Jazz musician and writer Mike Zwerin was more enthusiastic, hailing it as "the best jazz record of the decade". He contended that while Davis's 1970s fusion recordings for Columbia Records were purely improvised jazz-rock, Tutu sounded "more like pop-funk Sketches of Spain, with the starperson's trumpet glancing smartly off an up-to-date panoply of catchy little tunes, beats, and rhythm effects". The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau deemed it a marginal success but also Davis's "best in a decade". Others believed the album gave a musical setting for Davis's improvisations to thrive in, comparable to his orchestral recordings with Gil Evans from the late 1950s and early 1960s. In The New York Times that year, Robert Palmer said it "already sounds curiously dated" and unambitious, featuring synthesizers that "have glutinous textures so overly familiar from the mainstream of late-1970s pop jazz" and electronic rhythms lacking the innovation of contemporary hip hop records. A number of critics felt the music was ingratiatingly elegant, designed for casual listening, and largely a work by Miller. Like Davis's pivotal 1970 album Bitches Brew, Paul Tingen wrote, Tutu became one of the "defining jazz albums" of its decade and attracted a young, new audience while alienating many other jazz listeners because of its heavy reliance on the drum machine and synthesizers. Tutu divided critics and listeners when it was released in 1986.
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Reception and legacy Professional ratings Review scores The original vinyl album featured a colored inner sleeve printed with the album credits on one side and a photograph of Davis's left hand (with middle finger depressed) on the reverse.
Eiko Ishioka received the 1987 Grammy Award for Best Album Package for her work as the art director. The cover was designed by Eiko Ishioka and photographed by Irving Penn. The music is strongly inspired by mid-1980s R&B and funk, with heavy use of synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines.Īs indicated in the notes accompanying the album, Tutu was produced by Tommy LiPuma and Marcus Miller, with the exception of "Backyard Ritual", which was co-produced by Duke and LiPuma. Miller wrote and arranged all the songs, except "Tomaas" (co-written by Davis), "Backyard Ritual" (by keyboardist George Duke), and " Perfect Way" (by pop group Scritti Politti). (Davis later covered "Movie Star" and "Penetration" by Prince.) Davis ultimately worked with bassist/multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller. Prince later pulled out for undisclosed reasons, although the two remained firm friends and later collaborated on "Can I Play With U" as well. Originally some tracks were planned as a collaboration with Prince. Davis received the 1986 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award for his performance on the album. It was recorded primarily at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Clinton Recording in New York, except the song "Backyard Ritual", which was recorded at Le Gonks in West Hollywood. Tutu is an album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released in 1986 by Warner Bros.
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