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Listen to this: Miles Davis and Bitches brew

by Svorinich, Victor

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This title tells the story of Miles Davis's watershed 1969 album, Bitches Brew. It 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 sensibilit…

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  • Full title :Listen to this : Miles Davis and Bitches brew / Victor Svorinich.

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This title tells the story of Miles Davis's watershed 1969 album, Bitches Brew. It 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 it.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781628461954, 1628461950, 9781626740891, 1626740895, 1628461942, 9781628461947
  • oclc:ocn881824388
  • LC Classification:ML419.D39
  • Dewey Decimal:788.9/2165092

Table of Contents

Album notes -- Beginnings -- Climate -- Development -- Preparation -- Music -- Post-production -- Aftermath -- Beyond brew -- Miles in 3-d : image of Bitches brew -- With no end (an epilogue).

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1961 - 1980 African American musicians African American musicians -- Criticism… African Americans in the performing arts African Americans in the performing art… Bitches brew (Davis, Miles) Criticism, interpretation, etc Davis, Miles Electronic books jazz Jazz -- History and criticism Jazz musicians Jazz musicians -- Criticism and interpr… MUSIC -- History & Criticism MUSIC -- Musical Instruments Musiciens de jazz -- Critique et interp… Musiciens noirs américains -- Critique … Musique populaire -- Histoire et critiq… Musique populaire -- Histoire et critiq… Noirs américains dans les arts du spect…

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Svorinich, Victor

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