Miles in Tokyo explained

Miles in Tokyo
Type:live
Artist:Miles Davis
Cover:MilesDavis_MilesInTokyo1960s.jpg
Released:June 6, 1969[1]
Recorded:July 14, 1964
Venue:Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Genre:Jazz
Length:51:14 (LP)
53:59 (CD)
Label:CBS/Sony
SONX 60064-R
Producer:Kiyoshi Itoh
Prev Title:In a Silent Way
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:Bitches Brew
Next Year:1970

Miles in Tokyo is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964,[2] by the Miles Davis Quintet at the Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was released in the United States on CD in 2005 and is the first recording of Davis in Japan. It is the only album[3] [4] to showcase an early incarnation of his Second Great Quintet featuring Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone, following George Coleman's departure;[3] [4] after this, Wayne Shorter's appointment completed the classic lineup[3] that recorded such albums as ESP and Miles Smiles, through to Miles in the Sky.

Track listing

Reissue CD (COL 519507 2, 2005)[5]

  1. "Introduction by Teruo Isono" - 1:10
  2. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 10:14
  3. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 12:45
  4. "So What" (Miles Davis) – 8:02
  5. "Walkin'" (Richard H. Carpenter) – 9:11
  6. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 11:18
  7. "Go-Go (Theme) + closing announcement" (Miles Davis) - (1:19)

Personnel

The Miles Davis Quintet

Production

2005 CD Reissue

Notes and References

  1. http://www.milesdavis.com/albums/miles-in-tokyo/ Miles Davis.com
  2. Web site: Miles Ahead Session Details . 2009-01-10 . Losin . Peter . Miles Ahead . Peter Losin .
  3. Web site: Miles in Tokyo - AllAboutJazz Review.
  4. Web site: Miles in Tokyo - AllMusic Review.
  5. Web site: Discogs.com - Miles in Tokyo . Discogs.com .