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Miles Ahead session details

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March 27, 1991 (21 items; TT = 73:52)
Studio 1, Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg-Eglosheim (Germany)
Commercial for Warner Brothers

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); Kenny Garrett (ss, as, bs); Deron Johnson (synth); Joe "Foley" McCreary (g); Richard Patterson (el-b); Ricky Wellman (d)

1 Penetration (take 1 rejected) (Prince) 7:10

Davis out
2 Jailbait (take 1 rejected) (Prince) 3:52

Davis out
3 Penetration (take 2 rejected) (Prince) 8:14
4 Penetration (take 3 rejected) (Prince) 7:46
5 A Girl and Her Puppy (take 1 rejected) (Prince) 4:58

Davis out
6 A Girl and Her Puppy (take 2 rejected) (Prince) 4:57

Davis out
7 Jailbait (take 2 inc, rejected) (Prince) 3:59
8 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 0:35
9 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 3:27
10 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 1:47
11 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 1:15

Davis out
12 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 1:51
13 Jailbait (fs, rejected) (Prince) 0:07
14 Jailbait (take 3 rejected) (Prince) 3:30
15 Jailbait (take 4 rejected) (Prince) 5:18
16 Jailbait (take 5 rejected) (Prince) 5:26
17 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 0:29
18 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 0:52
19 Jailbait (inc, rejected) (Prince) 4:28
20 Jailbait (take 7 inc, rejected) (Prince) 3:23
21 Jailbait (rejected) (Prince) 0:28

Davis tpt only


McCreary is first audible from take 4 of "Jailbait" (5:18); Johnson is audible on organ from 3:59 of take 2 of "Jailbait" for the remainder of the session. Only three titles, around 80 minutes, were recorded.

The Davis group left New York on March 9 for Europe:

March 11: Teatro Smeraldo, Milan, Italy
March 13: Stadthalle, Gütersloh, Germany
March 16: Coliseu dos Recreios, Oporto, Portugal
March 17: Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon Portugal
March 19: Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
March 21: Budapest Sports Hall, Budapest, Hungary
March 24: Sava Centar, Belgade, Yugoslavia
March 26: Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
March 27: Studio 1, Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg ("Jailbait" session)
March 28: Stadthalle, Aalen
March 30: Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

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