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THE LAST MILES Popular Music History Series Editor: Alyn Shipton, journalist, broadcaster and former lecturer in music at Oxford Brookes University This new series publishes books that challenge established orthodoxies in popular music studies, examine the formation and dissolution of canons, interrogate histories of genres, focus on previously neglected forms, or engage in archaeologies of popular music. Recently published: Handful of Keys: Chasin’ the Bird Conversations with Thirty Jazz Pianists The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker Alyn Shipton Brian Priestley Jazz Visions Out of the Long Dark Lennie Tristano and His Legacy The Life of Ian Carr Peter Ind Alyn Shipton Lee Morgan His Life, Music and Culture Tom Perchard Forthcoming in the series: Prez Lionel Richie The Life and Music of Lester Young Hello Dave Gelly Sharon Davis Gone in the Air In Search of Fela Anikulapo Kuti The Life and Music of Eric Dolphy Max Reinhardt and Rita Ray Brian Morton THE LAST MILES THE MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS 1980–1991 GEORGE COLE Published by Equinox Publishing Ltd. Unit 6 The Village 101 Amies St. London SW11 2JW www.equinoxpub.com First published 2005, reprinted in paperback 2006 by Equinox Publishing Ltd © George Cole 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-10 1 84553 122 1 (paperback) ISBN-13 978 1 84553 122 5 (paperback) Typeset by CA Typesetting, www.shefeldtypesetting.com Printed and bound in Great Britain by Lightning Source UK Ltd., Milton Keynes eISBN: 1845534913 To the memory of my parents, Johnny and Esther contents Acknowledgements ix 1 Prelude 1 2 Introduction 3 3 Miles – the man 7 4 Miles – his life and music before 1975 13 5 Into the shadows 30 6 The Man With The Horn 43 7 We Want Miles 89 8 Star People 111 9 Decoy 129 10 You’re Under Arrest 159 11 Aura 182 12 The road to Tutu: the background 197 13 The road to Tutu: Rubberband – the lost Miles Davis album 205 14 The road to Tutu: Miles and Prince 226 15 Tutu 232 16 Siesta 268 17 Amandla 282 18 Doo-Bop 307 19 Miles alive 341 20 Live Around The World 410 21 Miles’s other recordings 422 22 Miles’s guest recordings 427 23 The verdict on the music of the 1980s 437 24 Notes 445 rson vii 25 References 470 26 Compilations 475 27 Tribute albums 483 28 The eighties music – cover versions 485 29 Unreleased Miles – the music in the vaults 486 30 Miles’s live repertoire 1981–1991 496 31 Miles’s band line-ups 1981–1991 498 32 Miles’s album discography 1980–1991 502 33 Books and websites 511 34 Index 515 viii the last miles acknowledgements A book like this would not have been possible without the tremendous help and support of so many people. First, I’d like to thank everybody who agreed to be interviewed for this book (in many cases, more than once). I am acutely aware that for anyone who has ever worked with Miles, there is a danger of suffering from “Miles fatigue” due to the number of people who want to ask you questions about Miles and nothing else. Fortunately, many people have the same attitude of Dave Holland, who, when asked whether he ever got tired of talking about Miles, replied: “I’m appreciative of the opportunity I had to be around him and play and I feel that the least I can do is to share those experiences. I understand completely why the interest is there and the fascination. He was a great musician and a great artist.” The following people kindly agreed to be interviewed: Kei Akagi, Don Alias, Anthony Barboza, Matthew Barley, Tom Barney, John Beasley, Easy Mo Bee, the late Bob Berg, John Bigham, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Bobby Broom, Chuck Brown, Paul Buckmaster, Hiram Bullock, Glenn Burris, Alan Burroughs, Dr. George Butler, Ndugu Chancler, Mino Cinelu, Lucky Cordell, Pete Cosey, Felton Crews, Paulinho DaCosta, Cheryl Davis, Joey DeFrancesco, Thomas Dolby, Reggie Dozier, George Duke, Bill Evans, Sammy Figueroa, Barry Finnerty, Robben Ford, Sayydah Garrett, Zane Giles, Bibi Green, Randy Hall, Michael Henderson, Dave Holland, Adam Holzman, Robert Irving III, Munyungo Jackson, Annabel Jankel, D’Anthony Johnson, Deron Johnson, Darryl Jones, Chaka Khan, Katia Labèque, Gilles Larrain, Dave Liebman, Wayne Linsey, Tommy LiPuma, Ron Lorman, Eric Lynch, Teo Macero, Rick Margitza, Branford Marsalis, Marilyn Mazur, Joseph “Foley” McCreary, Dewayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight, Gordon Meltzer, Jay Messina, Palle Mikkelborg, Jason Miles, Bruce Miller, Marcus Miller, Cornelius Mims, Patrick Murray, Joanne Nerlino, Richard Patterson, Steve Porcaro, Don Puluse, Steve Reid, Sid Reynolds, Jeff Richman, Benny Rietveld, Wallace Roney, Mark Rothbaum, Paolo Rustichelli, David Sanborn, John Scoeld, David Scott, Milan Simich, Otha Smith, Francesca Spero, Mike Stern, Clive Stevens, Steven Strassman, Angus Thomas, Steve Thornton, Allan Titmuss, rson ix

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"Very moving, emotional material."-Gordon Meltzer, Miles's last road manager and executive producer of the Doo-Bop album"An important book."-Brian Priestley, jazz pianist, critic, reviewer, and co-author of The Rough Guide to Jazz"Bravo! Thank you for telling it like it was!"-Randy Hall, singer/guit
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