*After the sessions, the musicians got together in Miles Davis’ apartment and listened to the recordings of the past three days altogether. As a matter of fact, not getting the groove he wanted, Miles Davis finally took percussionist Don Alias’ advice and used Lenny White and Jack DeJohnette’s parts in the final recordings. It is the one song that the drummers struggled most during Bitches Brew’s recording sessions. *The name of the song “Miles Runs the Voodoo Down” is a reference to Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile”. He thinks that this attitude created a healthy platform where they could move collectively and freely. DeJohnette describes the recording sessions as “different” and “fun”, and draws attention to how Davis avoided long conversations on music and shared his ideas with short and directive sentences. *Jack DeJohnette says that the 12 piece orchestra is a combination of Miles Davis’ favorite players. The songs are based on rhythm sections composing of two bass players and two or at times three drums and percussion players. *Bitches Brew is also distinctive in terms of the wide sonic and rhythmic palette it offers. Hence Macero’s interest in musique concrète tradition, which was founded in 1950’s in France comes through in Bitches Brew. The opening song “Pharoah’s Dance” uses techniques such as tape loop and reverb chamber. *Macero and Davis’ approach in the recordings is one of the first and on-point examples of how a recording room can come into play as an instrument. Macero’s discography includes cornerstone albums such as Dave Brubeck’s Time Out, Charles Mingus’ Mingus Ah Um’ and Thelonious Monk’s Monk’s Dream. *The producer of the album was Teo Macero, who had worked with Miles Davis on various occasions both as a musician and a producer. Lenny White remembers the recording sessions as follows: “It was like an orchestra, and Miles was our conductor.
*Miles Davis, in search of a jazz rock-funk fusion sound, gave the musicians simple sketches and some chord progressions and asked them to play as they wish on them. *The musicians who have contributed to Bitches Brew include Miles Davis’ orchestra that he toured with in the summer of 1969, namely Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette, as well as Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Larry Young, Lenny White, Don Alias, Juma Santos and Bennie Maupin. Here’s 15 things to know about this legendary album. Bitches Brew, indicating a breaking point in Miles Davis’ career, has shaped the jazz culture of its era and beyond permanently. One of the milestone albums of both Miles Davis’ discography and history of jazz, Bitches Brew turned 50 in 2020.