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March 2, 1978 (11 items; TT = 34:13) |
Columbia Studio B, New York NY |
Commercial for Columbia |
Miles Davis (org); Larry Coryell (g); Masabumi Kikuchi (keyb); George Pavlis (keyb); T.M. Stevens (el-b); Al Foster (d) |
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1 |
Miss Last Summer (rehearsal) (M. Davis) |
0:37 |
2 |
Miss Last Summer (take 1) (M. Davis) |
4:31 |
3 |
Miss Last Summer (take 2) (M. Davis) |
1:03 |
4 |
Miss Last Summer (take 3) (M. Davis) |
3:21 |
5 |
Miss Last Summer (take 4) (M. Davis) |
0:58 |
6 |
Miss Last Summer (take 4) (M. Davis) |
2:37 |
7 |
Miss Last Summer (take 6) (M. Davis) |
2:09 |
8 |
Miss Last Summer (take 7) (M. Davis) |
2:56 |
9 |
Miss Last Summer (take 8) (M. Davis) |
4:00 |
10 |
Miss Last Summer (take 9) (M. Davis) |
4:21 |
11 |
Miss Last Summer (take 10) (M. Davis) |
7:40 |
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Davis was coaxed into the studio by Larry and Julie Coryell, to whom he had been
introduced by his friend Eleana Steinberg. Steinberg's attentions were apparently
helping to get Davis off cocaine and alcohol, and he began composing again. These
items, on which Davis plays only organ, are just riffs, with the standard flashy
excesses of late-1970s fusion. Apparently Davis and/or Steinberg suggested as the
title for this tune "Amanaura," but it was copyrighted as "Miss Last Summer." (See
the interviews with keyboard player George Pavlis and Eleana Steinberg on George
Cole's The Last Miles website.) Davis
was very happy with this music, and he wanted Coryell, whom he called "Notes Anonymous"
on account of his tendency to play too many notes, to join a band. Coryell wisely
declined. Davis was in no condition to play in a band, much less lead one. It would
be more than two years before he returned to regular touring.
The whole session is now available on So What CDRs
Comeback Sessions, Volumes 1 and 2, where the music is divided into ten
untitled tracks.
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