Chris Murphy in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - 1980

from Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis, pages 163-167:

Promoter George Wein had booked us into Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for what was being billed as the jazz event of the year… The whole city was buzzing over this concert… With this energy swirling around us, we went back into rehearsals. Miles had some new tunes to work out--including one song in particular that would turn out to be a special favorite with the New York audience… The high point of both shows was the introduction of Miles's version of Cyndi Lauper's hit song, "Time After Time." As Mike Stern played the intro, the audience seemed to lean forward in recognition, …   more >>
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Chris Murphy, Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis (New York City, 2002), p. 163-167. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430659639844 accessed: 4 October, 2024

location of experience: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Listeners

Chris Murphy
music technician, personal assisstant, road manager, Guitarist […]
1940's-

Listening to

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'Time After Time'
written by Cyndi Lauper
performed by Miles Davis, Mike Stern

Experience Information

Date/Time 1980
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sun, 03 May 2015 14:27:20 +0100
Approved on Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:22:48 +0100