Miles Davis, Kenny Garrett Miles Davis/CA, USA 1989

This recording has never been released online or among collectors, and it’s still available for the first time! … The stage, which had a Spanish scent, confirmed Miles’s excellent form, and started with a muted sound, and played a series of new melodies that were completely different from the usual melodies we are used to hearing. In the middle of the concert, the perfect “Perfect Way” was played openly, including a rare exchange with Benny’s bass, and in the following “Star People”, a cool, lively slow blues, a new hip-hop phrase that had not been heard in the song up until then suddenly appeared. According to the staff, from around this tour, Miles had been listening to hip-hop on airplanes and in hotel rooms while traveling. Miles’ recording schedule with rapper Easy Moe was already almost decided during this tour, and the emperor who has always walked far ahead of ordinary people must have already had a new sound ringing in his head. I’ve digressed, but just listening to the first half of the concert, any good Miles fan would understand that, yes, Miles is into it. Furthermore, in “Tutu,” perhaps as a gift from the boss to Munyanggo, who was almost the last song of the day? He had him take a long solo with a grand performance by the percussion. However, when the boss was in a good mood, the tension of each member also rose, and Kenny, for example, used a lot of high-pitched sounds that were crazy from start to finish, and also used a lot of onomatopoeia, so he was like a pharaoh! I felt like I wanted to say something like that. Meanwhile, Miles’ ballad playing on this day was simply excellent and brought me to tears. “Hannibal,” “Human Nature,” and “Amandola” are songs that seem to have been born to be played by Miles, and he played an emotional performance that only Miles could express…The stage unfolded while freely controlling the tempo, Miles’s forward-thinking attitude with an eye on a new era, and Miles’ playing, which was in top form before the recording immediately after, were just three great beats. Live at Concord Pavillion Concord,CA August 26.1989 01. Perfect Way 02. Star People 03. Hannibal 04. Human Nature 05. Mr.Pastorius (incomplete) 06. Tutu 07. Wrinkle 08. Amandla 09. Jilli Miles Davis (TP,KEY) Kenny Garrett (AS,FL) Foley (Lead-B) Adam Holzman (SYNTH) Kei A kagi (SYNTH) Benny Rietveld (RLB) Ricky Wellman (DS) Munyungo Jackson (PER)