Directions In Music 1969 To 1973 - Various Artists (Miles Davis) Directions In Music 1969 To 1973

In 1970 Miles Davis unleashed “Bitches Brew”. It sold a million and launched a new style of music: jazz rock. It was the culmination of the work of Miles and his musicians over the previous two years. “Directions In Music” illustrates its conception and immediate aftermath. CD version packaged with 20-page booklet. 

In 1969 Miles put the phrase “Directions In Music By Miles Davis” on the front cover of his “In A Silent Way” album. The phrase denoted a new way of working where Miles and producer Teo Macero took an overarching view of the music recorded in the studio and melded it to create the finished recording, and showed that Miles was proudly in control of his career. This working method only lasted for two albums – the second being “Bitches Brew” – but was an essential mindset for the way Miles and his band made music over this period. That music and the musicians who created it changed jazz forever, and they took the lessons they learned into their own records.