• Bassist, composer, multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller presents a re-working, in concert, of Miles Davis’ famous 1986 ‘Tutu’ album, most of which was composed by Miller, who was also the producer, and indeed one of the key musicians.

• For this project, which began at a one-off concert in Paris, he chose mainly young musicians : New Orleans trumpet sensation Christian Scott; on alto sax, 22-year old ex-Berklee student Alex Han (Marcus Miller’s own discovery); on keyboards, Federico Gonzalez Peña (The Conscientious Observers); and on drums, Ronald Bruner Jr. (Stanley Clarke, George Duke)

• On this double CD set, as well the tracks from ‘Tutu’, they also explore “Hannibal” from the follow-up album, ‘Amandla’ (1989), as well as some compositions from the early `80s ‘We Want Miles’ era, including the funkafied nursery rhyme “Jean Pierre”. The title track “Tutu” was written in praise of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu and has since become one of jazz’s last classic compositions.

• Although Miller was a veteran of Davis’ early `80s ‘comeback’ tours – first working with him at age 21 on his ‘The Man With The Horn’ album - by the time of ‘Tutu’, he was not a member of the touring band, so here he gets to play ‘Tutu’ live for the first time. There is also a DVD disc of the concert included in this CD set.

• “When I wrote the music for ‘Tutu’ in early 1986, I had no idea that I'd be "revisiting" it more than twenty years later. When we recorded it with Miles, it was music for that time. Apartheid was still in place in South Africa, cats were wearing jackets with shoulder pads and the sound of the drum machine dominated music. I took a look at that particular landscape and created a sound that I thought blended the feeling of that time with the sound of Miles. Although I played most of the instruments on the album, it was important that Miles' horn was the centrepiece. I tried to find melodies that were worthy of his glorious sound. On [this] tour we replaced some of the super electro sounding elements from the album, but the essence of Miles’ cool still prevails”. - Marcus Miller.