Miles Davis in the 80s

The 'We want Miles" live album is a pretty safe bet. Its classic Miles flavored hard rock fusion with Mike Stern on screaming electric guitar.

Yes. We Want Miles and Star People are good certainly albums.

You 're Under Arrest might be compared with them and it be too unpopular. Oh dear details that Sting participated in the album anywayOr, the point to have quoted the theme of Jack Johnson again. And, the fact that performs Time After Time and Human Nature might be evidence that Miles Davis at least admitted those tunes.

Cannonball With Hat wrote: Or a more proper title would be post-Big Fun Miles Davis.   I've heard approximately 0% discussion on this part of Davis' career (admittedly not that I listen for it often). On PA most of them are rated pretty low and/or have few ratings/reviews, but thats a prog site, so I can understand it. So I figured this would be a good place to ask.   So...What are these albums like? Which would you recommend/which do you consider the best? (If it helps I'm a fan of the avant and faster tempoed MD stuff...though I'm pretty much open to anything on the adventurous side)   Thanks in advance.

Actually there was a bunch of stuff after Big Fun but before the 80s.....(On the Corner, Get Up With It, Live Evil, etc.) but I assume you mean the post-retirement stuff from the 80s.

The best stuff, in my opinion is 'We Want Miles'. I think that was his strongest band and his most precise presentation of his musical vision at the time. I always found 'Star Time' to be pointless and meandering. I didn't dig any of the subsequent Columbias ('You're Under Arrest', etc.)

I did like 'tutu'. It would have been nice to have heard more live musicians on it, but Marcus Miller did a pretty good electronic version of Gil Evans, the tunes are pretty hip, and I thought Miles played strongly on it. About the same time there was a soundtrack album for a film called 'Siesta' that is also pretty good. And that's about it for me...I didn't dig the hip hop experiments...

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Do try and find a live recording called "Warsaw 1983" it features his band with John Scofield and Al Foster and contains some of the tightest playing Ive heard from his 80s work. On par with his 70s recordings. It is a bootleg, but excellent quality.

I dont know how far you're looking to go, but Doo-Bop (1991), Miles' last album is enjoyable hip-hop/acid jazz, though unfortunately was not finished before Davis died, and you can tell it wasn't; but I enjoy it for what it is.

Thanks for all the responses thus far.

^ Not bad. Not bad at all. I don't know if I'd put in on par with the mid 70s stuff (though it was only one run through) but for being the 80s it certainly isn't that bad. Thanks for the links.

Yes, Miles' version of 'Human Nature' is excellent, its a great song to begin with.