Miles Davis – The Man With The Horn

Title: Miles Davis - The Man With The Horn
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Jazz, East St. Louis, Illinois 10/26
Matrix #: N/A
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Miles D (26' - 91') | Producer: Teo Macero
Cultural Facts:

1. The Comeback Album: The Man With The Horn marked Miles Davis' return after roughly five years away from recording and public performance. During that disappearance he had largely withdrawn from music while dealing with serious health problems and drug addiction, making this album the beginning of one of jazz's strangest comeback stories.
2. Miles Found Young Players Again: Just as he had done with earlier generations, Davis surrounded himself with younger musicians rather than trying to recreate his old bands. Players like guitarist Mike Stern and saxophonist Bill Evans became part of the new electric Miles sound that carried into the 1980s.
3. A Title Track With Vocals: The title song is unusually song-oriented for Miles, featuring vocals by Randy Hall rather than functioning as a conventional instrumental jazz piece. That choice showed how willing Davis still was to upset expectations, even after decades of being treated like a jazz institution.

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