The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (August 1969-February 1970) (1969)

About this title: Columbia's continuing summation of the career of Miles Davis through lavish box-set reissues resumed in 1998 with The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, a four-disc set including all the music from the original 1970 double-album Bitches Brew plus over two additional hours of music from the six-month period during which the album was recorded. (Some of those tracks were previously released on compilations like Big Fun and Circle in the Round, but almost one-third of the material lay unissued until this release.) The music is simply fabulous -- the simultaneous birth and peak of jazz-rock/fusion, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Pharaoh's Dance [Zawinul]
2. Bitches Brew [Davis]
3. Spanish Key [Davis]
4. John McLaughlin [Davis]
5. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down [Davis]
6. Sanctuary [Shorter]
7. Great Expectations [Davis/Zawinul]
8. Orange Lady [Zawinul]
9. Yaphet [Davis]
10. Corrado [Davis]
11. Trevere [Davis]
12. The Big Green Serpent [Davis]
13. The Little Blue Frog [Alternate Take] [Davis]
14. The Little Blue Frog [Master] [Davis]
15. Lonely Fire [Davis]
16. Guinnevere [Crosby]
17. Feio [Shorter]
18. Double Image [Zawinul]
19. Recollections [Zawinul]
20. Take It or Leave It [Zawinul]
21. Double Image [Zawinul]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.