Live in Tokyo (Weather Report album) explained

Live in Tokyo
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Weather Report
Cover:	Live in Tokyo (Weather Report album).jpg
Released:	May 1, 1972
Recorded:	January 13, 1972
Venue:	Shibuya Kokaido Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	Jazz fusion free jazz
Length:	88:29
Label:	CBS/Sony
Producer:	Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Prev Title:	Weather Report
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	I Sing the Body Electric
Next Year:	1972

Live in Tokyo is the third release, and first live album by Weather Report. Originally released by CBS/Sony in Japan only, it was not released in the US until a 2014 CD reissue by Wounded Bird Records. Recording took place on January 13, 1972, one of five sold-out concerts played in Japan during that January. I Sing the Body Electric (1972) contained several tracks that were edited for the studio album, but can be heard as they were performed, in their entirety, on this live album.

Track listing

1. Medley: "Vertical Invader" (Joe Zawinul) / "Seventh Arrow" (Miroslav Vitouš) / "T.H." (Vitouš) / "Doctor Honoris Causa" (Zawinul) – 26:14
2. Medley: "Surucucú" (Wayne Shorter) / "Lost" (Shorter) / "Early Minor" (Zawinul) / "Directions" (Zawinul) – 19:19
3. "Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 18:14
4. Medley: "Eurydice" / "The Moors" (Shorter) – 13:49
5. Medley: "Tears" (Shorter) / "Umbrellas" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 10:54

Personnel

Weather Report

• Joe Zawinul – electric and acoustic piano
• Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophones
• Miroslav Vitouš – bass
• Eric Gravatt – drums
• Dom Um Romão – percussion

Production

• Kiyoshi Itoh – producer
• Susumu Satoh – engineer
• Eiko Ishioka – design
• Yoshio Nakanishi – design
• Tadayuki Naitoh – photography

External links

• Weather Report - Live in Tokyo (1972) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Weather Report - Live in Tokyo (1972) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Weather Report - Live in Tokyo (1972) album to be listened on Spotify
• Weather Report - Live in Tokyo (1972) at www.WeatherReportDiscography.org