Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004)

Another interesting Miles Davis documentary. This one focuses on the new direction, into the style that would become known as "fusion", that was heralded by the 1970 "Bitches Brew" and Davis' landmark performance at the Isle of Wight festival in the same year. The latter is included in its 38-minute entirety at the end of the doco, which also features some very interesting interviews with musicians involved with Miles around that time.

I found the Isle of Wight "jam" to be fascinating primarily for the feeling that you're witnessing a primordial evolutionary moment in music history. As a piece of music it is not particularly accessible (with my usual weaselly proviso: at least not to me, at this point in time). This is understandable, given that it was pushing the boundaries of what any of the musicians were familiar with, and in the process forging a whole new genre. I'm looking forward to listening again to the "Bitches Brew" album, which for some reason has escaped my attention thus far.