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From Miles Davis’s Get Up With It:

That’s the great Michael Henderson on bass. From Wikipedia:

Davis saw the young Henderson performing [with Stevie Wonder] at the Copacabana in New York City in early 1970 and reportedly said to Wonder simply “I’m takin’ your bass player.” 

And I sense another 70’s Miles Groove o’ the Day coming up…

A couple of other versions after the break:

From Panthalassa, Bill Laswell’s album of Miles remixes:

From Agharta (remember, this is from Miles’s pandering commercial phase, according to some people):

I can’t find my favorite version, from Miles Davis in Concert, but you can buy the CD, or better yet find it on LP at your local used record store.

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