You're Under Arrest (Miles Davis Album)

You're under arrest
Studio album by Miles Davis
Publication (s)	1985
Label (s)	Columbia
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	Jazz , funk , pop
Title (number)	9
running time	43:02
occupation	Miles Davis : Trumpet , synthesizer on tracks 5, 6 John McLaughlin : Guitar on pieces 4, 5, 6 John Scofield : Guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 Bob Berg : soprano saxophone on piece 1, tenor saxophone on pieces 8, 9 Al Foster : drums on tracks 1, 7, 8, 9 Vince Wilburn Jr .: drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Robert Irving III : synthesizer, celesta, organ , clavinet Darryl Jones : Bass Steve Thorton: Percussion Sting : French text
production	Miles Davis, Robert Irving III
Studio (s)	Record Plant Studio, New York
chronology Decoy (1984) You're under arrest Tutu (1986)

You're Under Arrest is a pop-jazz album by American trumpeter Miles Davis , released on Columbia Records in 1985. The album featured Davis' renditions of two contemporary pop songs, Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper and Human Nature by Michael Jackson .

History of the album

Davis conceived the album to highlight the ongoing problems African Americans in the United States have with the police and their racist attacks. The full title of the album is You're under arrest. You have the right to make one phone call or remain silent, so you better shut up and read on the album as well. On the album, Sting can be heard as a French-speaking policeman who informs an arrested person about his rights.

The titles of the album were created in the studio on December 26th and 27th, 1984 or in the first week of January 1985; the album was mixed immediately afterwards.

Track list

1. One Phone Call / Street Scenes (Davis) 4:34
2. Human Nature ( John Bettis , Steve Porcaro ) 4:30
3. Intro: MD 1 / Something's On Your Mind / MD 2 (Davis, Hubert Eaves III , James D-Train Williams) 7:17
4. Ms. Morrisine (Davis, Morrisine Tynes Irving, Robert Irving III ) 4:57
5. Katia Prelude (Davis, Irving III) 0:40
6. Katia (Davis, Irving III) 7:37
7. Time After Time ( Cyndi Lauper , Rob Hyman ) 3:37
8. You're Under Arrest ( John Scofield ) 6:14
9. Medley: Jean Pierre / You're Under Arrest / Then There Were None (Davis, Irving III, Scofield) 3:23

The titles Katia Prelude and Katia are dedicated to the French pianist Katia Labèque , who was John McLaughlin's partner at the time .

reception

Critics' reaction to the album ranged from rejection to euphoria.

Der Spiegel praised the album and wrote:

“... the 58-year-old's trumpet playing sounds confidently like in the best of days. It is almost sensational how sensitively and respectfully he plays two pop songs, the Michael Jackson hit "Human Nature" and Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time". Davis leaves the melt of these beautiful songs untouched, he doesn't hack them up in a new interpretation, and thus he proves greatness. "

- THE MIRROR

Scott Yanow called the album on Allmusic "sovereign but not overly memorable".

The critics Richard Cook & Brian Morton gave the album the second highest rating ( 3 ¹ ⁄ ₂ stars) in the Penguin Guide to Jazz ; it was "not jazz as we know it, but a highly entertaining album and a happier end to the long and often stormy relationship with Columbia than would have been the case with Decoy ."  

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} George Cole The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991 ; P. 162
2. ↑ Miles Davis plays Michael Jackson. In: Der SPIEGEL. May 6, 1985. Retrieved December 27, 2014 . 
3. ↑ You're Under Arrest. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014 . 
4. ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 , p. 378.