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Miles Ahead session details

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September 25, 1981 (6 items; TT = 59:04)
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
Audience recording (unkn)

Miles Davis (tpt, el-p); William D. "Bill" Evans (ss, ts, fl, el-p); Mike Stern (g); Marcus Miller (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

First set
1 Back Seat Betty (M. Davis) 6:02
2 My Man's Gone Now (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin) 10:08
3 Aida (M. Davis) 9:36

Second set
4 Kix (M. Davis) 13:21
5 Fat Time (M. Davis) 11:59
6 Jean Pierre (M. Davis) 7:58


1 Back Seat Betty
CD: Gambit 69319

2 My Man's Gone Now
CD: Gambit 69319

3 Aida
CD: Gambit 69319

4 Kix
CD: Gambit 69319

5 Fat Time
CD: Gambit 69319

6 Jean Pierre
CD: Gambit 69319


The Davis group toured the U.S. in August-September:

August 14: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL
August 16: Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit MI
August 29: Civic Center, Atlanta GA
September 4: Red Rocks Theatre, Morrison CO
September 18: Music Hall, Cincinnati OH
September 19: Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor MI
September 25: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
September 26: Concord Pavilion, Concord CA

In a speech between sets, the mayor of Los Angeles declared September 25th as "Miles Davis Day."

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