The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: That's What Happened 1982–1985 is a compilation of recordings by Miles Davis from the 1980s. Released as a three-compact disc box set in 2022, it compiles studio recordings and a live set recorded between 1982 and 1985. It is the seventh installment in the Davis bootleg series on Sony Legacy.
Content The first two discs contain outtakes from studio sessions for the Columbia albums Star People, Decoy, and You're Under Arrest. All but the last two tracks on the first disc date from the Star People sessions, with those last tracks originating from Decoy on a cassette owned by guitarist John Scofield. The second disc consists of material entirely from sessions for You're Under Arrest.
The third disc contains nine songs recorded live on July 7, 1983 at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, including full versions of two songs released on Decoy.That's What Happened, Columbia, 2022, liner notes, pp. 38-46. All of the material in the box had been unreleased previously in this form.
Included is a booklet with photographs, essays by Marcus J. Moore and Gregory Tate, as well as reminiscences by musicians Darryl Jones, Marcus Miller, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Vince Wilburn Jr., and Sony Legacy producer Steve Berkowitz.
Track listing All tracks written by Miles Davis except where indicated. In the booklet liner notes, the live version of "Hopscotch" is credited to Davis and Scofield, where the studio version is to Davis alone.
Personnel Miles Davis — trumpet; synthesizers on discs one and three J. J. Johnson — trombone on "Minor Ninths" and "Celestial Blues" Bill Evans — soprano and tenor saxophone, flute on "Santana," "Celestial Blues," "Remake of OBX Ballad," and disc three Bob Berg — soprano saxophone on "Theme from Jack Johnson," "Hopscotch," "What's Love Got to Do with It," and "Human Nature" Robert Irving III — keyboards on disc two; Linn drum programming on "Freaky Deaky" John Scofield — electric guitar on "Freaky Deaky," "Time After Time," "Theme from Jack Johnson," "Hopscotch," "What's Love Got to Do with It," "Human Nature," and disc three Mike Stern — electric guitar on "Santana," "Celestial Blues," and "Remake of OBX Ballad" John McLaughlin — electric guitar on "Katia" Darryl Jones – bass on "Freaky Deaky," disc two, and disc three Marcus Miller — bass on "Santana," "Celestial Blues," and "Remake of OBX Ballad" Al Foster — drums on "Santana," "Celestial Blues," "Remake of OBX Ballad," "Time After Time," "Theme from Jack Johnson," and disc three Vince Wilburn Jr. — drums on "Never Loved Like This," "Hopscotch," "What's Love Got to Do with It," "Human Nature," and "Katia"; drum programming, percussion on "Never Loved Like This" Mino Cinélu — percussion on disc one except "Minor Ninths" and disc three Steve Thornton — percussion on disc two except "Never Loved Like This"
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