Bitches Brew

L'introduction nous ramène exactement là où John Zorn nous avait laissés à la fin de son album. On le voit terroriser les New-Yorkais avec sa trompette greffée à la bouche. Soudain, en arrière-plan, apparaît une moitié du visage de Miles Davis, dissimulée derrière un abribus. Celui-ci bondit alors sur John Zorn et l'engloutit bientôt de la tête aux pieds tel un python dans une lente déglutition. Après quelques longues minutes, les orteils de Zorn disparaissent au fond de la gorge de Davis et l'estomac de ce dernier prend peu à peu la forme de notre terroriste. Notre ami commence alors l'enregistrement de l'album et le résultat ne se fait pas attendre : de véritables John-Zorneries. Après une heure et demie de sonorités atroces, on entend le ventre de Davis gargouiller avant de le voir recracher sa proie, encore en chair et en os mais recouverte d'acide.

Le pire album du générateur jusque là, fous toi ta trompette dans le cul Miles, et je pisse au cul de tous les pseudo intellectuels musicaux qui vont nous sortir que cet album est un petit bijou. Notre brave John Zorn s'est fait descendre pour moins que ça...

Loved this, an album you have to really listen to more than once and listen to each member of the band.

I was all ready to dunk on this. Jazz is hard enough but Freeform jazz … anyway to hell with it, one of music’s greats doing something different and there should be more of that in life.

It sounds like a movie score. The songs were very long and there were quite a few, so it was a long album. Too experimental for my taste.

miles, miles, miles. so good.

got boring after a while, maybe nicer if I'm in the mood for it

no notes, it’s miles fucking Davis

Sublime. Pure sublime.

jazz

I usually like jazz and I did enjoy some of this album, but much of it went over my head, just aimless noise.

I love Miles Davis but this is a little too avant garde even for me. It’s a long double album. I give this 3.5.

Miles, I love you, but this is a hard listen.

It’s Miles Davis, his albums have strong personalities of jazz, which I’m fond of. bitches brew seems to be more blunt, less lighthearted than his other albums which helps it stand out. 4.0

too long

Perfect.

Important and must listen? Yes. Do I like it? Well I didn’t. When I heard it many years back (after hearing return to forever, weather report, mahavishnu orchestra, steely dan etc) I found it drab and dull. Maybe I’ve grown into it. Maybe I was wrong then. Maybe I’m old. But I enjoyed it now more than I did. I also have a nagging feeling that Miles is overrated slightly. And I acknowledge that that is not a widely held belief. I also find his ubiquitous influence baffling. It’s only recently that jazz bands have moved away from trying to sound like miles. I don’t resent the influence nor do I think it all bad but I think he inadvertently held jazz back for decades by all of those trying to sound like him. Instead of learning his lesson (find your voice and express that) they copied. So the audience got bored.* This is not Miles’s fault any more than endless pointless wailing on guitars is Eddie van halen’s fault, or tortured wordplay with no craftsmanship is Dylan’s. But jazz players should know better. The whole history of jazz is innovation. I’m pretty sure miles has the most impressive alumni of any bandleader. And the bands that came out of this album alone… who didn’t sound like miles. 5 stars because of its influence. Take that away and think I’d have given it 2 when I was 20. But 3.5 now. Maybe I’ve gone senile. *of course there are honourable and notable exceptions. But those who complained that jazz didn’t progress had somewhat of a point.

It wasn’t until last year, when I picked up a vinyl copy of this album that I became familiar with it. Ever since I found a second-hand copy of In A Silent Way (1970) sometime in the 70’s, it is still the Miles Davis fusion album that I’ve enjoyed most & the album that preceded Bitches Brew. It was the album that marked Davis’s move to using electric instruments. It was also very influential - Santana’s Caravanserai (1972) & the album Carlos Santana did with John McLaughlin, Love Devotion Surrender, were both incredibly influenced by In A Silent Way. McLaughlin was still in Miles’s band when Bitches Brew was recorded, but there’s none of the subtlety of In A Silent Way. Bitches Brew sounds less structured & more like a series of jams. Not sure why it opens with Pharaoh’s Dance, which I find too loose & just a bit noisy. However, the title track, running for almost half an hour, is totally engaging & the second record is also a winner. Funny that the track John McLaughlin is the only track on the album that Miles sits out. I saw McLaughlin in 1979 at Newtown’s Elizabethan Theatre. I know the violinist L.Shankar was in the band, so it was probably the One Truth Band. They released their only album that year & McLaughlin included a song entitled Miles Davis, retuning the favour Miles had paid him on Bitches Brew.

Bitches Brew. This is classic album that changed the face of music. Miles took the rock and funk influences (courtesy of Betty Davis) and turned it into a new thing that nobody else could have imagined. I find this album hypnotic, but hard to love. It's a pretty challenging listen, but easy to respect. It's a borderline for five stars, but, given that I prefer On The Corner, this is nearly, but not quite, perfect. Call it 4.8, maybe.

The soundtrack of my decent into madness.

could i write poetry to this? n

The most popular of Miles' "Big Three" fusion albums. Along with "Sketches of Spain" and "A Tribute to Jack Johnson", he turned the jazz world on its ear and turned off a lot off fans. The lineup of backing musicians on this album is a "who's who" of modern jazz fusion. Many of them went on to form Weather Report, which enjoyed great success in the 70's. I personally LOVE this album and especially enjoy Davis' live recordings from this era. But, I can totally understand why others may not. Easy five star album for me.

It’s hard for me to explain how important this album is to me and my life. Much like the music, Bitch’s Brew’s meaning has swirled and evolved over time. This isn’t music that is easily digestible, but the more I sit and truly listen to it, the more it becomes a feast for the soul. This album open me up to what possibilities are and could be.

I have too much anxiety to be able to enjoy this.

I like cool Miles, I like hard bop Miles. I just can't get with electric/jazz-rock Miles. The arhythmic compositions, the discordant melodies and notes. I can go see a Jackson Pollock painting at a museum and appreciate its place in the art world, but I don't want to hang it in my home.

Could Not Listen more than one Minute. It is awful

Not my kind great instrumental but too much

I was excited for this album because I like Miles Davis. But this isn’t the Miles I normally listen to. It had no direction. Just seemed like people recording experimentations with no discernment. Ended up disappointing

Amazing album! Great after some grass especially

Bottom tenth of the 1,000. Fascinatingly boring.

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ

This definitely deserves a 5. I just have one issue with it, that being it is definitely a chore to sit through 1 hour and 45 minutes of prog jazz in one sitting. If I ever listen to this again, I will definitely have to take breaks throughout. Great album though!

It’s hard to describe other than amazing.

Not quite what I would have expected from Miles Davis in my mind, but I still enjoyed the groovy background music it provided.

The Standard. A brilliant step forward from the master. And he's not afraid to to let others shine, Chick Corea's playing being and excellent example.

Previously rated: Birth of the Cool (3/5) Kind of Blue (3/5) ************************ Some great energetic and entertaining stuff here like Pharaoh's Dance and Spanish Key, but also a lot of just meandering around like the last few minutes of the title track and the entirety of Feio. So it averages out to, well average 3/5.

First half of the album was just not my thing. Last couple songs were definitely better and more melodic.

Can't tell if I really liked this just to spite my friends after they said to skip all jazz or not, but it made cooking a blast. So interesting when you give it full attention and don't get mad when it's abrupt or chaotic or nonsensical or any other jazz hater descriptor

I haven’t listened to this since 1981. It was hard to get into then. The album is the fountainhead of jazz players. People say this was an early fusion album but I think it carries the avant-garde along the way. Three stars

Personally not a fan of jazz in general but I did enjoy the drums & what sounded like guitar, was a change up from the standard horns, drums & piano. Pretty influential to bands that I enjoy tho so the albums spot on the list is correct.

Dont get it

I would happily give this less than 1 star. Endless and made me feel anxious.

3.75

A bit too long for me so I skipped some part but I did enjoy listening to it

This album has got to be one of the most well known and well regarded jazz albums. And while I enjoy jazz, it isn’t something I seek out much or often. Despite its place in our culture, I would not have listened to this album without this list, and its place on this list is well deserved.

It's interesting. I super enjoyed the mixing and the soundscapes Miles Davis created in the album. I did find it however too long, too manic. It struggled to get the point it's trying to make across. It's very Jazz Fusion, his answer to the rock music that was blowing up at the time. Miles Runs Voodoo Down was his answer to Jimi Hendrix. Great album and one of the greats of Jazz Fusion but man did it struggle to make a point in succinct. "If I had more time I would've written a shorter letter"

I could not listen to this all the way through, it wasn't bad, it just wasn't great music for me to work to

Not my favorite by Miles, but a solid listen. I've never had a coke bender, but I imagine it feels like this sounds.

I kind of liked the other Miles Davis record that I listened to in this list, but I simply do not get this recording.

Absolutely legendary but notoriously inaccessible jazz album. A bit like trying to read Ulysses without a giant book of footnotes and a class to explain the context/why it is good and important. While even I personally struggle with its accessibility and enjoy other Miles albums more, to give it anything less than a 5 knowing what I do about it would be an insult. If you think of Jazz as a spectrum from milk to dark chocolate, this is like 99% cacao. Def not for everyone and not an easy one to have in the background. You really gotta be keyed in and have some knowledge of the conventions being broken to eke something from the listening experience. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down is my favorite of the tracks.

On Fridays I usually have the album on in the background while working and was unable to do that with this one at first - there was so much going on that I couldn’t concentrate. It’s not bad and the creativity and talent involved is evident. But like most jazz, it doesn’t do it for me on a deep level. I fully admit I don’t know enough to appreciate this is any real context.

This is decent jazz, but it’s a lot less accessible than other jazz, even other miles davis albums

Maybe I'm just not sophisticated enough for this. I know that this is supposed to be one of the greatest jazz albums ever made, but it's not for me. It's too freeform and experimental. While the musicians are great, it sounds like everyone is just doing their own thing.

I had heard this a while ago but was not ready for it. Years later, my time spent listening to jam bands and a wider range of jazz has prepared me for this moment. I tend to find it helpful to think about jazz albums as just a bunch of great musicians jamming instead of the way I look at rock or pop albums and then I get less frustrated with how different or inaccessible it may be. \"Spanish Key\" was a highlight for me and \"Miles Runs the Voodoo Down\" was just killer

Buena música

Overrated

Miles Davis has a FEVER. And the only perSCRIPTION. Is more of those three bass notes!

I dont think Jazz can get any better than this woow

Some amazing jazz that I listened to while doing other things, 7 outta 10

I can appreciate the musicianship and skill, but I’m at my jam. Jam ha.

3.6/5 Sorry, but the best jazz in the world still sounds like boring background music to me. Best Track: (they all sound the same)

If peeing your pants is cool…

Thought it was decent and it helped me focus while I was working. Don’t think it’s something I’d listen to often.

"You hate jazz? You fear jazz! You fear the lack of rules. The lack of boundaries." I mean, this is mostly nonsense isn't it? In my humble opinion, a lack of any kind of cohesive structure makes for a dull and un-engaging listen, especially if you spread it into a long-form piece. I didn't hate it like I have some other albums, but I have to judge it based on how well it moved and involved me, and that answer is not at all. It sat in the background well enough, and I adopted a face of mild bemusement for the most part while listening to it. Jazz isn't big, and it isn't clever.

"Too much Miles": die späteren, elektrischen Jahre.

The review reflects a reaction, but not a reflection on the album itself. It records merely that I was unable to access whatever may be here for others and does not reflect on the artist but on my own training

Gigantisch parra album. Disc 1 is enkel geschikt voor specifieke momenten.

4.5

Nicht mein Stil

Heard better from him and wasn’t the biggest fan of this album in general.

If I could only listen to one artist for the rest of my life, Miles Davis would definitely be in the conversation of whom I would choose

Well, it's jazz, so a 3 is about the ceiling jazz will get with me. I can recognize the talent at play here, but doubt this will ever be something I just throw on to listen to unless I have some great jazz awakening in my future.

Please make it stop

Masterpiece.

You've heard of word vomit. Ladies and gentlemen I introduced to you music vomit.

Intense Jazz

Interesting. Enjoyable. Nothing really stood out to me as something I would go back to and specifically listen to, but overall a good album.

Do I get it? Not really. Do I love it? Absolutely. Does it go on a bit too long? Maybe. Does that matter? Eh, not really. Sometimes it’s okay for music to be big and messy and a little incoherent when it’s clear the players are so locked into one another and able to transcend the tune into something larger than themselves.

I thought this was cool to listen to, and I liked one person playing an instrument in one ear and a different person playing the same instrument in the other ear, and them playing off each other. I liked this album when it was more melodic, as opposed to not.

I don't know if it was just Spotify but this album was *long*. Good album if you like experimental, improvisational jazz... I don't. I much preferred Davis' Kind Of Blue album to this one. That said, the musicianship here was top notch. Still, I cannot rate it any higher than a 3.

Not really my style

I've always loved this. KJ is nuts.

Jazz was at a cross point in the late 60’s. Having experienced a major resurgence of innovation in the late 50’s, most notable artists had fallen into one of 3 major subgenres, as I count; Post-Bop, Free Jazz and Proto-Fusion. Post-Bop is a term I’m using rather more loosely than many Jazz critics would, as I’m including Cool, Soul, and Modal as well as more ‘pure’ Hard Bop. Essentially it’s best to think of it as the more traditional strain of Jazz, sometimes introducing experimental strains such as unusual harmony, lineup, theme, or influence, but otherwise sticking within more conventional structure as established with Bebop in the late 40’s. Free Jazz had pushed the limits of what melody could achieve by giving artists free reign on improvisation. By breaking not just Jazz, but music itself, down to it’s core components, the notes and rhythm in which we play them Free Jazz represented an innovation in art comparable only to the introduction of Free Indirect Speech and Stream Of Consciousness to the Novel in the early 20th Century, or the abandonment of subject and structure in Fine Art in the late 19th Century. Free Jazz is musical Modernism without a doubt. Miles Davis was never a Free Jazz Cat. He spent the late 50’s pioneering Modal Jazz, which utilised uncommon harmony and allowed improvisers to build emotional solos based on mood rather than on impressive runs over complex chord changes. But, I’m fairly confident we come to that innovation later in the list, so I won’t go much more into it. The 60’s saw him moving towards what I’m calling Proto-Fusion, a style that introduces elements that would be important in later Jazz Fusion, such as the introduction of electronic instrumentation and a lack of swing, historically the most basic, foundational aspect of Jazz. Like, even the Free guys swung. Miles Davis was never one to follow the crowd. By all accounts he was an arrogant bastard, but… the man invented like 4 or 5 distinct styles of Jazz, and was one the greatest composers, improvisers, and stylists of the 20th Century. If anyone in the world deserved to be be arrogant it was Davis. So… if Free Jazz was a revolution in melody, and Modal Jazz a revolution in harmony, and various other smaller movements, most notably those who followed Dave Brubeck a revolution in rhythm, what was there left to revolutionize? Bitches Brew is Miles Davis’ first album of the 1970’s. With it, he sook to present a revolution in timbre. While superficially it seems similar to what a lot of the Free Jazz musicians were doing a decade previously, what with the free improvisation, they all still sounded like a traditional Jazz band just going buck wild on a track. What Davis was looking to do on this project was different. Bitches Brew is a dense soundscape. It’s punctuated occasionally by the shrill wail of Davis’ trumpet, but the overwhelming vision for the album is one of a muddy mix of unstructured noise. It puts aside any pretence at structure, any pretence at melody, instead it relies on the fact that the sound it creates is overwhelming, there are constant little parts vying for your attention, almost daring you to stop paying attention in case you miss something. This is maximalism turned to the max. In many ways, it’s the perfect musical equivalent to Stream of Consciousness. Taking the constant subconscious rumble, adding the occasional shrill wail of conscious thought, Bitches Brew represents the most basic way that the human mind works and recreates it in such a way that it can seem revolutionary, insane, incomprehensible, batshit or just bad, all at the same time. Despite being a big Jazz fan, I’ve only actually listened to this album a couple of times. I have to be the right state of mind, but when I do listen to it, it is a sublime experience.

Outstanding, impactful, interesting, ground breaking. I could see giving it four stars strictly because it challenges the listener a bit, but that said, if this isn't five stars, nothing is.

I’m a huge Miles Davis fan and listen to this masterpiece on vinyl when I feel experimental and want to feel like I’m experiencing a side of Miles we don’t always get to glance.

Interesting album but not for me

A study in improvisation an sound painting. Interesting in it’s cultural context, but it has somehow lost its relevance. Also a little taxing in the long run.

Jazzy!

I don't feel like I understand jazz enough to fully appreciate this and it coming in at almost 2 hours It's quite the task to give it a full listen to. I think jazz like this seems like you would be more fun live with a cocktail in my hand than it is listening in headphones. Fully respect Miles Davis and the talent that this entire ensemble has and the producer to pull all of it together and some of the licks and riffs are fun but overall is a bit of a chore to listen to.

If you have even a passing interest in Jazz you'll know this. If not then you probably should give it a go. Amazing.

I, historically, was not a fan of Jazz...until I found more of the experimental, avant-garde stuff... Also, I have not typically liked brass instruments as solo instruments, but this album mixes the trumpet so well, it isn't as brash and grating as I usually find brass. It's hard for me to not give this album 5 stars. I think it is too long, and I would prefer saxophone over trumpet... However, the compositions and the music is just so intriguing and amazing to listen to. I'm definitely a convert!

I've loved the other Miles Davis we've had. But this is a bit too much, too far. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down is cool but much the rest escaped me. Don't regret listening, but just the once will do me.

1-2

Simply incredible.

cannot get into it

This is what all music would sound like if each band member was remote and individually dialled in over questionable internet

I know I’m going to love this album even more with each listen. What a fucking album. Everything sounds so crisp, the grooves are dynamic and there are so many rememberable parts in each song. And for it being almost 2 hours my god it progressed so well and the songs never stagnate, so rich with ideas. It’s a 4 as of now as im still getting familiar with it but im so excited to give it repeated listens.

I enjoyed the first half of this album quite a bit. But there was no way I was making it through the second

I don't understand this music. It just sounds like noise to me. Really lacking in composition, cohesion, beat, everything. Didn't enjoy listening to this one at all.

Terrible

I own this and feel like I should like it better.

Alldeles för stökigt för att vara kul jazz.

This album is no easy feat but I really wanted to give it a legitimate go, due both to its status and reputation. It's full of beautiful and creative chaotic moments and Spanish Key is a certified banger. I can't say I enjoyed every single minute, but so happy I've listened to it now. It sure as hell deserves its place on this list.

Very,very,very bad.I don’t understand the love for this album.It’s almost 2 hours of wailing songs that never seem to go anywhere and never seem to end.I just can’t believe anyone actually listens to it.

Sonzão e tals, instrumental, algumas mais viajadas

Miles runs the voodoo down is a fav so far. I think so anyway. Not like I can remember all that’s come before it! Bitches Brew was cool I think! But spooky towards the end. Hopefully in the future I’ll look back and say that I didn’t know enough about jazz to get everything out of this album. I look forward to that. In the meantime, I did really enjoy it though I cant say I wasn’t glad to have finished it - it is bloody long.

Pretty cool stuff from Miles again. Enjoyed the more experimental/progressive nature of this one. 3.5 stars.

Such lovely jazz!

Understand that Miles Davis trying to get down with the psyche rock kids was revolutionary, but as a listen this album feels entirely directionless. There's that one point where the bass and the drums sync up into something resembling a conventional groove, but the rest just potters along until it's done. Always worth a re-listen once in a while, but not the genius it's often hailed to be.

Did not realize how long some of these songs were

This is one of the weirdest jazz fusion albums I’ve ever listened to…

Top notch jazz fusion psychedelia

Pharaoh's Dance - oh no oh no oh no. please do not be avant-garde. actually looking at how this album is formatted, i'll have to listen through and review later. this has 20 minute long songs. it is a 7 song album that hits 1hr45mins. okay format is: i'll put time stamps and track number. 1) 4:13 in, this bitch be makin that trumpet SHIT. he is making the trumpet that main character and we are simply just NPCs. 8:11 i think i'm falling into a hole? is that the vibe? nah i'm a little sneaky boy who's sneakin'. 11:30 someone is scratching the good spot on the trumpet dog. i am in a fever dream. 13:45 i think there is three different songs happening. this is what 100 gecs sounds like to me. 17:55 stop tickling the trumpet sir please D: 2) starting strong in a mystery drama. the fucking trumpet is getting shot through space and the Doppler effect can't keep up. but the trumpet is also in a cave. oh boy. this is going to be an interesting album. why is Jazz like this sometimes. 3:20 okay we are entering a real song??? 6:45 okay we were in song territory. we are back into the noise phase of a lot happening at once. 12:00 hm. this is what it sounds like in my head when i go to the store by myself. 14:15 checking to see if all the notes on the keyboard work. 18:15 it's a secret :> (all i can think of trying to get through this is: "You must acquire a taste for: Freeform Jazz! 🤔") 21:15 i get the skill it must take to be able to do this kind of thing for 30 minutes but. just Doot doot doot fading out randomly, it keeps tickling me. why is this so weird. 25:00 please stop pretending to end the song. the second disc has the longest song cap out at 17 minutes. let me move on. 3) okay now this is more what i expected when i thought this was gonna be jazzy. this is jazz. 4) that jazzy guitar sounds really good. it sounds like everyone is vibing and although all of it is pretty different, it's an upbeat jazz. 5) i don't know if it's an oboe or clarinet but that deep instrument in the back is really fucking. this guy does have a lot of trumpet talent. i can see why this is included but god what a rocky start. 6) it's a lot but thank you for calming down. good breathing time. 7) cranking out the socket wrench instrument! okay i can't give this a 1/5 because the jazz that finally shined through was actually good. HOWEVER i can't give it higher than a 2. i would have listened on x2 speed to get through this if i could.

When Miles Davies popped up I was quite looking forward to it. I’ve heard his name many times but have never listened to his work. However, this left me disappointed. The tracks are just too long and this being one of his experimental albums it is just not what I was hoping to hear.

I tried. But it seems that I’ll never be able to enjoy Jazz improv. I’m clearly not intelligent or cultured enough.

If I had been born 20 years earlier, I would have been a big fan of this and would have had a lovely time playing this to my friends at dinner parties (I would have have them as I would have been a different person). However I wasn't and don't (have dinner parties that is, but hopefully I have friends). Although i have been aware of Miles Davis' Jazz rock, I've only just listened to this for the first time, and first impressions were very favourable. For this first time, a cold baptism of over 90 minutes of exceptionally long songs could have been over quicker than a real cold immersive baptism if I hadn't have had to drive to Leighton Buzzard and back with nothing else to listen to. So I stuck with it and am glad I did. Don't really care what the songs were called, it seemed a bit over long in places, but that is free-form Jazz for you. Did they know how long it was going to be before performing? Probably not. Loved the way the band just got on with creating something from what was probably an initial idea and just taking these songs wherever they felt going in the moment. The only track I didn't enjoy was the chicken and dog noise song at the end (that was my interpretation anyway). I'd like to listen to it again sometime in the future or maybe the odd track now and again. A low to mid 3.

Super vet

Listened to this a few times and personally can't see what the fuss is about nice sounds but nothing special.

4/5. Had it. Love it

Un espectacular álbum de Jazz que demuestra la enorme creatividad de uno de los genios más grandes del género. Un trabajo esencial que juega con los límites sonoros vistos hasta ese momento en la corriente sonora proveniente de Nueva Orleans, añadiendo instrumentos electrónicos y jugando con la psicodelia. Sumamente recomendable.

Idk man how can I ever find the confidence to really rate this. Enjoyable at times, but mostly beyond me. I don’t feel like knocking in but I definitely don’t understand it. Likert neutral 3

Outstanding, innovative, brilliant

Ya like jazz?

good jazz has the ability to interest and bore me at the same time. impressive playing on several instruments at once blurring together to become nothing at all. only real exception on the entire album for me is the 2nd half of 'Miles Runs the Voodoo Down' which funnily enough sounds like it doesn't have Miles playing for a long while? maybe i just don't like trumpet

honestly kind of boring, not really for me, feels very conceptual, very smooth, doesnt really go anywhere

Ikke for meg

Miles will always get 5 stars from me!!!

Probably would not sit and listen through this again, but it would be very good music for a chill party.

Just not for me. Would probably be amazing live.

Ended up listening to it 3 times in the background at work and it helped me focus more than any other music has. The rhythm section absolutely kills it.

I think this might be too jazz. This whole album left me somewhere between lost and confused, I'm not sure if any of the songs had a beginning, middle, or end. Maybe I will come back in 2 decades and see if it grows on me.

I like this era of MD but do feel it sprawls and is less focused that 'In a Silent Way' Its still pretty magical though.

The random sounds of jazz

Miles Davis wouldn’t give a fuck what you think about his album. Dense and abrasive, this is a monumental album in the development of jazz and modern music. I love this album, the extended jams are given space to evolve throughout each track - as a miracle of studio editing I can’t really tell where the cuts are. It takes you on an adventure!

Pretty important album in jazz and overall music history, but I did not really "get it"

This is an album for people who really like jazz. Miles Davis is one of the best jazz musicians ever, but the music isn't the most accessible. It was really great for background music while I worked though. On songs, why did they try to make Feio sound like there was a dog barking randomly throughout? Best Songs: NA Worst Songs: Feio

При всем уважении к легенде, но что это было? Мне как будто насрали в уши.

Not my type of music.

He’s no Roy Donk

Bit of a bitch to get through, that Bitches Brew.

Some parts it's "this is amazing, listen to that", other time "what the f is going on?"

такой авангард... нет впечатления от пары прослушиваний, но точно можно продолжать когда надо отвлечься (или когда надо провести биполярное антитеррористическое расследование)

Not for me

definitely a mood vibe

I know he's supposed to be the man and all but F-me some of these songs drag by

I started this to expand my musical horizons a bit. Jazz like this is something I never really got and I still don't. I'm sure the individual musicians are very clever but this just sounds like they are all trying to play a different piece of music at the same time.

Managed two songs. Given they ran 40 minutes, I think that's fair enough. I don't get jazz tbh. I think it's good? Just not my thing. It wasnt off-putting, just got bored. Feel like I'd need to be stoned to actively enjoy it, and that ain't me anymore. 2.5*

Interesting… very contemporary dont vibe with it

Great album, very experimental, listened through all 106+ min and again first 2 tracks. One worth a revisit soon. 4.4/5

Pas pour moi

Rollazo, pero rollazo rollazo. Lo siento, un 2.

A musical experience that only Miles Davis and his band — an amazing ensemble — could pull off. This isn’t an album I could listen to all the time but it’s one that I will groove to if I’m in one sitting and want something to focus on.

grew on me over a lot of years and now I just fucking get it. I think when people talk about this album they don't specify enough how psychedelic this album is instead of jazzy. This just takes you to weird weird places it's so cool, I really think maybe Miles Davis couldn't do wrong. In music that is.

An interesting album that was really good as background music that actually kind of helped me today with getting into a zone to push through a tough slog of work. The arrangements of the instruments, whilst not traditional in the least bit, were able to meld the works of jazz and electronic instruments into a cohesive album that felt familiar yet new at the same time. Best: Pharaoh's Dance Worst: Feio

Na

Weird experimental jazz. Nvm it’s sick like funky jazz

Honestly really enjoyed even though I'm not usually much of a jazz guy. Would put on as study music!

I don’t normally listen to Jazz but it’s something I can vibe with

Now you’re talking. This I can use. Every note means something and every note means nothing. How much thinking is it possible to do without thinking? This much. It’s all vibe, but vibe can encompass as much as you let it.

A strange experience. Melodies emerge from chaos, grooves underpin mayhem and suddenly you're whistling something despite the dissonance it's being played against. Bitches Brew is a challenging listen, though remaining pleasant if you're adventurous. Unlike Trout Mask Replica, I still have faith that other people do enjoy this -- as do I. I'm not a jazz nerd (just every other kind), so I can only marvel at the swirling maelstrom of sound and how the band pulls it together. The record seems determined to test the limits of how rule-breaking a song can become while still being compelling and enjoyable. Ultimately, though, it is compelling and enjoyable. It asks much of the listener, but rewards just as much. Must listen.

it’s not kind of blue but i like the vibes

i’ll be honest, i have never rly attempted to get into jazz before so this was pretty much my first serious venture. went extremely hard, but i definitely feel like i’d need to run it back a few more times before i’d truly be able to Get It. also probably would have had a more enriching experience if i had chosen to listen to it during a time that i could actually focus on everything going on instead of on emailing custies but. still very awesome!

ive loved jazz for years but i will admit i am not a great example of a jazz fan bc i love me some serene quiet moody jazz. so as u can imagine disc 1 kinda stresses me out, disc 2 im obsessed with. sanctuary is SOOO good it has such a good build up, 100% my favorite off of this one. also i keep rating these albums 4s but the more albums i listen to the more i wish i could go back and change my other ratings D:<

vibes established. it's difficult as someone who rarely listens to jazz to know how to rate this. it should probably be higher in terms of like, HISTORY, but for me i'd say it's very enjoyable but not my favorite thing. for me personally it's maybe more like a 3.5 but that feels wrong so 4 🌟

when an album has songs this long, especially if they’re just instrumentals, I assume I can just play them in the background while I do things but I couldn’t with this album. Insane trumpets in each song. I need to rehear most of these songs to really enjoy them and I didn’t have time over the weekend to do so. but it’s fucking crazy this was made in 1970.

we love you miles davis we love you jazz we love you taehyung

something whimsical is afoot...

Love this album even though I usually just listen to the first side of it. What can I say about Bitches Brew. Um. Listening to Pharaoh's Dance on repeat in college made me a better listener. I don't know if I would be as into funk if I hadn't heard Bitches Brew- and also, I don't know if I would be as into Bitches Brew if I didn't have prior experience with funk and long rock compositions of the 60s/early 70s. Insane that this is from 1969!!!! Sorry I don't have anything good to say I'm running to go tutor

good jazz

Too much of a good thing

What the hell? This is insane. The whole album just feels like a systems check. Maybe a warmup. Nobody seems to be playing off each other, except maybe the drummer.

Not a fan of jazz...I'm sure this is great to those who are

Duurt mij allemaal veel te lang

I guess I just didn’t get it. I was a little too jarring; can’t see myself listening to it again.

Disorganized noises (but maybe I just don't like jazz?).

I feel like I do like some jazz but this is more inaccessible than I thought Miles Davis was. I know it's famous but I don't think I got it

"Free-form" is an understatement. It's thrilling but not exactly euphonious to hear virtuosos reacting to each other in real time with minimal structure. I understand that this is an early experiment in fusing rock and jazz. It's one to appreciate more than enjoy.

Not my taste. Some of it was OK but there was too much chaos in the sound and a little too much screech in the more upbeat numbers.

I'm well aware of this guy's talent but man, I think there's a point where something gets too experimental, and this is it. I had very little patience with this album. 2/5

Jazz experimental. Disonante.

While the talent that goes into this album is undeniable, I personally wasn't a huge fan. Portions seemed a bit too cacophonous for me which took away from the overall sound of it in my opinion.

3,5 , I like jazz an Miles. I know this record has historical importance and I enjoy it, specially track 2 bitches brew. But maybe it is on another level which I am not yet to fully appreciate it.

I’m kind of bugged out this is the kind of jazz I don’t like. It’s too wild for me I guess, I’m more into an album like In A Silent Way. But it is amazing how fast paced they worked and how it all come together. Different strokes for different folks. 6 out of 10

en rupee mitään analisoimaan.. turha rupee mitään aina pitääkö jostain jatsista, experimental pitä jotain sanoja laittaa että se on näin ja näin siksi hyvä.. tarvi mitään perustella t-t-t-ämä on a-a-vant avant ga-garde he he siksi hyvä.TURHANPÄIVÄSTÄ PÄLÄTYSTÄ!!!!! ALBUMI ON HYVÄ!! ja sillä selvä... poppipäät ei ymmärrä tarvi sitten alkaa selitellä miksi tästä pitäisi tykätä prkl... modernimpaa milessia... tämä mitään erikoista laboratoriotutkimusta ole... ihan jatsinpätkää vaan. ja hyvää sellaista. bitches brew

So experimental, so new, so above its time. Miles really was pushing the envelope with the new sonic scapes found In A Silent Way and explored further here. Certainly a controversial album for the time, but its influence is still found today. Definitely not as much as the previous album.

Now that's jazz, baby! This is what outer space sounds like.

The first song was 20 minutes of clatter. Giving it the second song to redeem itself and then I’m out. Second song was better, but I’m just not feeling the flow or vibe. It all seems just thrown together. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: none

Interesting very experimental tough to get into

This album was brilliant. Miles' trumpet playing along with the rest of the band, the way all the instruments interact to create these massive soundscapes that are dreamy and exotic. It's some of the best music ever made.

Tough listen. Not something I feel the need to listen to again

Good jazz. Every song is an hour long

Now that’s jazz baby! I don’t really understand jazz but I pretend to because it makes me feel smart. This album made me feel like Emma Stone in La La Land, except when I open my eyes at the end of the movie I won’t see my failed dreams staring back at me. EVERYONE FEELS SORRY FOR RYAN GOSLING IN THAT MOVIE BUT HE’S THE ONE THAT REALLY ACCOMPLISHED HIS DREAM.

Hey you! Wanna listen to some avant garde jazz? It’s has no traditional beat or structure. It’s like an uncovered lasagna is being cooked in your microwave for an hour. You’re gonna love it!

I'm not a fan or particularly knowledgeable of jazz. I thought this was pretty good and gave it four stars based on reading about it's importance.

Get that it's important, and also, it's really weird

bah non 26min la musique j'ecoute pas

Struggled with this. When it gets going there’s some really good parts to it, but when it isn’t firing on all cylinders it’s not very good at all. Borders on sounding like a band tuning up at times. And I love what I know of Miles Davis so it hurts me to think that! It’s definitely more electric/produced(?) than other records I’ve heard by him, which doesnt lend itself well to his sound in my opinion. Too much of this passed me by to be anything more than a 2.5.

That was an ordeal, don't care how good you are, can't have a 90min+ album Miles. A real struggle to listen to, the timings and general atmosphere of the first two songs in particular is really unnerving. Its impressive and unique, just a really difficult listen. Think this is one for the jazz superfans. Mellowed out a bit towards the end but didn't really get any catchier. Think it is worth a listen and on some level probably an incredible album but can't really recommend it. 2 to 2.5 I'd say.

A little bit too free-form for me. Difficult to listen to as I'm conditioned to expect a track to go somewhere. Birth of the Cool was better, and I'm going to drop this a star for the track lengths.

I didn't find a single thing I liked about this. To me it was an album of ridiculuoisluy long tracks, music that sounded like random noise and an unsuitably long runtime. It is far too expermental and chaotic for my taste. I definitely don't enjoy pure Jazz, just songs that take Jazz influence.

I've listened to some miles Davis in the past, and I'm sure I enjoyed it much more than this. I found this really difficult to get through. I need structure in music. I have no idea where any of this is going and I can't enjoy it because of this. Is stressful 26 minutes is too long for a track! There's no way I would ever choose to listen to any of this again and I didn't enjoy it. Has to be a 1. Probably demonstrates my ignorance

This is the type of Jazz that I just don't get - to me it's chaotic and lacks form, which are probably the same reasons why some people rave about it. Not for me.

This album is so cool you can keep your beer in it. 5/5

Bit trumpet-heavy for me.

Turns out I don’t like Jazz…

unfortunately i don’t really like chaotic jazz ): but i appreciate the artistry even though i don’t want to listen to it lol so 3 stars

I'm conflicted with this album. Each track is jazzy, smooth, and cool to listen to. Production is tight, intricate, and very well done. Overall a fascinating listen that I enjoyed more than I thought I would. However, I feel like each song has almost zero replayability. If I want to enjoy a song from here again, I can't imagine being able to think "Ah, let me sit down and listen to a *twenty six minute* single song straight". That's insane. A great song, mind you, but I feel like if the songs were divided up into even just a little shorter, it would be something I'd want to listen to again more frequently. Overall, this album is vaguely similar to how I feel about the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition films - undeniable works of art that really have to be experienced to see just how good they are. But who the hell has 4 and a half hours to dedicate to Return of the King alone, let alone 13 hours for the whole series? While I adore those films (and this album), I feel like replaying them is reserved for special occasions when you can sit and enjoy them uninterrupted, rather than in pieces.

It insists upon itself.

I used to love this stuff but now it just hurts. It's brilliant but it's so angry, stressed, and unhappy.

I think I like jazz, but this album may be a bit too jazz for me. I often found myself lost in the music, and not in a good way. At the same time, I wouldn't argue against someone who said this was masterful or game-changing. To each their own I guess. High Point: Bitches Brew Low Point: Feio Surprise Hit: Miles Runs the Voodoo Down

I think the same arguments that I made against Hot Rats could be levied against Bitches Brew, but personally I like it much better.

Gorgeous, chaotic, dark experiment.

Kolmosen ja nelosen välis…

Tytötkin panee

Wanted to like it but it's just not for me.

Listened to this many a time before. Great record all around.

Album #39 Jazz is not for everybody. And Miles Davis is not for every jazz fan. I listened to this album once before and hated it. I wanted “Kind of Blue”, but this was just out there. My experience this time was very different. I don’t know if I “get it” now, or what may have changed, but I kind of liked it. Improvisational music can be difficult to listen to at times, but it’s clear that there are specific feelings that the musicians are trying to convey when playing. In addition, the idea of having multiple bassists and multiple drummers creates such interesting rhythms. I smiled when typing that because I was reminded of my one of my favorite Nu-Metal bands, Slipknot because they use multiple percussionists at times to create a deeper or more complex sound. I feel that active listening is really important for most of the songs on here, because you may miss out on the introduction to a section and wonder how you ended up there. This is definitely not my favorite album, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t like it (this time). 3*

tururururururue

The birth of jazz-rock fusion, in an explosive release of original music. Rarely has an album had such impact and influence. Don't miss.

First disc seemed a bit all over the place for me, sounds and themes were a bit messy and was a bit of a headache to listen to. Second disk is quite interesting with funk undertones and an interesting mix with jazz. 3.5 (would give a 3 but its too highly rated and I'm a sheep)

Jazz listens would absolutely love this album. Unfortunately, I do not love jazz and can't recommend this album. There are only two issues with this album firstly, no vocals, and secondly retaining attention. To begin, I do not know if all jazz has no vocals, but I do know that this album has none which is a personal gripe because I very much enjoy vocals in music. Vocals add depth and meaning to songs instrumental can only do so much to portray meaning and feeling and in this album, there is a lack of both. Secondly, as it can be very easily seen this album is quite long with only seven songs. That is due to the fact that each song besides one is over ten minutes two of which are over twenty minutes long. The length of the songs would not be a problem if the songs were able to hold the listener's attention which they do not. It was a struggle to retain attention during the songs "Pharaohs Dance," and "Bitche's Brew." Those being the first two songs on the track set the pace for the rest of the album and made for a rather unenjoyable listening experience.

As a composition it's a great achievement this album. But I don't get it fully. When Miles blows the trumpet it's great, but album as a whole is "negative" to me. It goes in the directions I don't personally consider good sound. Maybe it's because I'm not the greatest jazz enjoyer.

Odyssey. Chaotic and challenging. Jazz-fusion is a cool sounding name for a genre and is also cool-sounding. Music for getting lost in imaginary oceans, caves and mountains

above my paygrade? I like miles, my favorites are "working" then "kind of blue" and "relaxin", I liked the album but it didn't hit me like the others, I've seen this album recieve great appraisal, so my guess is I don't understand the greatness.

Did not care for this album. At all. When do I get to hear "Kind of Blue"? Is that album on this list? The freeform jazz created for this record gave me a headache that would not go away. Give me a little structure with my jazz, please. I think the heroine had truly taken hold by the time he made this record. If I had a cat and it ran across a piano, I think I would get the same styling of music heard in Bitches Brew.

Freeform jazz just isn't my thing. It's difficult to listem to.

Two hours of some of the best jazz ever created. It is two hours though.

Ok jazz

I gotta respect it, but man, this was unlistenable to me. Probably cool if you like jazz more than me, but as it is, I disliked it. I don't think it's the worst album I've heard, but it's gotta get a one. The length was awful... My favourite song was maybe Miles Runs The Voodoo Down? No idea. All of it was just noise to me, so...

An absolute triumph. If you love jazz, this is its final form — like looking through a wormhole into the infinite; if you’re new to jazz, this is a spark of understanding. One of the greatest jazz records of all time.

So so strong.

I think I need to be at home and not in the car to appreciate this album

Man each song is literally a full blown concert. It’s kinda crazy but incredible too where you can just sit and literally feel like you're in a full jazz club session. I liked the idea of it more than the actual jazz music.

Funky jazz

Not bad. I’m not all about jazz but liked thus

Cool vibes

Its jazz, not a thing for me, also seems all musics the same as elevator music

Awesome album. Anyone wondering about what all the fuss is about Miles Davis is advised to start here.

Not my cup of tea. Gives me anxiety.

Man, what a wild record.

I own this one. I remember when it was released. Amazing band, Great album

Unfortunately, without watching a jazz group live, I don’t feel like I can make a connection with these recordings. Professionally done, but not my cup of tea.

I like this more than A Love Supreme! It is dense but I can feel how important this is. I’ll have to spend more time with it.

An all time great, beginning to end. Buy this record.

actually not bad

A beautiful, chaotic, almost overwhelming listening experience. Everyone is at the top of their game here.

Nice

Hard to stand… this is exactly the kind of jazz I don’t like.

The cover art is gorgeous.

Too long

Don’t really know what to say for this one. Though not my preferred type of jazz, there’s no denying the quality.

wdf goin on .... i hate jam music but i respect the artistry and miles davis is obv a GOAT.

Not amazing, I just don't love jazz like this

gorgeous sound and atmosphere, but not quick enough to keep my attention as an instrumental-only album.

Couldn’t find my footing with this when I was in my Jazz phase. Even less so now. Also my god it’s an hour and forty five minutes.

Love this album. The amount of ideas presented in the music is astonishing. It seems like the noise may never resolve at times, in the best way possible. Makes me have more appreciation for the slower, more confusing parts of jam music where they are trying to find a way forward and bringing ideas to the jam. Jazz is the king of improv

Skipped a bunch.

I see a lot of negative comments directed towards this genre defining masterpiece. To be honest, I too didn't quite ''get it'' after the first listen, but after subsequent revisits, allowing me to familiarize myself with the music, the brilliance of the album gradually revealed itself to me. So if you're reading this and found that it didn't quite ''click'' the first time around, try coming back to it later, perhaps in a different state of mind. For those enlightened enough to recognize this masterpiece for what it is, I invite you to give Miles' Jack Johnson album a listen, on which he takes the ideas on here to arguably even greater heights. 🧉🧉🧉🧉🧉

A magical experience. If you put your headphones on, play this album, and close your eyes, you’d feel all the music floods your senses; it’s like having all these great musicians in your room, playing in a circle with you at the bare center. With this album, Miles Davis invented augmented reality.

I know this is considered gold, but I just can’t do it. I don’t like hardcore improv jazz. I just don’t. Love the more structured jazz of Sonny Rollins or Coltrane

God Damn.

Surprisingly, I didn’t hate it. I can’t stand jazz but this was ok. It was mellow. It was manageable.

I like this album.

I know Miles Davis, but this is sad

A few weeks ago, I put this album on to mescaline, a particular psychedelic with stimulant effects but also a somewhat clearer mind-set. And with that clarity, slowed-down perception of time, and strong emotional attraction, this album helped me realize how the tiniest vibrations, shifts in instrumentations, can twist and play with your emotions. In most music, you generally know how to feel, with moments amplifying those emotions, or key and tone shifts suddenly redirecting them elsewhere. But either way, it's very clear how the music makes you feel. And often you listen to a track that leaves you a bit confused or conflicted, whether because it's intentional, a bad messy attempt, or because the listener has their own personal conflicting viewpoints. Yet you have albums like Bitches Brew. I felt this with live jam recordings too, especially Grateful Dead. These albums dance around your emotions, maintaining some structure or common themes to comfort you and give you a sense of what's going on, but at the same time utilizing particular techniques that intentionally make you feel uncomfortable momentarily to keep your attention. It's like when someone plays sus chords, and it doesn't feel right until they play that major or minor triad. Bitches Brew gives you those moments of satisfaction, of anticipation, and it's your job as the listener to actively react to the music, keeping track of the themes and guessing where you want the music to go, and whether Davis will give you that, or take you somewhere unexpected. I'm not saying you have to take a notebook and pen with you. It's a skill you acquire and have to get used to, which is why I feel music like the Grateful Dead and avant-garde jazz are acquired tastes that rely on your brain's ability to predict where the music will go and how it will make you feel. I'm no music theorist or psychologist, but I can tell you how this music makes me feel, and how I use this perspective to provide an open-mind to new music and how to best enjoy challenging music, and appropriately criticize whether it does a good job in what it aims to achieve. And I believe Miles Davis does an extraordinary job in this record. Pharaoh's Dance: We start off with the most chaotic and second longest track. Bold of him to place this at the front to ward off the unprepared and entice the brave. It's not as loud as the others but it's certainly the most disorienting, with a neverending and unpredictable flow that just keeps going and going. Every instrument does there own thing but goes with the flow, matching the vibes and intentions of each other. Bitches Brew: By far my favorite piece. Just as intense and epic as Pharaoh's Dance but more ordered and sparser with dramatic moments. The reoccuring motifs are powerful and satisfying. I love the juxtaposition between the slow, groovy, rhythmic drums and bass with the free-form sax, synths, and guitar. The chaotic motif where they all smash their instruments at once and the sax has this strong echo is my favorite. Spanish Key: A funky Latin-inspired groovy piece extensively featuring synths and guitars firing shots at each other, shutting up when the bad sax boss comes around. It's hardly even a jazz track: most of it sounds like a jam band performance if not for the free-form sax. John McLaughlin: A proper successor with a lot in common with "Spanish Key" but has more energy and optimistic mood. The shortest track, it feels a bit like an epilogue. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down: One of the more psychedelic tracks. This one is spooky and sinister at times but devious and flirtatious at others. It maintains this groove the whole time, but our star instruments spam attacks at given times harder than what we've seen elsewhere. Sanctuary: A sparse, peaceful ambient track, except it makes you feel uncomfortable to varying degrees most of the time. It has moments where it gets chaotic and loud only to go back down. It's a proper way to lead to the end of the album, gradually trading away the high energy. Felio: A mysterious, spooky closer featuring dog yelps and other weird sound effects. It's the most unsettling piece, inducing some feelings of anxiety but never going too far. It's a quiet pleasant way to close out the album. Ends a bit suddenly but you have the cute outro to signify the end. If you've been nodding off, this'll wake you up for you to play or do something else.

I've only ever listened to jazz like this live. I think that's my preferred way to hear it. I like to watch the musicians and see how they feel the music they’re playing. Usually, you end up applauding various moments in the set. Since that’s how I’m used to hearing music like this, I missed that while listening at my desk. It's Miles Davis so it's great music, and it was fine playing in the background while I work. But I definitely connect better to jazz in a live setting. However, I know I’ve heard the 2nd half of the title track before. It immediately sounded familiar. I think it was featured in a ballet I saw recently. So dramatic! And this cover art is gorgeous!

Zo’n schitterend album. Veel invloeden, maar mooi in balans gebracht. Niet te makkelijk luisterbaar, maar altijd adembenemend.

If you were listening to this high, youd either have an incredible time, or find a new level of paranoia

1/6, 17%

I have never heard a Miles Davis album since I'm not big into jazz. I will say all the instruments come in clear on my headphones. It felt like background music a lot of the time. Ultimately can't complain since it was nice to work to. It sits about a 3-4 star for me since it really sounds like I'm listening to someone's jam session.

10/10

Not my type of jazz, album took too long so i'm not wasting more of my time on a longer review/

not my style

Oh no. I’m so sorry. This gave me anxiety.

I feel like I have to like this because it is Miles Davis, but I noticed that I can only appreciate this album in bite-sized chunks and not in 1 sitting.

Miles Davis is undeniably talented, and this album is well put together and each song flows seamlessly into the next. However, I'm not a huge jazz fan, so combined with the length, this was a bit of a struggle for me to get through.

A bold double album which pushes the boundaries on every level. As an artistic statement, it's reasonably successful; as a musical experience it's a bit more dubious and not very enjoyable unless you're into weirdness for the sake of it. Cool cover art. Ps it's a shame this list doesn't have some of the cool British Jazz LPs from the same period. Something like Hum Dono by Joe Harriot/Amancio D'Silva which is far more successful in terms of creating exotic jazz whilst retaining listenability.

Not gonna lie hard, this kinda jazz i dont dislike and in the background makes me feel like im in a film where suddenly something absurd will happen like people start talking backwards. I quite like that idea and the vibe, but active listening is a challenge like climbing mount doom in yer pants and only a beanie for company!

Hard work, and not particularly enjoyable

The first couple of tracks made for good angry walking to and fro from the corner shop with headphones in. The last few tracks were on in the background whilst I worked. It was as if the musicians were consciously trying to skirt around an actual main tune whilst never hitting it. When the album ended and Spotify auto played, I got a sense of relief. Painful listening at times and interesting at others.

I got three-quarters of the way through the first track, I couldn't take much more... come back John Zorn, all is forgiven!

going to be honest, didn't love it

Interminable ramblings.

3ème album de miles davis. Je vais être tout un connaisseur sous peu. Gros album de jazz rock avec un peu d'instruments électriques. 7 chansons, 1h45 min, what the heeeeck. Ça voudra une seconde écoute plus tard, mais j'suis pas encore vendu à cet album.

Not a fan of the fact that all but one song on this album are over 10 minutes long, but this is apparently a really good jazz album and Fantano gave it a 10 so I will allow it this time. This is like J A Z Z. It is what most people would think of when you say jazz probably. Its chaotic and experimental at times, and does some really cool stuff that is definitely super ahead of its time. I wouldn't add any one of these songs to a playlist based on sheer length of the song, and because it is just so out there, but this is still really good. A low 4/5

Miles showing off his experimental chops. A delight for those who like this sort of style.

Not big into jazz but this is a great start and apparently classic album

cant get thru it soz

Took two listens to appreciate this one

Don't blame him! Jazz rock would’ve happened already. There is a lot less of the fuck-around in this than in what I haven’t been able to avoid of the aftermath. It has force and direction from a supermassive rhythm section, corralling the soloists and their splashing around. Menacing, at times, reminiscent of Morricone’s queasy giallo pieces. The coherent and clear placement of so many different improvising instruments at the same time is rich magic. Never bored listening to this, frequently excited and enchanted. The song “Sex Swan” is my favourite, I think.

glad I got to hear it, probably won't listen to it again anytime soon

I've listened to this one before. It's too improvisational for my taste but it grows on you the more you listen. Didn't mind hearing it again.

It's jazz. If you like jazz, you will likely like this. I was unable to make it through most of the tracks.

sleepy

To some this is random noise. To some this is "musicians warming up" separately before a session. To some this is a grant musical conversation among the greatest musical philosophers of their time. Any look behind the curtain to see how this album was made will reveal a truly refreshing and energetic approach to "experimental" jazz. Not to mention a tip 5 album art of all time.

No, thanks. Jazz isn't my jam.

First album i couldn't finish. I like some Jazz genres, but this is just way to much chaos for me. Really tried to get into this one as well, but all off it just sounds like random noise to me. For now it's a 1/5, maybe someday i'll change my mind.

Heavy jazz 3.5

I appreciate the musicianship, but this just wasn’t my kind of jazz.

It baffles me that someone create such an erratic sounding album, that ultimately must have some sort of structure holding it together. I don’t know if any of these songs were ever played live, but I can only assume the live arrangements would only loosely follow the studio versions. For an album that sounds completely improv, surely it must be.