Session details: Record Plant Studios, Studio A (September 10, 1983)

Miles Ahead session details

September 10, 1983 (24 items; TT = 21:06)

Record Plant Studios, Studio A, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); Branford Marsalis (ss); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth, el-d); Darryl Jones (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

1	Code M.D. (take 1 (inc)) (R. Irving III)	n/a
2	Code M.D. (take 2 (complete)) (R. Irving III)	n/a
3	Code M.D. (take 3 (complete)) (R. Irving III)	5:56
	Davis tpt overdub
4	Code M.D. (take 3 (edit)) (R. Irving III)	3:59
	On both sides of Columbia 38-04564 Promo
5	Code M.D. (take 4 (fs)) (R. Irving III)	n/a
6	Code M.D. (take 5 (fs)) (R. Irving III)	n/a
7	Code M.D. (take 6 (inc)) (R. Irving III)	n/a
8	Code M.D. (take 7 (inc)) (R. Irving III)	n/a
9	Code M.D. (take 8 ( (complete))) (R. Irving III)	n/a
10	Code M.D. (take 9 (complete)) (R. Irving III)	n/a
11	Code M.D. (take 10) (R. Irving III)	n/a
12	That's Right (take 1) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
13	That's Right (take 2 (fs)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
14	That's Right (take 3 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
15	That's Right (take 4 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
16	That's Right (take 5 (fs)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
	Guitar solo
17	That's Right (take 6 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
18	That's Right (take 7 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
19	That's Right (take 8 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
20	That's Right (take 9 ((complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
21	That's Right (take 10 (fs)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
22	That's Right (take 11 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
23	That's Right (take 12 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	n/a
24	That's Right (take 13 (complete)) [Slow Blues in 3] (M. Davis)	11:11


3 Code M.D. (take 3 (complete)) 12" LP: Columbia FC 38991, Get on Down GET 51472, CBS/Sony 28AP 2890 CD: Columbia CK 38991, CBS/Sony 35DP 170, CBS/Sony CSCS 5348, Sony SRCS-6842, Sony SRCS 9136, Sony SRCS 9766, Sony SICJ 87, Sony SICJ 30108, CBS (EU) 474.316, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 50)
4 Code M.D. (take 3 (edit)) 45 rpm: Columbia 38-04564, Columbia 38-04564 Promo
24 That's Right (take 13 (complete)) 12" LP: Columbia FC 38991, Get on Down GET 51472, CBS/Sony 28AP 2890 CD: Columbia CK 38991, CBS/Sony 35DP 170, CBS/Sony CSCS 5348, Sony SRCS 9136, Sony SRCS 9766, Sony SICJ 87, Sony SICJ 30108, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 50)

"That's Right" is listed in the Columbia files as "Slow Blues in 3." The synth on "That's Right" was later overdubbed on September 16.

According to John Szwed, on "Code M.D." Davis "used a muted alternate take of himself behind his own open trumpet solo to expand the sound" (So What: The Life of Miles Davis, p. 362).

Gil Evans was present in the studio on this date, and he is credited on the cover for the arrangement for "That's Right." The arrangement was really done by Irving, but he wanted Evans to have the credit "as a way of thanking him" (quoted in Paul Tingen, Miles Beyond: The Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991, p. 216).