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Miles Ahead session details

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August 27, 1986 (14 items; TT = 100:12)
Chautauqua Institution Amphitheatre, Chautauqua NY
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)

1 One Phone Call - Street Scenes (M. Davis) 1:39

Berg out
2 Speak (M. Davis) 8:16
3 New Blues [Star People] (E. Davis) 6:57

Berg out
4 Perfect Way (G. Gartside-D. Gamson) 4:04
5 Human Nature (S. Porcaro-J. Bettis) 9:00
6 Wrinkle (E. Davis) 6:27
7 Tutu (M. Miller) 9:46
8 Splatch (M. Miller) 10:55
9 Time After Time (C. Lauper-R. Hyman) 9:04

Berg on synth only
10 Full Nelson (M. Miller) 5:04
11 Carnival Time (N. Larsen) 4:32
12 Don't Lose Your Mind (M. Miller) 9:28
13 Burn (R. Irving III-R. Hall) 5:17
14 Tomaas (encore) (M. Davis-M. Miller) 9:43


10 Full Nelson
CD: Tiki Records TR02, Slawka SR-022

12 Don't Lose Your Mind
CD: Tiki Records TR02


The date is incorrectly listed on Slawka as June 15, 1986. On Tiki, "Don't Lose Your Mind" is listed as "Don't Loose Your Mind."

The Davis group took to the road again in August:

Early August: unknown venue, Danbury CT
August 9: Carter Baron Amphitheatre, Washington DC
August 14: unknown studio, Los Angeles CA (Tomaas/Perfect Way session)
August 16: Concord Pavilion, Concord CA
August 17: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
August 23: Fort Adams State Park, Newport RI
August 26: unknown venue, Burlington VT
August 27: Chautauqua Institution Amphitheatre, Chautauqua NY
August 29: Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh PA
August 30: Pier 6 Pavillion, Baltimore MD
August 31: Ford Auditorium, Detroit MI
September 1: unknown venue, Aurora IL
September 2: Kiel Opera House, St. Louis MO

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