There’s a scene in Miles Davis’ autobiography where the trumpeter is invited to an upscale dinner party and is seated next a society matron who asks him what he does. “I changed music six ...

In September of 1986, Miles Davis released Tutu, his first album for Warner Bros. after three decades as a Columbia artist. But what fans of the late trumpeter didn’t know at the time was that ...

Here's the Prince song with Davis playing trumpet that was originally intended for Tutu: Prince and Miles Davis performing together at Paisley Park, New Year's Eve, 1987: The most significant ...

was trumpeter Miles Davis's last record company ... The rarities disc begins with recordings made before Tutu, the so-called "Rubberband" sessions of 1985 (two tracks are released here for the first ...

Miles Davis’ “Tutu” and Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water.” Both recordings were taken from the Montreux Jazz Festival archives. This is reportedly the first time DNA has been used for ...

He said, "Miles Davis just left Columbia and he's coming to Warner Brothers." As soon as I hung up the phone, that bass line to "Tutu" hit me. [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ When I'm writing a song for ...

Miles Davis was the only soloist ... Davis recorded the relaxed album "Tutu" in 1986, which brought him his third Grammy. In 1991, he headed back to the studio to record the first tracks for ...

When Miles Davis began recording new music again in 1981 ... So they handed it to me and had me mix it to work into the Tutu album. But when Prince heard it, I think he felt it was too different ...

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By Giovanni Russonello MTV was on constantly in Miles Davis’s Malibu home during the ... collaborating with the bassist Marcus Miller to create “Tutu” (1986) and “Amandla” (1989 ...