Bitches Brew
Context
The album's title track was recorded at the very first session, with an expanded lineup (two bassists, several drummers, keyboards and percussion). Producer Teo Macero then assembled the take by tape editing, using the studio as an instrument. The album helped define jazz-rock.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).