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Miles Ahead session details

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December 20, 1982 (24 items; TT = 72:27)
Columbia Studio B, New York NY
Commercial for Columbia

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

1 It Gets Better (rehearsal take 1 (inc)) [#1 Reggae] (M. Davis) 5:23
2 It Gets Better (rehearsal take 2 (inc)) [#1 Reggae] (M. Davis) 4:20
3 It Gets Better (take 1 (inc)) [#1 Reggae] (M. Davis) 6:40
4 It Gets Better (take 2 (complete)) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) 0:05
5 It Gets Better (take 3 (inc)) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) 0:58
6 It Gets Better (take 4 (fs)) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) 0:16
7 It Gets Better (take 5 (fs)) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) 0:11
8 It Gets Better (take 6 fs) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) 0:26
9 It Gets Better (take 7 (inc)) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) 4:03
10 It Gets Better (take 8 (inc)) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) n/a
11 It Gets Better (take 9) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) n/a
12 It Gets Better (take 10) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) n/a
13 It Gets Better (take 11) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) n/a
14 It Gets Better (take 12) [#2 Reggae] (M. Davis) n/a
15 It Gets Better (take 13 (inc)) [#3 Reggae] (M. Davis) 9:00
16 Unknown original (c) (take 1 (inc)) [#4 Reggae] 1:40
17 Unknown original (c) (take 2 (fs)) [#4 Reggae] 0:09
18 Unknown original (c) (take 3 (inc)) [#4 Reggae] 3:23
19 Unknown original (c) (take 4 (fs)) [#4 Reggae] 2:32
20 Unknown original (c) (take 5 (inc)) [#4 Reggae] 2:30
21 Unknown original (c) (take 6 (inc)) [#4 Reggae] 7:26
22 Unknown original (c) (take 7 (inc)) [#4 Reggae] 3:24
23 Unknown original (c) (take 8 (no music)) [#4 Reggae] 0:00
24 Unknown original (c) (take 9 (complete)) [#4 Reggae] 20:01


Most of the music listed above is unslated. The take numbers are copied from the tape boxes. The session consists of fragments of different lengths.

Davis' tpt is audible only on takes 1 and 13 of "It Gets Better."

The music is listed as "#1 Reggae," "#2 Reggae," "#3 Reggae," and "#4 Reggae" on the tape boxes. From audible evidence "#1 Reggae" (take 1), "#2 Reggae" (takes 2-12), and "#3 Reggae" (take 13) are all versions of "It Gets Better," and "#4 Reggae" (takes 1-9) is a different unknown original.

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