Amandla (album)
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| Studio album by Miles Davis | ||||
| Released | May 18, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | December 1988 – early 1989 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 43:28 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma, Marcus Miller, George Duke | |||
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| Down Beat | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Los Angeles Times |  |
| MusicHound Jazz | 2/5 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Amandla is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1989. It is the third collaboration between Miles Davis and producer/bassist Marcus Miller, after Tutu (1986) and Music from Siesta (1987), and their final album together. The album mixes elements of the genres go-go, zouk, funk and jazz, combining electronic instruments with live musicians. The composition "Mr. Pastorius", featuring drummer Al Foster, is a tribute to late jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius. "Catémbe" is a Mozambican and Angolan cocktail of red wine and cola.
In a contemporary review, Down Beat said Amandla possessed "a precise and consistent sound that flows through the shifting instrumental combinations and lingers after the music has stopped". In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), J. D. Considine felt the record sounded "vaguely African" and somewhat conservative because of its reliance on session musicians.
All tracks were composed by Marcus Miller, except where indicated.
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