Miles' nephew Vince Wilburn was responsible for bringing the trumpeter out of the suicidal retreat in which he had been entangled since 1975. Wilburn, drummer in a Chicago group that played music that combined funk, soul and fusion jazz, persuaded his uncle in New York to go into the studio with them. However, Miles no longer had the same technical possibilities and had to record his trumpet parts later. He also met saxophonist Bill Evans, bass guitarist Marcus Miller and brought back drummer Al Foster. The result was a hybrid record that moved between the pieces of the Chicago group, which he himself described as "bubble gum music", and a very free jazz-rock that was, however, less dark and dense than the humid jungles through which he wandered disoriented in the 1970s. The hit "The Man With The Horn" and its saccharine chorus were frequently played on FM stations. Jazz lovers, delighted by the return of Miles, were delighted by the rest of the repertoire. But it was Mike Stern's blistering solo on "Fat Time" that wowed everyone. "The Man With The Horn" is available in a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on gold and black marbled vinyl.