I’ve never cared for the word “bitch.” When I was young, it got used on sports fields to suggest that someone was not being enough of a man (a challenging task at age 15).
Later it became a popular hip-hop epithet that made many great songs unplayable at parties.
Then again, in a parallel universe – it was the first word of one of Miles Davis’s greatest albums.
April 2020 marks fifty years since the release of Bitches Brew, which launched the most experimentally creative portion of Miles’ long career. Jazz fusion greats such as Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, and Billy Cobham guested on the double-vinyl set.
For fans of 1970s funk, Bitches Brew is perhaps the seminal work.
Here’s the full album plus a review from the Guardian: