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Marcus Miller

Title: Tutu revisited (2CD & DVD)

Label: Dreyfus

Cat No:FDM369722
Format:CD

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• 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.

Track Listing for Tutu revisited (2CD & DVD)
CD1
1. TOMAAS 12'02 (Marcus Miller / Miles Davis) Thriller Miller Music / Jazz Horn Music Corp.
2. BACKYARD RITUAL 8'56 (George Duke) Mycenae Music
3. SPLATCH 14'28 (Marcus Miller) Thriller Miller Music
4. PORTIA 9'16 (Marcus Miller) Thriller Miller Music
5. JEAN PIERRE 13'24 (Miles Davis) Jazz Horn Music Corp.
6. AIDA 6'16 (Miles Davis) Jazz Horn Music Corp.
7. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD 9'10 (Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Manny Kurtz) Lafleur Jr. and Son Ltd

CD2
1. HANNIBAL 11'26 (Marcus Miller) Thriller Miller Music
2. DON'T LOSE YOUR MIND 18'38 (Marcus Miller) Thriller Miller Music
3. TUTU 11'16 (Marcus Miller) Thriller Miller Music
4. FULL NELSON / PERFECT WAY 8'10 (Marcus Miller) Thriller Miller Music / (David H. Gamson / Paul Strohmeyer Gartside) Warner Bros Inc. / Jouissance Publishing Ltd
5. HUMAN NATURE / SO WHAT 13'55 (John Bettis / Steven Porcaro) Bettis John Music / ATV Music Corp./ (Miles Davis) Jazz Horn Music Corp.

DVD
CONCERT 2h12'
Filmed at the Lyon Auditorium (France) on December 22, 2009
Directed by Patrick Savey - Zycopolis Productions

DOCUMENTARY: MILES AND ME 0h22'
Filmed at The Cité de la Musique (Paris, France) - A Film by Patrick Savey

Reviews

Record Collector - Charles Waring

The original Tutu songs - lengthened and developed to include some superb improvised jazz solos - are supplemented by excellent renditions of other Miles' tracks. ****

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