Tutu (album)

Tutu
Cover photograph by Irving Penn
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1986 (1986-09-29)[1]
RecordedFebruary 6 – March 25, 1986
Studio
Genre
Length42:05
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Miles Davis chronology
You're Under Arrest
(1985)
Tutu
(1986)
Music from Siesta
(1987)
Audio sample
"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]

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  2. ^ Hoffman, Frank, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Volume 1 (2nd ed.). CRC Press. p. 616. ISBN 0203484274. Retrieved June 26, 2013. ...Miles Davis's last pop-jazz albums for Warners Bros. (Tutu [1986], and Amandla [1987]).
  3. ^ Freeman, Phil (2014). "Miles Davis Albums From Worst to Best". Stereogum. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Palmer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "The story of the musical tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu". knkx.org. 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  6. ^ Tutu (deluxe edition reissue booklet). Miles Davis. Warner Jazz. 2011. 8122797687.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ "29th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2020-03-02.