The Columbia years 1968-1969

"These recently unearthed sessions find Betty Davis working with members of Jimi Hendrix's band, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and others, honing the sound she'd bring to her incendiary solo albums ... These '69 sessions were a solid start, but the real thing would come sooner-and wilder-than even anyone who'd heard this session was prepared for".

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"The Columbia Years 1968-1969 isn't the sound of Betty Davis finding her voice so much as it is the sound of her fighting to get out from under the shadow of Miles ... It's telling that Betty Davis would make her albums, the ones where she found her voice, after her marriage with Miles Davis ended".

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"If going through this collection song by song, it would be truly hard to find any throwaways here. Columbia Years 1968-1969 is obviously a labor of love both for Betty Davis (and her husband whose jovial mood can be felt during the studio chatter at the end of some of the songs). This collection is an important historical find and it is also an invaluable archive for both the jazz and funk listening public".

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"In this bizarre case, singer Betty's voice is sultry, funky and searching. Aiding the cause (seemingly in disguise) are Jimi Hendrix colleagues Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell, but also jazzers Herbie Hancock, John Mc-Laughlin, Wayne Shorter and Larry Young, among others".