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Miles Ahead session details

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April 4, 1986 (12 items; TT = 78:20)
Constitution Hall, Washington DC
Audience recording (unkn)

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); Bob Berg (ss, ts, synth); Robben Ford (g); Adam Holzman (synth); Robert Irving III (synth); Felton Crews (el-b); Vincent Wilburn Jr. (d); Steve Thornton (perc); Marilyn Mazur (perc)

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

Berg out
2 Speak (M. Davis) 8:40
3 New Blues [Star People] (E. Davis) 5:19

Berg out
4 Maze (M. Davis) 7:39
5 Human Nature (S. Porcaro-J. Bettis) 8:23
6 Portia (M. Miller) 8:20
7 Splatch (M. Miller) 7:32
8 Wrinkle (E. Davis) 4:01
9 Time After Time (C. Lauper-R. Hyman) 8:42

Berg on synth only
10 Carnival Time (N. Larsen) 4:29
11 Tutu (M. Miller) 7:23
12 Burn (R. Irving III-R. Hall) 6:17


This concert was Ford's first performance with the group.

Late in March Davis attended the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

The Davis group played a number of shows beginning in mid-March:

March 21: Opera House, Boston MA (two concerts)
March 22: Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, City University of New York, Bronx NY
March 23: Ohio Theatre, Columbus OH
March 26 (?): Flynn Theatre, Burlington VT (two concerts)
April 4: Constitution Hall, Washington DC
April 5: Beacon Theatre, New York NY (two concerts)
April 23: Rainbow Music Hall, Denver CO
April 25: Saenger Hall, New Orleans LA

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