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Miles Davis: Dingo

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Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 1991.11.05
Time:
 45:45
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Gordon Meltzer
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.milesdavis.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2013
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Kimberley Trumpet (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 2:30
[2] The Arrival (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 2:07
[3] Concert On The Runway (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 4:16
[4] The Departure (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 1:59
[5] Dingo Howl (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 0:40
[6] Letter As Hero (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 1:22
[7] Trumpet Cleaning (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 3:57
[8] The Dream (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 3:50
[9] Paris Walking II (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 2:04
[10] Paris Walking I (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 3:17
[11] Kimberley Trumpet In Paris (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 2:14
[12] The Music Room (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 2:42
[13] Club Entrance (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 4:24
[14] The Jam Session (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 6:21
[15] Going Home (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 2:12
[16] Surprise! (M.Davis/M.Legrand) - 5:15

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Miles Davis - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist, Trumpet

Michel Legrand - Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Keyboards, Orchestration, Producer

Kei Akagi - Keyboards
John Bigham - Drums, Percussion
George Bohanan - Trombone
George Bohannon - Trombone
Oscar Brashear - Trumpet
Ray Brown - Trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
Buddy Collette - Woodwind
Vincent DeRosa - French Horn
David Duke - French Horn
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
Foley - Bass
Kenny Garrett - Alto Saxophone
George Graham - Trumpet
Bill Green - Woodwind
Thurman Green - Trombone
Marty Krystall - Woodwind
Marnie Johnson - French Horn
Jackie Kelso - Woodwind
Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - Bass
Harvey Mason, Sr. - Drums, Percussion
Lew McGreery - Trombone
Alphonse Mouzon - Drums, Percussion
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash - Trombone
Alan Oldfield - Keyboards
Charles Owens - Woodwind
Benny Rietveld - Bass
Mark Rivett - Guitar
Nolan Smith - Trumpet
Nolan Andrew Smith - Trumpet
John Stephens - Woodwind
Richard Todd - French Horn
Ricky Wellman - Drums, Percussion

Gordon Meltzer - Executive Producer, Producer
Rolf De Heer - Producer
Hillard Elkins - Executive Producer
Chris Danley - Engineer
Peter D. Smith - Mixing
Giovanni Scatola - Remastering
Richard Keyes - Art Direction, Design
Stanley D. Newton - Photography
Stuart Nicholson - Liner Notes
Florence Halfon - Reissue Supervisor
Garnett Brown - Orchestra Manager
Ernie Fields Jr. - Music Consultant

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1991 CD Warner - 7599-26438-2

Recorded in March 1990 at Crystal Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Album Mixed at Hendon Studios, Adelaide Australia.

Dingo: Selections from the Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1992 movie of the same name. It was composed by Miles Davis and Michel Legrand.



In 1990 Miles Davis starred in a movie about a veteran trumpeter (talk about typecasting) and had a rare opportunity to play part of the time in a straightahead setting. Fellow trumpeter Chuck Findley performs the solos for a younger musician who befriends Davis and Michel Legrand arranged and composed the music. There are some good moments on these selections (Findley actually overshadows Davis in some places) but since this is a soundtrack, the music does not often stand up that well by itself. It's a worthy effort but is sure to become an obscurity.

Scott Yanow - AllMusic.com



This 1990 Australian film is cut from the same melodramatic cloth used by Hollywood for such jazz weepies as Young Man with a Horn. There is, of course, a moment of epiphany. Here, a boy (John “Dingo” Anderson) hears a jazz trumpeter, Billy Cross (Miles Davis), in an impromptu concert on a dusty outback landing strip. Why Cross would be performing for a handful of kids under a broiling Australian sun is never made clear. At any rate, the young protagonist now has, like Steve Martin in The Jerk, “a special purpose.”

As he attains adulthood, as well as a wife and family, Dingo’s playing is confined to dance gigs with congenial but musically-challenged mates. Ultimately, his dream of playing with Billy is realized when a series of improbable circumstances takes him to Paris. Here, depending on your viewpoint, the film becomes either life-affirming or a soap opera. Against all odds, Dingo and Cross find a cosmic connection and philosophize about life into the wee hours of the morning. It’s the kind of liberal schmaltz that Stanley Kramer served up regularly in such fare as Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

Still, there are moments of poignancy for anyone who’s had movie-tweaked dreams of playing with the big boys. Also, this is Miles’ only dramatic film role. As with Dexter Gordon, one can’t help but wonder, what if…? Colin Friels makes a good run at the jazz-tormented Dingo. There’s also an engaging score by Michel Legrand—and, of course, Miles and such L.A. heavies as Chuck Findley, Ray Brown, Marty Krystall and Kei Akagi.

Chuck Berg
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