Get up with It

Get Up With It
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	November 22 1974
Recorded	Columbia Studio B (NYC) 1970-1974
Genre	Jazz
Length	123:52
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Teo Macero
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Big Fun (1969 - 1972) Get Up with It (1974) The Man With The Horn (1980/81)

Get Up With It is an album collecting tracks recorded between 1970 and 1974 by Miles Davis. Released on November 22 1974 as a double LP, it was Davis's last studio album before five years of retirement from music.

"He Loved Him Madly" is a half-hour jazz dirge in tribute to Duke Ellington, who had died one month before; Brian Eno cited it as a lasting influence on his own work. [1].

Track listing

1. "He Loved Him Madly" (1974) –32:20
2. "Maiysha" (1974) –14:56
3. "Honky Tonk" (1970) –05:57
4. "Rated X" (1972) –06:53
5. "Calypso Frelimo" (1973) –32:10
6. "Red China Blues" (1972) –04:10
7. "Mtume" (1974) –15:12
8. "Billy Preston" (1972) –12:35

(All compositions by Miles Davis.)

Performers

1970

• Miles Davis — trumpet
• Steve Grossman — soprano saxophone
• John McLaughlin — electric guitar
• Keith Jarrett — electric piano
• Herbie Hancock — clavinet
• Michael Henderson — bass guitar
• Billy Cobham — drums
• Airto Moreira — percussion

1972

• Miles Davis — organ
• Cedric Lawson — electric piano
• Reggie Lucas — electric guitar
• Khalil Balakrishna — electric sitar
• Michael Henderson — bass guitar
• Al Foster — drums
• James Mtume Foreman — percussion
• Badal Roy — tabla
• Sonny Fortune — flute
• Carlos Garnett — soprano saxophone

1973

• Miles Davis — trumpet, electric piano, organ
• Dave Liebman — flute
• John Stubblefield — soprano saxophone
• Pete Cosey — electric guitar
• Reggie Lucas — electric guitar
• Michael Henderson — bass guitar
• Al Foster — drums
• James Mtume Foreman — percussion

1974

• Miles Davis — trumpet, organ
• Dave Liebman — soprano saxophone, flute
• Sonny Fortune — flute
• Pete Cosey — electric guitar
• Dominique Gaumont — electric guitar
• Michael Henderson — bass guitar
• Al Foster — drums
• James Mtume Foreman — percussion

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