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Miles Ahead session details

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June 21, 1985 (15 items; TT = 110:25)
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York NY
Audience recording (unkn)

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); Bob Berg (ss, ts, synth); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth); Darryl Jones (el-b); Vincent Wilburn Jr. (d); Steve Thornton (perc)

1 One Phone Call - Street Scenes (M. Davis) 1:35

Berg out
2 Speak (M. Davis) 11:30
3 Star People [New Blues] (M. Davis) 5:40

Berg out
4 Maze (M. Davis) 8:50
5 Human Nature (S. Porcaro-J. Bettis) 5:40

Berg out
6 Something on Your Mind (H. Eaves III-J. Williams) 12:10
7 Time After Time (C. Lauper-R. Hyman) 8:20

Berg on synth only
8 Ms. Morrisine (M. Tynes Irving-M. Davis-R. Irving III) 6:40
9 Code M.D. (R. Irving III) 7:00
10 Pacific Express (M. Davis) 7:00

Berg out
11 Katia (R. Irving III) 7:00

Berg out
12 Hopscotch (inc) (M. Miller) 8:05
13 You're Under Arrest (J. Scofield) 8:10
14 Jean Pierre - You're Under Arrest - Then There Were None (encore) 9:25

Berg on "You're Under Arrest" only
15 Decoy (encore) (R. Irving III) 3:20


Apparently Teppei Inokuchi made a two-hour film documenting this performance.

The Davis group continued its U.S/Canada tour in early June:

June 3: unknown venue, University of Georgia (probably), Athens GA
June 7: Convention Hall, Washington DC
June 9: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls OH
June 14: Zellerbach Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley CA
June 15: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
June 19: Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto, Ontario
June 21: Avery Fisher Hall, New York NY
June 22: Palace Theatre, New Haven CT
June 28: Théâtre Saint-Denis, Montréal, Quebec
June 29: Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs NY

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