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Miles Ahead session details

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February 11, 1986 (4 items; TT = 10:35)
Capitol Records Studios, Studio B, Los Angeles CA
Commercial for Warner Brothers

Miles Davis (tpt); Adam Holzman (synth); Jason Miles (synth programming); Marcus Miller (other instruments, synth programming); Paulinho Da Costa (perc)

1 Tutu (take 1) (M. Miller) 5:15
2 Tutu (take 2) (M. Miller) n/a
3 Tutu (take V1 (edit)) (M. Miller) 4:04

On both sides of Warner Brothers 7-28501 Promo
4 Tutu (take V2 (edit)) (M. Miller) 1:16


1 Tutu (take 1)
12" LP: Warner Brothers 1-025490, Warner Brothers (G) 920611, Warner Brothers (J) P-13379
CD: Warner Jazz (UK) 8122 74863, 8122 797687, 8122 797195, 5249823812, Rhino (F) 5249878472, Columbia 61443, Columbia (Eu) 467958, 496.792, Columbia (F) 493.127

3 Tutu (take V1 (edit))
45 rpm: Warner Brothers 7-28501, Warner Brothers 7-28501 Promo
12" LP: Warner Brothers PRO-A-002626

4 Tutu (take V2 (edit))
12" LP: Warner Brothers 1-025490, Warner Brothers (G) 920611, Warner Brothers (J) P-13379


Items 1 and 2 are the same basic take of "Tutu" with two different Davis overdubs added. Approximately one minute of "Tutu" was included in Davis' "Tutu" video directed by Spike Lee.

The take labeled "take V2 (edit)" is included on the DVD Miles Davis in Montreux (see July 8, 1991).

Marcus Miller offers a fascinating account of the process of recording "Tutu" as part of Steve Rowland's The Miles Davis Radio Project, broadcast by American Public Radio in 1990.

According to Adam Holzman, Davis, Miller, and he began recording in Los Angeles, and Miller finished the track in New York City.

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