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After taking part in Artists United Against Apartheid, Miles signed to Warner Brothers, ending a long association with Columbia.
Re-uniting with Marcus Miller, the resulting album - 'Tutu' - would once again prove to be ground breaking. It was the first Miles Davis recording to make use of drum loops, programmed synths & samples, creating yet another new setting for Miles' trumpet. The album met with justified rave reviews & won a Grammy in 1987.
Miles spent a lot of his time now focussing on music for film soundtracks, as well as touring extensively. The film soundtracks he completed included 'Street Smart', 'Siesta', 'The Hot Spot' & 'Dingo' as well as releasing the album 'Amandla' in 1989. There was also a return to working with John McLaughlin with a suite by European composer Palle Mikkelborg, 'Aura', which although recorded in 1985 was not released until 1989. Since his death, there have been several posthumous releases including 'Live Around The World' which was a collection of some of the music recorded during the last tours. Probably the most interesting of these was 'Panthalassa', a reconstruction of Miles' music from 1969 to 1974 by Bill Laswell.
Miles died on Septermer 28th 1991 as the years of abuse, ill heath, pneumonia, a stroke & respiratory failure caught up with him. He was 65.
In those sixty five years, perhaps more than any other, he changed the face of Jazz & indeed the audience that listened to it. |
Jerry Bergonzi - Saturday 12 January 2008 16:00-17:30 - An exclusive concert given by international saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi recorded in Edinburgh during November 2007. In this recording we hear him with the rhythm section of pianist Renato Chicco, bassist Dave Santoro and drummer Andrewa Michelutti.
