MILES DAVIS- COMPLETE BITCHES BREW SESSIONS MOSAIC Q-LP
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MILES DAVIS: THE COMPLETE BITCHES BREW SESSIONS (AUGUST 1969-FEBRUARY 1970)
MOSAIC MQ6-183
6 audiophile Q-lps with box and insert. This is an out-of-print set and in as-new condition, vinyl, box & insert. This is set 1591 of an edition of 5000, and will not be reissued on vinyl.
The release of Bitches Brew in late Spring of 1970 marked the end of an era - not only for Miles - but for jazz as a genre.. These are the new classics of jazz in which its leading exponent deals with this universally acknowledged feeling of world dissolution - our lives spinning out of presumptions to and pursuit of control - the return to chaos - inexorable and inevitable. The recordings of the initial flowering of Mile's post-modern period collected here for the first time give us an insight into the tension between Miles' supremely rigorous and complex sense of order and the recognition of the endless flux of electricity and being, all too overwhelming in the totality of its energy to be channeled or directed for long. The previously unreleased material here, such as 'Yaphet' and 'Corrado' which followed the original sessions is most welcome in that it presages the future, in which the electric and fusion elements would gain dominion over spent, traditional forms. Simply put, these sessions stake profound claim to being among the greatest of all time, and the extras which are included, regardless of their being more of a coda or an afterthought to the recording dates for Bitches Brew, make the package that much better- Amazon user's review.
Bid with confidence- 100% positive feedback. See my other items for more Mosaic sets. NB Domestic shipping for this box set is actually £8- Ebay allows only £4 to be shown
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