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      Miles Davis in Australia.
      1988 tour 
       
    • Miles Davis:trumpet , keyboard
    • Kenny Garrett: alto, soprano , flute
    • Joe "Foley" McCreary: lead bass.
    • Robert Irving: Keys
    • Adam Holzman: Keys
    • Benny Rietveld: Bass
    • Ricky Wellman: Drums.
    • Marilyn Mazur : Percussion

 
   This was Mile's only Australian tour and we were lucky to get him at any time let alone when he one of his best bands of the later period. I was lucky enough to live in one of the cities he played in, as Queensland , Western Australian and Tasmanian Miles freaks had a long way to travel if they wished to see him play. 

    These pages try to cover the brief visit to the antipodes with reviews and details about the availability of recordings of the tour . It seems strange, but it appears that no radio or TV interviews were conducted , but at least we do have the peerless FM broadcast of one of the entire Melbourne shows to listen to into our dotage. 

    There have been a couple of shows from the Australian tour that have circulated amongst tapers over the years.The best of the two is the Melbourne concert which was broadcast by The Australian Broadcasting Corperation on Fm . This was the full show of 180 mins , and the quality was top notch.
In addition , the second Sydney show is available as a SBD , a bit muddy, but a very nice gig. It does not appear that anyone taped the missing shows, although there could be sbd's in mouldering in the vault somewhere.
 

 
Melbourne Concert Hall. -5-2-88. 
In A Silent Way 
Intruder
Star People 
Perfect Way 
The Senate 
Me and You 
Human Nature 
Wrinkle 
Tutu 
Movie Star 
Splatch 
Time After Time 
Heavymetal Funk Suite 
Don't Stop Me Now 
Carnaval Time 
Tomaas (encore) 
Burn 
Portia 

Sydney Entertainment Centre 4-27-88. 

In  A Silent Way 
Intruder
Unknown composition
Star People 
Perfect Way
The Senate
Me and You 
Human Nature 
Wrinkle 
Tutu 
Movie Star
Splatch 
Time After Time
Heavy Metal Funk Suite 
Don't Stop Me Now 
Carnaval Time
Tomaas
Portia 

Both of these shows are well worth having in your collection. Kenny is, as usual a total mother on both nights. Miles is on good form , very expressive playing. 


Miles newspaper interviews in Australia ( under construction )

Review of the Sydney show

Review of the Melbourne show

Review of the Adelaide show.

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