.jpg/220px-Miles_Davis-Tutu_(album_cover).jpg)
Tutu is an album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released in 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded primarily at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Clinton Recording in New York, except the song "Backyard Ritual", which was recorded at Le Gonks in West Hollywood. Davis received the 1986 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award for his performance on the album.
Originally planned as a collaboration with pop singer/songwriter Prince, Davis ultimately worked with bassist/multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller. Miller wrote and arranged all the songs, except "Tomaas" (co-written by Davis), "Backyard Ritual" (by keyboardist George Duke), and "Perfect Way" (by pop group Scritti Politti). The music is strongly inspired by mid-1980s R&B and funk, with heavy use of synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines.
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- Marcus Miller - bass guitars, guitar, synthesizers, drum machine programming, bass clarinet, soprano sax, other instruments.
- Jason Miles - synthesizer programming
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion on "Tutu", "Portia", "Splatch", Backyard Ritual"
- Adam Holzman - synthesizer solo on "Splatch"
- Steve Reid - additional percussion on "Splatch"
- George Duke - all except percussion, bass guitar, and trumpet on "Backyard Ritual"
- Omar Hakim - drums and percussion on "Tomaas"
- Bernard Wright - additional synthesizers on "Tomaas" and "Don't Lose Your Mind"
- Michał Urbaniak - electric violin on "Don't Lose Your Mind"
- Jabali Billy Hart - drums, bongos
