11/20/2023 0 Comments Miles davis tutuReleased in 1986 and sounding every bit like it, this really is for collectors only. Music whilst on hold waiting to be answered on the phone. Going through the motions.This album does not work at all and maybe could be used for Play but even though I still enjoy hearing him play it does sound a bit a times as if he was just The sound of the tone of Miles's horn is there all muted not one open horn track does he Originality score is zero for me and although this album does not sound bad it has no impactĪt all. Marcus Miller was the man behind all this slick RnBīackground music to the album which Miles plays over. What happened, by far this would be my least liked album that he I came across this album by Miles in my early days of listening to his music and thought I Posted Sunday, Aug| Review this album | Report (Review #179820) Recommending it to fans of Miles' pop music, and people who like that 80s sound, there has to be a few This really isn't a bad album, Miller's synthesized orchestrations areĮxcellent and often pay tribute to Gil Evans, but this album is so 80s sounding that I'm only Weaves non-typical and often purposefully slightly-out-of-tune quirky lines around Miller's perfectly The mute never leaves the end of his trumpet as he Miles playing on here is strange and offbeat. Anyway, despite that awful image it's still a great song, it's happy music for the 'happy' that's right folks I'm cutting taxes for large corporations. This song is 100% pure squeaky clean glib materialistic naïve 80s earĬandy and I bet Ronald Reagan loved it, in fact I'm surprised he didn't craft his campaign for prezĪround it. There is one tune on here that really stands out and still sounds great after all these years, Miles'Ĭover of the pop hit Perfect Way. The reggae tune Don't Lose Your Way is nice and features a surpriseĪppearance by 70s icon Michael Urbaniak on violin. Spanish flavored Portia, which recalls Sketches of Spain, and the upbeat Splatch which sounds like The songs on here that fare the best under the harsh glare of the seen-it-all 21st century include the Like most musicįrom the 80s, this album hasn't aged well, a lot of the songs are not remarkable enough to rise above It also provided hip background music for GapĬlothing customers, Whole Earth stores and urban restaurants all across the states. I used to listen to this album almost everyday back in the mid-80s, it made for great background musicįor slightly aging wannabe hipsters at dinner time. Miller also writes most of the songs, plays bass and soprano sax as well, basically this is a Marcus Miller Outstanding bassist, Marcus Miller, to supply the Jam/Lewis styled beat programming and production. Since Jam and Lewis aren't on board for this album, Miles turned to his He lost the jazz purists by going fusion, and now with Tutu he Terry Lewis, who had been turning out modernistic hits for The Time and Janet Jackson. His jazz fusion career and turned instead to the new hip hop influenced RnB style of Jimmy Jam and Faster than you can say Cicely Tyson, Miles dropped The release of Tutu in 1986 markedĪnother turning point in the career of Miles Davis. Goodbye jazz fusion and hello slick sophisticated jazzy pop.
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