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Thread started 05/03/05 10:52am

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Copenhagen/Jean Pierre groove

Anyone know why the "Copenhagen" instrumental from the ONA soundcheck is sometimes called "Jean-Pierre"? I've seen it titled that way on a few unofficial recordings, Continental Drift just to name one. Who or what does Jean Pierre refer to?
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Reply #1 posted 05/03/05 10:56am

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i always figured it was someone who was invited onstage to jam with the band. shrug
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Reply #2 posted 05/03/05 11:06am

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A little history lesson:

Jean Pierre is a song Miles Davis recorded and played live in the 80-ies. Probably a Marcus Miller composition. In the Copenhagen concert, Prince played this tune in medley form with the song now known as Copenhagen and this is how it was initially released. For copyright reasons, this medley was edited, so that only the Copenhagen-part remained.

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Reply #3 posted 05/03/05 11:18am

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jazzz said:

A little history lesson:

Jean Pierre is a song Miles Davis recorded and played live in the 80-ies. Probably a Marcus Miller composition. In the Copenhagen concert, Prince played this tune in medley form with the song now known as Copenhagen and this is how it was initially released. For copyright reasons, this medley was edited, so that only the Copenhagen-part remained.

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thanks! smile
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Reply #4 posted 05/04/05 7:38am

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jazzz said:

A little history lesson:

Jean Pierre is a song Miles Davis recorded and played live in the 80-ies. Probably a Marcus Miller composition. In the Copenhagen concert, Prince played this tune in medley form with the song now known as Copenhagen and this is how it was initially released. For copyright reasons, this medley was edited, so that only the Copenhagen-part remained.

jazzz.

hmmmm...does that mean that the first three minutes of the original 13-minute jam is "jean-pierre"?
thanks for the info/history lesson
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