Another brilliant Miles track. However, I remember the bass playing much more than the trumpet. It’s a daily earworm of mine, in which I filter out everything but the low end. Apparently “Miles told Darryl Jones on bass who was playing with his fingers no thump it slap the whole song”. (Youtube comment) A timely piece of information given that Level 42 have just reformed and are out on tour. One of the great things about his later stuff is that no one is left behind. Equal weight is given to everyone in the band. The eponymously titled album this track features on represented a break with tradition as Davis produced it himself, longtime producer Teo Macero sitting it out in favour of other projects. And while its glossy sound places it squarely in the 1980s, it still sounds incredibly fresh.
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