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Miles Ahead session details

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April 25, 1986 (16 items; TT = 110:42)
Saenger Hall, New Orleans LA
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)

Second concert
1 One Phone Call - Street Scenes (M. Davis) 1:17

Berg out
2 Speak (M. Davis) 7:23
3 New Blues [Star People] (E. Davis) 5:52

Berg out
4 Maze (M. Davis) 9:32
5 Human Nature (S. Porcaro-J. Bettis) 8:51
6 Portia (M. Miller) 7:50
7 Splatch (M. Miller) 9:51
8 Time After Time (C. Lauper-R. Hyman) 9:27

Berg on synth only
9 Carnival Time (N. Larsen) 4:10
10 Tutu (M. Miller) 7:15
11 Burn (R. Irving III-R. Hall) 6:31
12 Stronger Than Before (M. Davis) 7:43

Berg out
13 Tomaas (M. Davis-M. Miller) 7:39
14 Hopscotch (M. Miller) 8:35
15 Al Jarreau [I Love What We Make Together] (M. Davis-R. Hall-A.Z. Giles) 5:19
16 Rubberband (encore) (M. Davis-R. Hall-A.Z. Giles) 3:27

Berg out


Excerpts from this concert were included in a PBS-TV documentary, Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis. Details of this documentary are available elsewhere on this website.

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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