Listen To This: Miles Davis And Bitches Brew (American Made Music Series)

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.

• | Author: Victor Svorinich
• | Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 202 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Music
• | ISBN-10: 1496807820
• | ISBN-13: 9781496807823