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Released | September 29, 1986[1] | |||
Recorded | February 6 – March 25, 1986 | |||
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Length | 42:05 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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"Tutu" |
Tutu is an album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released in 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. The album is Miles Davis' tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu who was a human rights and anti-apartheid activist.[5] It was recorded primarily at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Clinton Recording in New York, except the song "Backyard Ritual", which was recorded at Le Gonks in West Hollywood.[6] Davis received the 1986 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award for his performance on the album.[7]
...Miles Davis's last pop-jazz albums for Warners Bros. (Tutu [1986], and Amandla [1987]).
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