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The Last Miles
The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991

George Cole



The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

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Contents

Acknowledgments     ix
1. Prelude     1
2. Introduction 3
3. Miles---the man     7
4. Miles---his life and music before 1975     13
5. Into the shadows     30
6. The Man With the Horn     43
7. We Want Miles     89
8. Star People     111
9. Decoy     129
10. You're Under Arrest     159
11. Aura     182
12. The road to Tutu: the background     197
13. The road to Tutu: Rubberband---the lost Miles Davis album     205
14. The road to Tutu: Miles and Prince     226
15. Tutu     232
16. Siesta     268
17. Amandla     282
18. Doo-Bop     307
19. Miles alive     341
20. Live Around the World     410
21. Miles's other recordings     422
22. Miles's guest recordings     427
23. The verdict on the music of the 1980s     437
24. Notes     445
25. References     470
26. Compilations     475
27. Tribute albums     483
28. The eighties music---cover versions     485
29. Unreleased Miles---the music in the vaults     486
30. Miles's live repertoire 1981-1991     496
31. Miles's band line-ups 1981-1991     498
32. Miles's album discography 1980-1991     502
33. Books and websites     511
34. Index     515