AMANDLA

This is one of Miles' final recordings released in 1989, he passed in 1991. I was surprised how much I liked this one although I have lots of issues considering my tastes in music. Still this recalls his old school stuff from the 60's which I'm not big on unless it's called "In A Silent Way" which this doesn't sound like at all. On the other hand he's using synths and a drum machine which would have been modern at the time. Thankfully we get real percussionists and a drummer too but I'll never understand the appeal of using programmed drums unless you can't afford a real drummer which of course isn't a problem for Miles. A lot of musicians helping him out here but at this point I don't recognize but a few. Al Foster is one but he plays drums on one track only, Don Alias adds percussion on three tracks while George Duke plays keyboards and synclavier. There's even a tribute to Jaco Pastorius on that final song. He passed in 1987.

Not my kind of music here but hey it's Miles so check it out.