Miles Davis Octet with Carlos Santana

Amnesty International's 25th Anniversary Benefit Concert
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

June 15, 1986

Source: 
Uncle A's HiFi Beta Master

Video feed: MTV simulcast

Audio feed: Westwood One FM stereo simulcast

Genealogy: 
HiFi Beta Master->Panasonic DMR-E55 (DVD Mastered@XP)
DVD Master 


Setlist:
One Phone Call/Street Scenes (M. Davis)

Speak/That's What Happened (M. Davis-J. Scofield)

Tutu (M. Miller)

Splatch (M. Miller)
**Burn (R. Irving III-R. Hall)



Personel:

Miles Davis (tpt, org)

Bob Berg (ss, ts)

Robben Ford (g)

Robert Irving III (synth
)
Adam Holzman (synth)

Felton Crews (el-b)

Vincent Wilburn, Jr. (d)

Steve Thornton (perc)

**add Carlos Santana



Notes:
At the time, few people had stereo audio capability on their cable TV systems in this area, so Uncle A patched the Westwood One FM stereo simulcast for the audio instead of the mono cable TV audio. The result is great quality, both audio and video.  The only anomalies are some brief audio distortion and compressor adjustments during quieter parts of "Tutu," which was inherent to both simulcasts. Also, the brief pre-performance and post-performance footage does not match because of the two different sources feeding the master. However, rest assurred, all of Miles Davis' set is perfectly synched. This is a short but inspired set for later era Miles, with Robben Ford handling lead guitar and Carlos Santana joining in at the end for a smoking finale on "Burn."