Miles Davis - Live Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, NJ
Amnesty International Concert
June 15, 1986
Broadcast Source @320
During June 1986, the human rights organisation Amnesty International ran a series of concerts across the USA, designed to raise the profile of its work. There were six benefit concerts and the final one was held in the huge outdoor Giants Stadium, featuring an array of artists that included Joni Mitchell, Little Steven, Joan Armatrading, Yoko Ono - and Miles.
Miles played a set lasting just under 30 minutes and his band consisted of Robben Ford (guitar), Bob Berg (saxophone), Robert Irving IIII and Adam Holzman (keyboards), Felton Crews (bass), Steve Thornton (percussion) and Vince Wilburn Jr (drums). There was also a special guest artist who sat in with the band - more on him later. It was a warm, sunny day and the vast audience was in good spirits - lots of beach balls were being passed amongst the crowd. Miles and his band were also in good humour - Miles exchanged smiles with a number of band members, blew kisses and pulled his tongue at the camera, and waved to the crowd. It was also a casual affair, with Miles wearing a light jacket, shirt and black and white polka dot trousers, Ford in shirt and jeans and Wilburn Jr sporting a baseball cap, tee-shirt and shorts. This was also a time when many of Miles's band emulated his habit of wearing sun glasses - Ford, Crews, Irving and Berg all sport them. Read more here:
June 15, 1986
Broadcast Source @320
During June 1986, the human rights organisation Amnesty International ran a series of concerts across the USA, designed to raise the profile of its work. There were six benefit concerts and the final one was held in the huge outdoor Giants Stadium, featuring an array of artists that included Joni Mitchell, Little Steven, Joan Armatrading, Yoko Ono - and Miles.
Miles played a set lasting just under 30 minutes and his band consisted of Robben Ford (guitar), Bob Berg (saxophone), Robert Irving IIII and Adam Holzman (keyboards), Felton Crews (bass), Steve Thornton (percussion) and Vince Wilburn Jr (drums). There was also a special guest artist who sat in with the band - more on him later. It was a warm, sunny day and the vast audience was in good spirits - lots of beach balls were being passed amongst the crowd. Miles and his band were also in good humour - Miles exchanged smiles with a number of band members, blew kisses and pulled his tongue at the camera, and waved to the crowd. It was also a casual affair, with Miles wearing a light jacket, shirt and black and white polka dot trousers, Ford in shirt and jeans and Wilburn Jr sporting a baseball cap, tee-shirt and shorts. This was also a time when many of Miles's band emulated his habit of wearing sun glasses - Ford, Crews, Irving and Berg all sport them. Read more here:
Set List:
01. Speak/That's What Happened
02. Tutu
03. Splatch
04. Burn
02. Tutu
03. Splatch
04. Burn
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I was at this gig.
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I can't imagine seeing him in a staduim. NY Times says 55,000 people were there! https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/16/arts/amnesty-concert-in-jersey.html
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