Miles Davis and his band recorded Mr. Pastorius on October 18, 1989 at Chelsea Studios in New York City. The tune was written by Marcus Miller as a tribute to bassist Jaco Pastorius and features Miles on trumpet, Marcus Miller on bass, Kenny Garret playing alto sax, Ricky Wellman drums and Adam Holzman on Keyboards.
Eighty-One is from the 1965 Miles Davis album E.S.P. Call it hard bop, post bop or modal jazz … by any other name, it still features the solid sound of Miles’ trumpet and some of the top musicians in jazz. Wayne Shorter plays tenor, Herbie Hancock is at the piano, Ron Carter is on double bass and Tony Williams plays drums. It was recorded during one of my favorite periods of Davis’ several evolutions.
