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Asked by Artforum Magazine about “The Best Music of 2010” the Afrobeat bandleader Femi Kuti listed the reissue of Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew” as his second favorite: “My father had a copy of Bitches Brew but it went missing, so what a joy to find it remastered (the new Legacy edition also includes a DVD of a previously unreleased 1969 concert in Copenhagen). Miles was so cool—not only his music but his fashion, his attitude, everything, even four decades later.” (The video, above, is footage of Miles playing “Bitches Brew” at that 1969 Copenhagen concert.)

Read the rest of Kuti’s list that includes artists who are still alive, here.

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