[2015-12-11] Miles Davis "The Last Word: The Warner Bros. Years" 8CD box set (Warner/Rhino)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Description
In 1985, Miles Davis shocked the music world by moving from Columbia to Warner Bros.. He immediately started working on an album called Perfect Way after a tune by Scritti Politti, later renamed Tutu by producer Tommy LiPuma. When Tutu (a tribute to Desmond Tutu) was released in 1986, it re-ignited Miles Davis’ career, crossing over into the rock and pop markets and winning Davis two Grammy Awards - the album was a key factor in raising Davis’ status to an international superstar.

A definitive collection of the later part of Miles Davis’ work, lavishly packaged and remastered, from the Warner Bros studio albums Tutu, Amandla and Doo-Bop, the Dingo and Siesta soundtracks, live recordings with Quincy Jones, and the likes of Kenny Garrett, Foley and Adam Holzman.

Includes:
• Clamshell Box
• Fully remastered
• Each Warner Bros. album in a mini-LP CD cardboard replica sleeve with spine of the original artwork
• 60-page, perfect-bound booklet, with period photos and liner notes
• A whole night’s performance of the Miles Davis Octet at the Nice’s Jazz Festival of 1986 (previously only available on the Tutu Deluxe CD edition)
• Liner notes by leading jazz writer Ashley Kahn

[tracklisting][CD1: Tutu]
1. Tutu
2. Tomaas
3. Portia
4. Splatch
5. Backyard Ritual
6. Perfect Way
7. Don't Lose Your Mind
8. Full Nelson

[CD2: Music From Siesta (With Marcus Miller)]
1. Lost In Madrid Part I
2. Siesta - Kitt's Kiss - Lost In Madrid Part II
3. Theme For Augustine - Wind - Seduction – Kiss
4. Submission
5. Lost In Madrid Part III
6. Conchita – Lament
7. Lost In Madrid Part IV - Rat Dance - The Call
8. Claire - Lost In Madrid Part V
9. Afterglow
10. Los Feliz

[CD3: Amandla]
1. Catémbe
2. Cobra
3. Big Time
4. Hannibal
5. Jo-Jo
6. Amandla
7. Jilli
8. Mr Pastorius

[CD4: Dingo OST (With Michel Legrand)]
1. Kimberley Trumpet
2. The Arrival
3. Concert On The Runway
4. The Departure
5. Dingo Howl
7. Letter As Hero
8. Trumpet Cleaning
9. The Dream
10. Paris Walking II
11. Paris Walking I
12. Kimberley Trumpet In Paris
13. The Music Room
14. Club Entrance
15. The Jam Session
16. Going Home
17. Surprise!

[CD5: Doo-Bop]
1. Mystery
2. The Doo-Bop Song
3. Chocolate Chip
4. High Speed Chase
5. Blow
6. Sonya
7. Fantasy
8. Duke Booty
9. Mystery (Reprise)

[CD6: Miles & Quincy Live At Montreux (With Quincy Jones)]
1. Introduction by Claude Nobs and Quincy Jones
2. Boplicity
3. Introduction to Miles Ahead Medley
4. Springsville
5. Maids Of Cadiz
6. The Duke
7. My Ship
8. Miles Ahead
9. Blues For Pablo
10. Introduction To Porgy And Bess Medley
11. Orgone
12. Gone, Gone, Gone
13. Summertime
14. Here Comes De Honey Man
15. The Pan Piper
16. Solea

[CD7: Live Around The World]
1. In A Silent Way
2. Intruder
3. New Blues
4. Human Nature
5. Mr. Pastorius
6. Amandla
7. Wrinkle
8. Tutu
9. Full Nelson
10. Time After Time
12. Hannibal

[CD8: Live At Nice Festival, 1986 (Previously Only Available On The Tutu Deluxe Set)]
1. Opening Medley
2. New Blues
3. Maze
4. Human Nature
5. Portia
6. Splatch
7. Time After Time
8. Carnival Time[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016E29ZIK/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B016E29ZIK/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016E29ZIK/?tag=imwan-21

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

The initial pre-order price at Amazon UK is a little over $10 cheaper than Amazon USA:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016E29ZIK/?tag=imwan-21

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

If the remastering is good, this is a nice collection for the price. Guess the jams with Prince will never see an official release, though.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

I'm interested for sure, although some of these albums have some dreadful moments.

Dental Floss Tycoon · 16 Oct 2007

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

I'm interested for sure, although some of these albums have some dreadful moments.

I have everything Miles recorded up through Decoy. Can't bear the Warner's stuff. Dreadful indeed. I'll give props for the live groups he had during this period - ALWAYS great players. But the tunes … Feh!

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Tricky Kid wrote:

Guess the jams with Prince will never see an official release, though.

But here's one for those quick enough to click through...

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/miles-da ... u-mp3.html

[2015-12-11] Miles Davis "The Last Word: The Warner Bros. Years" 8CD box set (Warner/Rhino)

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