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Album · 1989

Aura

by Miles Davis

Aura is a 1989 jazz album by Miles Davis. It runs 10 tracks across 66 minutes on Columbia.

Jazz

Best albums of 1989

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84 /100
5 critics
10
Tracks
66 min
Runtime
133 bpm
Tempo
A minor
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5 publications

  • The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4
  • (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5
  • Musichound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide4/5
  • The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
  • AllMusic3.5/5

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10 tracks · 66 min

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Aura is a concept album by Miles Davis, produced by Danish composer/trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, released in 1989. All compositions and arrangements are by Mikkelborg, who created the suite in tribute when Davis received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize in December 1984, the year Decoy was released. This was Miles Davis' final album released in his lifetime.

In brief

When was Aura released?
Aura was released in 1989 on Columbia.
How many tracks are on Aura?
Aura has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 66 minutes.
What genre is Aura?
Aura is catalogued under Jazz.
What BPM is Aura?
Aura runs at a median tempo of 133 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Aura?
Listeners of Aura also rate A Love Supreme by John Coltrane, Quartet by Herbie Hancock, Native Dancer by Wayne Shorter.
Who produced Aura?
Palle Mikkelborg produced all 10 tracks on Aura.

Credits

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Flemming MadsenJesper ThiloLennart GruvstedtMarilyn MazurNiels EjeNiels‐Henning Ørsted PedersenOle Koch-HansenThomas ClausenTure LarsenVincent Nilsson

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