Tutu

Tutu is Miles Davis' second studio collaboration with Marcus Miller. The album was originally slated to be a joint album with Prince, featuring their unofficial “Can I Play With U?” and other unreleased works.

Although Miles mostly worked with synthesizers and drum machines in the 80s, this record called for a funk infused sound, blending blues and R&B with jazz. It’s also considered the album that drove him further into a pop landscape, which bought the trumpeter a much younger audience.

While more acclaimed albums like Amandla and Bitches Brew would be known for pushing forward the fusion movement, Tutu was a clean attempt at bringing together diverse sounds into one album.

The title alludes to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an African mogul who could have possibly influenced the sounds heard throughout Tutu.