MILES DAVIS Doo-Bop (2026 UK/EU 9-track LP pressed on Black Vinyl, the first-ever vinyl reissue of the final studio album from Miles Davis, recorded in early 1991 and released posthumously in the summer of 1992. As he had done throughout his career - from bebop to cool jazz, from hard bop to jazz fusion - Davis once again moved towards the music of the moment, this time embracing hip-hop at the suggestion of Russell Simmons. Working with producer Easy Mo Bee, who hadalready collaborated with Big Daddy Kane and would later produce Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die, Davis recorded six completed pieces in a single month before his declining health and eventual passing in September 1991. Easy Mo Bee completed the album, building and sampling around those recordings and contributing vocals to three of the nine final tracks. The resulting sound draws on R&B, funk, new jack swing and acid jazz, with Davis's muted trumpet providing sharp, adventurous lines over Easy Mo Bee's contemporary production. The album's sampling palette ranges widely - James Brown, Donald Byrd, KC and the Sunshine Band, Slick Rick and even the theme from The Andy Griffith Show all appear. Doo-Bop predated Guru's Jazzmatazz as one of the earliest direct collaborations between a hip-hop artist and a jazz musician - polarising on release, it went on to win the 1993 Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Reissued here on 140g Black Vinyl in a single-pocket sleeve. Hype sticker & factory sealed Recommended).