These historic sessions originally released as the 90-minute double LP “Bitches Brew” in 1970, merged jazz and rock into the hybrid genre known as fusion.
“The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions” includes all the music from the original album recorded over three days in August 1969 plus over two additional hours of music recorded in different sessions over the next six months in chronological order, featuring nine unreleased tracks. The music is simply fabulous - the simultaneous birth and peak of jazz-rock / fusion, with a host of major players and many innovations.
One of the greatest jazz albums of all time not just for its music but for its impact on the future of jazz.


Miles Davis

The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions

(August 1969 – February 1970)

4-CD Box Set





4 CDs / 2004 / Remastered / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

Disc 1:

1. Pharaoh's Dance (original album)

2. Bitches Brew (original album)

3. Spanish Key (original album)

4. John McLaughlin (original album)


Disc 2:

1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (original album)

2. Sanctuary (original album)

3. Great Expectations (available on Big Fun)

4. Orange Lady (available on Big Fun)

5. Yaphet (previously unreleased)

6. Corrado (previously unreleased)


Disc 3:

1. Trevere (previously unreleased)

2. The Big Green Serpent (previously unreleased)

3. The Little Blue Frog (Alt.) (previously unreleased)

4. The Little Blue Frog (Mst.) (previously unreleased)

5. Lonely Fire (available on Big Fun)

6. Guinnevere (available on Circle in the Round)


Disc 4:

1. Feio (CD release – bonus track)

2. Double Image (previously unreleased)

3. Recollections (previously unreleased)

4. Take It Or Leave It (previously unreleased)

5. Gemini / Double Image (available on Live-Evil)

Recorded at
Columbia Studio B, NYC, August 19,20 &21, 1969
Columbia Studio E, NYC, November 19 & 28, 1969
Columbia Studio B, NYC, January 27 & 28, and February 6 1970


Personnel:

August 19,20 & 21, 1969 : Miles Davis (trumpet), Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet), Wayne Shorter (soprano sax), Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Larry Young (electric piano), John McLaughlin (guitar), Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks (bass, electric bass), Jack DeJohnette, Lenny White, Don Alias (drums), Don Alias, Jim Riley (congas, shaker)
Tracks: Pharaoh's Dance*, Bitches Brew*, John McLaughlin*, Sanctuary*, Miles Runs the Voodoo Down*, Spanish Key* (*The original 2CD album 'Bitches Brew')


November 19 & 28, 1969: Miles Davis (trumpet), Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet), Steve Grossman (soprano sax), Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock (electric piano), Larry Young (organ), Khalil Balakrishna (electric sitar), Bihari Sharma (tambura, tabla), John McLaughlin (guitar), Ron Carter, Harvey Brooks, Dave Holland (bass), Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette (drums), Airto Moreira (percussion)
Tracks: Great Expectations, Orange Lady, Yaphet, Corrado, Trevere, The Big Green Serpent, The Little Green Frog


January 27 & 28 1970: Miles Davis (trumpet), Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet), Wayne Shorter (soprano sax), Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul (electric piano), Larry Young (celeste), Khalil Balakrishna (electric sitar), John McLaughlin (guitar), Dave Holland (bass), Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette (drums), Airto Moreira (percussion)
Tracks: Lonely Fire, Guinnevere, Feio*, Double Image (*added as a bonus track to the 'Bitches Brew' CD release)


February 6, 1970: Miles Davis (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (soprano sax), Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul (electric piano), John McLaughlin (guitar), Dave Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Airto Moreira, Billy Cobham (percussion)
Tracks: Recollection, Take It Or Leave It


Miles Davis
The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
(August 1969 – February 1970)