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Miles in Tokyo Live album by Miles Davis Released June 6, 1969 in Japan Recorded July 14, 1964 at Kohseinenkin Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Genre Jazz[1] Length 51:14(LP) 53:59(CD) Label CBS/Sony
SONX 60064-RProducer Kiyoshi Itoh Miles Davis chronology Four & More
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All About Jazz (favorable)[2] Miles in Tokyo is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964,[3] by the Miles Davis Quintet at the Kohseinenkin Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was released in the United States on CD in 2005 and is the first recording of Davis in Japan.
Contents
Track listing
Original LP track List
Side A (23:03)
- "Introduction by Teruo Isono"
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 10:18
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 12:45
Side B (28:11)
- "So What" (Miles Davis) – 7:50
- "Walkin'" (Richard H. Carpenter) – 9:11
- "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 11:10
- "Theme and Announcement"
Reissue CD(COL 519507 2, 2005) track List[4]
- "Introduction by Teruo Isono" - 1:10
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 10:14
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 12:45
- "So What" (Miles Davis) – 8:02
- "Walkin'" (Richard H. Carpenter) – 9:11
- "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 11:18
- "Go-Go [Theme] + closing announcement" (Miles Davis) - (1:19)
Personnel
- Miles Davis – Trumpet
- Sam Rivers – Tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock – Piano
- Ron Carter – Double Bass
- Tony Williams – Drums
Production
Original LP
- Recording Producer - Kiyoshi Itoh
- Recording Engineer - Kenichi Handa, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Cover Photography - Akiyoshi Miyashita
- Album Desigin - Mituru Yamada, Kiyoshi Itoh
Reissue CD(COL 519507 2, 2005)
- Reissue Producer - Michael Cuscuna and Bob Belden
- Remastered - Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY.
- Project Director - Seth Rothstein
- Legacy A&R - Steve Berkowitz
- A&R Coordination - Stacey Boyle
- Reissue Art Direction - Howard Fritzson
- Reissue Design - Randall Martin
- Photography - Akiyoshi Miyashita
- Packaging Manager - Norm Elrod
- Liner Note - Takao Ogawa
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott (2011 [last update]). "Miles in Tokyo - Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/miles-in-tokyo-r152498. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Linares, Germein (2011 [last update]). "Miles Davis | Miles in Tokyo". allaboutjazz.com. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=18526. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Losin, Peter. "Miles Ahead Session Details". Miles Ahead. Peter Losin. http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=640714. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
- ^ "Discogs.com - Miles in Tokyo". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Miles-In-Tokyo/release/1912457.
Categories:- 1960s jazz album stubs
- Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna
- Albums produced by Bob Belden
- Miles Davis live albums
- 1964 live albums
- Columbia Records live albums
- Sony Music Entertainment live albums
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