Title: Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, New York City, New York
Matrix #: PG 26
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great

Cultural Facts:

1. Band Drama: Sessions were loose and direction-heavy; Davis gave minimal cues, later having Teo Macero splice hours of tape into final form, frustrating some players.

2. Media Narrative: Jazz purists attacked the electric shift as betrayal, while younger rock audiences embraced it, splitting Davis’ core audience in real time.

3. Album Art: Mati Klarwein’s surreal cover sparked controversy and fascination, becoming inseparable from the record’s identity and counterculture context.

5/3/24 KG 3/21/2026 CC