The Last Word (CD8)
Miles Davis
CD1 TUTU
- Tutu
- Tomaas
- Portia
- Splatch
- Backyard Ritual
- Perfect Way
- Don't Lose Your Mind
- Full Nelson
CD2 MUSIC FROM SIESTA (WITH MARCUS MILLER)
- Lost In Madrid Part I
- Siesta / Kitt's Kiss / Lost In Madrid Part II
- Theme For Augustine / Wind / Seduction / Kiss
- Submission
- Lost In Madrid Part III
- Conchita / Lament
- Lost In Madrid Part IV / Rat Dance / The Call
- Claire / Lost In Madrid Part V
- Afterglow
- Los Feliz
CD3 AMANDLA
- Catembe
- Cobra
- Big Time
- Hannibal
- Jo-Jo
- Amandla
- Jilli
- Mr. Pastorius
CD4 DINGO OST (WITH MICHEL LEGRAND)
- Kimberley Trumpet
- The Arrival
- Concert On The Runway
- The Departure
- Dingo Howl
- Letter As Hero
- Trumpet Cleaning
- The Dream
- Paris Walking I
- Paris Walking II
- Kimberley Trumpet In Paris
- The Music Room
- Club Entrance
- The Jam Session
- Going Home
- Surprise!
CD5 DOO-BOP
- Mystery
- The Doo-Bop Song
- Chocolate Chip
- High Speed Chase
- Blow
- Sonya
- Fantasy
- Duke Booty
- Mystery (Reprise)
CD6 MILES & QUINCY LIVE AT MONTREUX (WITH QUINCY JONES)
- Introduction By Claude Nobs And Quincy Jones
- Boblicity
- Introduction To Miles Ahead Medley
- Springsville
- Maids Of Cadiz
- The Duke
- My Ship
- Miles Ahead
- Blues For Pablo
- Introduction To Porgy And Bess Medley
- Orgone
- Gone, Gone, Gone
- Summertime
- Here Come De Honey Man
- The Pan Piper
- Solea
CD7 LIVE AROUND THE WORLD
- In A Silent Way
- Intruder
- New Blues
- Human Nature
- Mr. Pastorius
- Amandla
- Wrinkle
- Tutu
- Full Nelson
- Time After Time
- Hannibal
CD8 LIVE AT NICE FESTIVAL, 1986 (ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE TUTU DELUXE SET)
- Opening Medley
- New Blues
- Maze
- Human Nature
- Portia
- Splatch
- Time After Time
- Carnival Time
In 1985, Miles Davis shocked the music world by moving from Columbia to Warner Bros. Records. 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 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.
The Last Word is an overdue look at the unfairly overlooked, final five-year phase of Miles’ career. The albums Davis recorded for Warner Bros. Records from ’86 to ‘91 found him playing in the company of big bands, small groups, and pre-recorded studio tracks and samples. There were the sound of traditional acoustic instruments, rock guitars, as well as cutting-edge synthesizers and drum machines. There was the feel of Andalusian Spain, the flavor of New York hip-hop, and a rare, momentary return to the flow of hardbop jazz. Most significantly, as these recordings make evident, Miles remained to the end more popular than ever, more widely known, his lifelong musical journey still very much in medias res. One cannot help but marvel at the distance he traveled, from bebop to Doo-Bop.
