A 12-member collective of noted U.K.-based musicians used “Bitches Brew” as a springboard, improvising a new LP after the pandemic thwarted a 50th anniversary celebration for the original. By Marcus J ...
Many years ago when there was evolution and revolution in music, change was palpable. Today, too much music is just churned out by the latest technology. Only the faces change. The music machine is ...
Throughout the '90s and into the new millennium, the jazz world has witnessed quite a few spins on Miles Davis's electric funk/fusion period. The San Francisco-based outfit Bitches Brew has adopted ...
Okay, I’ll admit it: I was a bit skeptical of Sailorr at first. Music journalists get dozens of press emails about “rising R&B stars” all the time, and they rarely pan out, even if they have viral ...
On Wednesday, April 8, twenty-five pertinent audio captures were inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. Amongst the selected pieces with enduring cultural significance ...
Excerpted from "Miles Davis' Bitches Brew" by George Grella, Jr. (Bloomsbury, 2015). Reprinted with permission from Bloomsbury Publishing. In an era awash in commodified violence and gore — death ...
American trumpeter and composer Miles Davis (1926 - 1991) performing live on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival at Newport, Rhode Island, 5th July 1969. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images) ...
For the writer Mark Haddon, Miles Davis’s seminal jazz album Bitches Brew is a reminder of the beauty and power of challenging works. Haddon’s own writing seems to grow out of discomfort, too. He ...
In an epic feat of improvisation, 12 players over three days reimagined the jazz great’s magnum opus. Nubya Garcia, Dave Okumu and producer Martin Terefe talk us through the recording of London Brew ...