Tutu (album)

Tutu
Cover photograph by Irving Penn
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1986 (1986-09-29)
RecordedFebruary 6 – March 25, 1986
Studio
Genre
Length42:05
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Miles Davis chronology
You're Under Arrest
(1985)
Tutu
(1986)
Music from Siesta
(1987)
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"Tutu"
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Tutu is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader Miles Davis, released on September 29, 1986, by Warner Bros. Records. The album is Miles Davis' tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu who was a human rights and anti-apartheid activist. 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. Davis received the 1986 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award for his performance on the album.