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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]
- ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 45.
- ^ 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]).
- ^ Freeman, Phil (2014). "Miles Davis Albums From Worst to Best". Stereogum. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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- ^ Tutu (deluxe edition reissue booklet). Miles Davis. Warner Jazz. 2011. 8122797687.
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