is supposed to be a seminal jazz album. I know Miles Davis is one of the High Priests of Jazz. But I’m not a big fan of this album. Love the title but that’s about it.
really interesting, lots of cool idea in there but for my tastes it really needed a producer to disect it, trim the fat and leave the good bits, it's just too long and unwieldy for me. I do kind of like how it meanders along doing it's own weird thing and then every now and then a more structured section with a stronger melody and groove appears, also kudos to the bass and drums for holding everything down and remaining consistent while everyone is doing their own thing. I did enjoy it, and it definitely creates a mood, but I think if it was like 15% less weird and had a bit more structure I'd be way more into it, very glad I listened to it though and I could see how you would get a lot out of repeated listens and studying it.
So long
good enough ig
Jazz with lots of experimentation. Interesting to listen to.
I thought I knew what I was in for but I didn't. I felt like I was trapped in that scene in Dumbo where he gets drunk and stuff gets *weird*.
How do you give a star review to something you don't understand? Maybe one day, when I grow up, I'll understand this. Until then, it's impenetrable. I once read a book by Questlove that had a paragraph about the Davis song Nefertiti and since then I've loved it. So I can get there. But, I think, like reading Ulysses, I need an explainer manual for this kind of jazz. Until then I'll keep trying, but not today Miles. Not today...
I'm glad I've heard this because it's so influential. It was a less difficult listen than other experimental jazz I've heard on the list, but still not entirely my cup of tea.
While there is clear talent on this album and I know Miles Davis is legendary, this one didn’t really do it for me. It felt like a lot of the same and I just think that hearing jazz live is always better than on an album. Not really something I’d take the time to listen to again.
A bit of a cacophony of sounds, not the quality of Miles Davis I'm used to. It was okay.
I enjoy most jazz and I get this but damn it was long and drawn out.
Creo que no soy tan alternativa como espero, no my jam
Good jazz album. Not from my favorite from Miles but not bad at all.