This is something I've wanted to do for a while, and now I'm doing it. My top 10 albums of all time. You may be able to guess what's going to be on here, but I'd like to surprise a lot of you.

Anyone who knows jazz has to know Miles Davis. There's no way around that. His impact on the genre is so immense that I can't even begin to put it into words. He was at the front of so many movements in the style, from the bebop of the 1950's all the way into the 70's and 80's, pioneering modal jazz in "Kind of Blue" in '59 and a strange fusion of jazz and rock music ten years later with "In a Silent Way," among countless others.

This is where "Bitches Brew" comes in. This long, sprawling, 90-minute experience is the divider between the events leading up to Miles' fusion years and the albums that expanded on these ideas later. Compared to its predecessor, "In a Silent Way," this record has much less of a defined groove and much, much less of the melodic and soothing atmosphere.

One could say that Miles went pretty much all out when he was putting these songs together, and getting all the performers he got on one single track. Every track has at least two drummers and two keyboard players playing on it simultaneously. The names on here range from Wayne Shorter (saxophonist extraordinaire), Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul (piano virtuosoes), and John McLaughlin (crazy guitarist), in addition to Miles' sparse yet energetic trumpet sound. This is worth mentioning, since a lot of his playing up until this point was in the lower range and much more subdued, but he tends to go more all-out when he has the forefront.

If anything is noteworthy on "Bitches Brew," it's how much post-production went into every one of these songs. Looping, tape delays, re-sequencing, et cetera. In a genre like jazz, this was something that wasn't even considered in the creative process, but it only serves to make every track more interesting than they may have been otherwise.

I can't say much more about this record, other than that even if you're not a jazz fan, give it a shot. These tracks are really long sometimes, but they're far from boring. This is my definitive piece in the Miles Davis catalog, and I hope it can eventually be the same way for you.

1. Pharoah's Dance 9.5/10

2. Bitches Brew 10/10

3. Spanish Key 9/10

4. John McLaughlin 9.5/10

5. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 10/10

6. Sanctuary 10/10

Overall: 10/10

Stay tuned for numbers nine through one.