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Listen to This - Miles Davis and Bitches Brew (Paperback)
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Listen to This - Miles Davis and Bitches Brew (Paperback)
Series: American Made Music Series
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Listen to This stands out as the first book exclusively dedicated
to Davis's watershed 1969 album, Bitches Brew. Victor Svorinich
traces its incarnations and inspirations for ten-plus years before
its release. The album arrived as the jazz scene waned beneath the
rise of rock and roll and as Davis (1926-1991) faced large changes
in social conditions affecting the African-American consciousness.
This new climate served as a catalyst for an experiment that many
considered a major departure. Davis's new music projected rock and
roll sensibilities, the experimental essence of 1960s'
counterculture, yet also harsh dissonances of African-American
reality. Many listeners embraced it, while others misunderstood and
rejected the concoction. Listen to This is not just the story of
Bitches Brew. It reveals much of the legend of Miles Davis--his
attitude and will, his grace under pressure, his bands, his
relationship to the masses, his business and personal etiquette,
and his response to extraordinary social conditions seemingly
aligned to bring him down. Svorinich revisits the mystery and
skepticism surrounding the album, and places it into both a
historical and musical context using new interviews, original
analysis, recently found recordings, unearthed session data sheets,
memoranda, letters, musical transcriptions, scores, and a wealth of
other material. Additionally, Listen to This encompasses a thorough
examination of producer Teo Macero's archives and Bitches Brew's
original session reels in order to provide the only complete
day-to-day account of the sessions.
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