Does anyone know the identity of this piece of Jazz music?

icon kid · 08-30-2017, 12:03 AM

I recorded a portion of a Jazz piece off the radio onto a cassette tape thirty years ago but now I want the entire recording. The problem is that I don't know the title of it or who performed it. Of the eigth million recordings Shazam has scanned, this piece is not one of them so Shazam can not tell me who it is. I've contacted the radio station in New York City where I believe I recorded it from but they tell me that the particular recording I'm looking for must have been in the personal record stash of the show's host at the time (Hal Jackson of the WBLS Sunday Classics Show) who has since passed on, whereupon they dumped his music stash -- how stupid and irresponsible this was. Radio stations are supposed to be the keepers of music and not ever throw anything away. Anyway, I had believed this music was done by Mile Davis with one of his bands but the experts at Miles' official web site say it's not him. A forum member on another Jazz site suggested that it may be Miles' one and only protege, Wallace Roney. I've contacted Roney's web site but haven't heard back from them yet. Someone must know where this music came from. It sounds like it was created in the late '80s. It was not a live performance -- this is a studio recording published on vinyl. If you know '80s Jazz please listen to this 2-min 40-second portion I captured. I'll take suggestions even if you don't know for certain who made this music. That's all I can go on until I accidentally get the attention of someone who bought a copy of this recording, or hear from one of the artists who played on this track.

This is my first post so I'm not permitted to post a URL yet. I ask that you listen to the music clip by going to my YouTube channel "caddyjoint96" and play the video entitled "Miles Davis."

**Frownland** · 08-30-2017, 12:10 AM

It's Miles Davis.

icon kid · 08-30-2017, 08:55 PM

That's what I've always believed. But if this is true then what album is this piece on? When the DJ on WBLS played it, he said it was "Tutu." The melodies are different from the 1986 Tutu album but the lumbering three-note base riff on both pieces is the same. That's why I believe this is a unique version that Miles did. Perhaps this is a developmental version of Tutu that Miles published before the full Tutu album was released.

icon kid · 09-02-2017, 02:15 PM

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It's Miles Davis.

Can you qualify this more in any way? Do you know the name of the piece or what album it's on? Have you ever heard this piece before?

08-30-2017, 12:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
icon kid Groupie Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 3	Does anyone know the identity of this piece of Jazz music? I recorded a portion of a Jazz piece off the radio onto a cassette tape thirty years ago but now I want the entire recording. The problem is that I don't know the title of it or who performed it. Of the eigth million recordings Shazam has scanned, this piece is not one of them so Shazam can not tell me who it is. I've contacted the radio station in New York City where I believe I recorded it from but they tell me that the particular recording I'm looking for must have been in the personal record stash of the show's host at the time (Hal Jackson of the WBLS Sunday Classics Show) who has since passed on, whereupon they dumped his music stash -- how stupid and irresponsible this was. Radio stations are supposed to be the keepers of music and not ever throw anything away. Anyway, I had believed this music was done by Mile Davis with one of his bands but the experts at Miles' official web site say it's not him. A forum member on another Jazz site suggested that it may be Miles' one and only protege, Wallace Roney. I've contacted Roney's web site but haven't heard back from them yet. Someone must know where this music came from. It sounds like it was created in the late '80s. It was not a live performance -- this is a studio recording published on vinyl. If you know '80s Jazz please listen to this 2-min 40-second portion I captured. I'll take suggestions even if you don't know for certain who made this music. That's all I can go on until I accidentally get the attention of someone who bought a copy of this recording, or hear from one of the artists who played on this track. This is my first post so I'm not permitted to post a URL yet. I ask that you listen to the music clip by going to my YouTube channel "caddyjoint96" and play the video entitled "Miles Davis."

08-30-2017, 12:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	It's Miles Davis. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-30-2017, 08:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
icon kid Groupie Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 3	Miles or not Miles That's what I've always believed. But if this is true then what album is this piece on? When the DJ on WBLS played it, he said it was "Tutu." The melodies are different from the 1986 Tutu album but the lumbering three-note base riff on both pieces is the same. That's why I believe this is a unique version that Miles did. Perhaps this is a developmental version of Tutu that Miles published before the full Tutu album was released.