Deluxe double LP reissue of Miles Davis' Tutu! The album has been remastered and includes a live performance of the Miles Davis Octet at Nice Jazz Festival in 1986
30 years ago, in May and June 1985, Miles Davis signed recording and publishing contracts with Warner Bros Records and Warner Chappell, shocking the music world by leaving Columbia. He immediately started working on an album called Perfect Way after a tune by Scritti Politti, later renamed Tutu by producer Tommy LiPuma. When Tutu (a tribute to Desmond Tutu) was released in 1986, it re-ignited Miles Davis’ career, crossing over into the rock and pop markets and winning him two Grammy Awards. This album was a key factor in raising Davis’ status to an international superstar.
Tracklist
Original Album - Remastered
A1 Tutu 5:15
A2 Tomaas 5:32
A3 Portia 6:18
A4 Splatch 4:45
B1 Backyard Ritual 4:49
B2 Perfect Way 4:32
B3 Don't Lose Your Mind 5:49
B4 Full Nelson 5:05
Live At Nice Festival, France, 1986 - Previously Unreleased
C1 Portia 7:56
C2 Human Nature 9:01
C3 Carnival 4:17
D1 Splatch 17:07
D2 New Blues 5:23
Companies, etc.
Engineered At – Capitol Studios
Engineered At – Clinton Recording Studio
Engineered At – Le Gonks West
Mixed At – Ocean Way Recording
Mixed At – Atlantic Studios
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Mastered At – Wolf Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Marketed By – Rhino Entertainment Company
Record Company – Warner Music Group
Lacquer Cut At – Optimal Media GmbH
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BF80938
Published By – Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
Published By – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Published By – Welbeck Music Corp.
Published By – John Bettis Music
Published By – Neil Larsen Publishing
Published By – The International Music Network Ltd.
Published By – Jazz Horn Music Corporation
Recorded At – Jardin Des Arênes de Cimiez
Credits
Arranged By – Marcus Miller (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Art Direction – Eiko Ishioka
Artwork [Reissue] – Graphyk
Design – Susan Welt
Drums – Vincent Wilburn (tracks: C1 to D2)
Electric Bass – Felton Crews (tracks: C1 to D2)
Engineer [Assistant] – Maureen Thompson (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Engineer [At Capitol Records] – Peter Doell (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Engineer [At Clinton Recording] – Eric Calvi (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Executive-Producer – Tommy LiPuma
Guitar – Robben Ford (tracks: C1 to D2)
Instruments [All Other] – Marcus Miller (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Lacquer Cut By – KR
Mastered By [At Mastering Lab] – Doug Sax (tracks: A1 to B4)
Mastered By [At Wolf Studios] – Dominique Brethes (tracks: C1 to D2)
Mixed By [Assistant] – Eddie Garcia
Mixed By [At Atlantic Studios] – Eric Calvi (tracks: A2, B2 to B4)
Mixed By [At Ocean Way] – Bill Schnee (tracks: A1, A3, A4)
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1, A3 to B1), Steve Thornton (tracks: C1 to D2)
Photography By – Irving Penn
Producer – Marcus Miller (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Tommy LiPuma
Programmed By [Additional Synthesizer] – Adam Holzman (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Marcus Miller (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Jason Miles (2) (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Saxophone – Bob Berg (tracks: C1 to D2)
Synthesizer – Adam Holzman (tracks: C1 to D2), Robert Irving III (tracks: C1 to D2)
Trumpet – Miles Davis (tracks: A1 to B4)
Trumpet, Synthesizer – Miles Davis (tracks: C1 to D2)
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Recommended
What can you say. It's Miles after he's seven year recording hiatus and it is amazing.
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Great
One of my favorite Miles' albums! Sounds great on vinyl.
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I love this album
Miles, 80's sound is something you can hear all over the place now. But back then it was fresh. Combining different elements to forge a new path in jazz and pop music. This album is still the quintessential evidence for that sound. I have yet to hear something new or old that simply isn't recreating a bit on this album. Amandla fleshes out the country opened up by this album.
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Highly recommended
This is unforgettable music. I at first i thought the title was just his title but later i realized that it was a tribute to a great man. We miss you Miles. You had a troubled life but your music was consistently great...