Amandla (album)
| Amandla | ||||
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| Released | May 18, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | December 1988 – early 1989 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 43:16 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma, Marcus Miller, George Duke | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A*:2[4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [5] |
| MusicHound Jazz | 2/5[6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [8] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[9] |
Amandla (a word in several Nguni languages, including Zulu and Xhosa, meaning "power") is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1989. It is the third collaboration between Miles Davis and producer/bassist Marcus Miller, after Tutu (1986) and Music from Siesta (1987), and their final album together. The album mixes elements of the genres go-go, zouk, funk and jazz, combining electronic instruments with live musicians. The composition "Mr. Pastorius", featuring drummer Al Foster, is a tribute to late jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius.[10] "Catémbe" is a Mozambican and Angolan cocktail of red wine and cola.
Critical reception
In a contemporary review, DownBeat said Amandla possessed "a precise and consistent sound that flows through the shifting instrumental combinations and lingers after the music has stopped".[2] In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), J. D. Considine felt the record sounded "vaguely African" and somewhat conservative because of its reliance on session musicians.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Catémbe" | Marcus Miller | 5:35 |
| 2. | "Cobra" | George Duke | 5:15 |
| 3. | "Big Time" | Marcus Miller | 5:40 |
| 4. | "Hannibal" | Marcus Miller | 5:49 |
| 5. | "Jo-Jo" | Marcus Miller | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Amandla" | Marcus Miller | 5:20 |
| 7. | "Jilli" | John Bigham | 5:41 |
| 8. | "Mr. Pastorius" | Marcus Miller | 5:41 |
Personnel
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Marcus Miller – arranger (except # 2), bass, keyboards, bass clarinet (exc. # 5, 6), soprano saxophone (# 1, 3), guitar (# 1, 4, 7), drums (# 1)
- Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone (exc. # 2, 8), soprano saxophone (# 2)
- Rick Margitza – tenor saxophone (# 5)
- George Duke – keyboards, synclavier, arranger (# 2)
- Joey DeFrancesco – additional keyboards (# 2)
- Joe Sample – piano (# 6)
- Jason Miles – synthesizer programming (# 8)
- Michael Landau – guitar (# 2)
- Foley – guitar (# 3, 4, 7)
- Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar (# 3, 5)
- John Bigham – guitar, keyboards, drum programming, arranger (# 7)
- Billy "Spaceman" Patterson – wah-wah guitar (# 7)
- Ricky Wellman – drums (# 3, 7)
- Omar Hakim – drums (# 4, 6)
- Al Foster – drums (# 8)
- Don Alias – percussion (# 1, 3, 6)
- Mino Cinelu – percussion (# 1)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (# 4, 5)
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion (# 6)
- Production
- Producers – Tommy LiPuma, Marcus Miller and George Duke (# 2), John Bigham (# 7)
- Executive producer – Miles Davis
- Recording engineers – Eric Calvi (at Clinton Recording, New York), Bruce Miller (at Right Track Recording, New York), Eric Zobler (# 2 at George Duke's Le Gonks West, Hollywood), plus additional recording by ad
- Mixing engineer – Bill Schnee (at Bill Schnee Studios)
- Mastering – Doug Sax (at The Mastering Lab)
- Cover art – Miles Davis and Jo Gelbard
References
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Review: Amandla". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ a b Down Beat: 29. October 1989.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Miles Davis". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ^ Hyder, Ken (September 1989). "Review: Miles Davis — Amandla" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 100. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Feather, Leonard (June 18, 1989). "Mixed Doubles in New Jazz Releases". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann, eds. (1998). "Miles Davis". MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Music Sales Group. ISBN 0825672538.
- ^ a b Considine, J. D. (2004). "Miles Davis". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 215, 219. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: Miles Davis". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ "Robot Check". 2002.
- Bibliography
- Cole, George (March 16, 2005) The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980–1991. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-11501-4
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