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Amandla is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1989. The word Amandla holds significance in various Nguni languages, including Zulu and Xhosa, where it translates to "power." It is the third collaboration between Miles Davis and producer/bassist Marcus Miller, following their previous works Tutu (1986) and Music from Siesta (1987), and it serves as 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.




Critical reception


In a contemporary review, DownBeat 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.




Track listing






Personnel


Miles Davis – trumpet
Marcus Miller – arrangements (1, 3–8), keyboards (1, 3–6, 8), guitars (1, 4, 7), bass, drums (1), bass clarinet (1–4, 7, 8), soprano saxophone (1, 3), additional keyboards (2, 7)
George Duke – keyboards (2), Synclavier (2), arrangements (2)
Joey DeFrancesco – additional keyboards (2)
Joe Sample – acoustic piano (6)
John Bigham – keyboards (7), guitars (7), drum programming (7), arrangements (7)
Jason Miles – synthesizer programming (8)
Michael Landau – guitars (2)
Foley – guitars (3, 4, 7)
Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitars (3, 5)
Billy "Spaceman" Patterson – wah-wah guitar (7)
Ricky Wellman – drums (3, 7)
Omar Hakim – drums (4, 6)
Al Foster – drums (8)
Don Alias – percussion (1, 3, 6)
Mino Cinelu – percussion (1)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 5)
Bashiri Johnson – percussion (6)
Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone (1, 3–7), soprano saxophone (2)
Rick Margitza – tenor saxophone (5)




= Production

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Miles Davis – executive producer, cover artwork
Tommy LiPuma – producer (1, 3–8)
Marcus Miller – producer (1, 3–8)
George Duke – producer (2)
John Bigham – associate producer (7)
Eric Calvi – recording (1, 3–8)
Bruce Miller – recording (1, 3–8)
Erik Zobler – recording (2)
Al Schmitt – additional recording
Henry Falco – additional engineer
Alec Head – additional engineer
Debi Cornish – assistant engineer
Kevin Fisher – assistant engineer
Mitch Gibson – assistant engineer
Roy Hendrickson – assistant engineer
Ed Korengo – assistant engineer
Scott Mabuchi – assistant engineer
Joe Martin – assistant engineer
Danny Mormando – assistant engineer
Dave Wolk – assistant engineer
Bill Schnee – mixing
Doug Sax – mastering
Bibi Green – production coordinator
Rosemary Kraitz – production coordinator
Stephanie McCravey – production coordinator
Jo Gelbard – cover artwork
Richard Rothman – photography
Studios

Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, Electric Lady Studios, The Power Station, Right Track Recording and Quadrasonic Studio (New York City, New York); Le Gonks West (West Hollywood, California); Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California).
Mixed at Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California).
Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).




References



Bibliography
Cole, George (March 16, 2005) The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980–1991. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-11501-4




External links


Amandla at Discogs (list of releases)

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