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July 27, 1986 (15 items; TT = 110:10)
Parco delle Naiadi, Pescara (Italy)
Radio Televisione Italian (RAI) TV broadcast (unkn)

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); Bob Berg (ss, ts); Robben Ford (g); Robert Irving III (synth); Adam Holzman (synth); Felton Crews (el-b); Vincent Wilburn Jr. (d); Steve Thornton (perc)

1 One Phone Call - Street Scenes (M. Davis) 1:20

Berg out
2 Speak (M. Davis) 8:17
3 New Blues [Star People] (E. Davis) 5:03

Berg out
4 Maze (M. Davis) 9:38
5 Human Nature (S. Porcaro-J. Bettis) 9:25
6 Wrinkle (E. Davis) 9:20
7 Tutu (M. Miller) 5:24
8 Splatch (M. Miller) 16:07
9 Time After Time (C. Lauper-R. Hyman) 9:25

Berg on synth only
10 Al Jarreau [I Love What We Make Together] (M. Davis-R. Hall-A.Z. Giles) 7:38
11 Carnival Time (N. Larsen) 3:44
12 Burn (R. Irving III-R. Hall) 6:21
13 Portia (encore) (M. Miller) 8:04
14 A Love Blizzard - Hopscotch (encore, inc) 3:03
15 Hopscotch - A Love Blizzard (encore) 7:21


1 One Phone Call - Street Scenes
CD: Lunch For Your Ears Lfye 008/9

2 Speak
CD: Lunch For Your Ears Lfye 008/9

3 New Blues
CD: Lunch For Your Ears Lfye 008/9

4 Maze
CD: Lunch For Your Ears Lfye 008/9

13 Portia (encore)
CD: Lunch For Your Ears Lfye 008/9

14 A Love Blizzard - Hopscotch (encore, inc)
CD: Lunch For Your Ears Lfye 008/9

15 Hopscotch - A Love Blizzard (encore)
CD: Lunch For Your Ears Lfye 008/9


The last two titles in the encore are listed on Lunch for Your Ears as "Hopscotch" (12:33), but the version is incomplete (7:01) despite the playing time listed on the cover.

The Davis group toured Italy, France, Spain, Holland, and Switzerland for four weeks in July:

July 3: unknown venue, Bari, Italy
July 5: Parco della Favorita, Palermo
July 7: Parco della Pellerina, Turin
July 8: Palazzo Civiltà del Lavoro, EUR, Rome
July 9: Fiera Campionaria, Piazza Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari
July 11: Tuin Paviljoen, Congresgebouw, The Hague
July 13: Jardin des Arènes de Cimiez, Nice
July 15: Jardin des Arènes de Cimiez, Nice
July 16: Jardin des Arènes de Cimiez, Nice
July 17: Casino, Montreux
July 19: Arenes de Nimes, Nimes
July 20: Jardin des Arènes de Cimiez, Nice
July 23 (?): Théâtre Antique, Vienne
July 24: Veledromo Palacio Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain
July 25: Poble Espanyol, Barcelona
July 27: Parco delle Naiadi, Pescara
July 28: Discoteca Marmellata, Mira, Venice

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