Agharta (album)

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Agharta
Live album by Miles Davis
Released	1976
Recorded	February 1, 1975
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	97:34
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Teo Macero
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4.5/5) link
Miles Davis chronology
Dark Magus (1974)	Agharta (1976)	Pangaea (1976)

Agharta is an album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1975. Both Agharta and Pangaea (1976) were recorded on the same day in Osaka, Japan. The Agharta concert took place during an afternoon matinee, while Pangaea was recorded in the evening.

[edit] Track listing

Disc One

1. "Prelude (Part One)" – 22:37
2. "Prelude (Part Two)" – 10:31
3. "Maiysha" – 12:20

Disc Two

1. "Interlude" – 26:50
2. "Theme from Jack Johnson" – 25:16

All compositions by Miles Davis.

[edit] Personnel

• Miles Davis – trumpet, organ
• Sonny Fortune – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Michael Henderson – electric bass
• Pete Cosey – guitar, synthi, percussion
• Al Foster – drums
• Reggie Lucas – guitar
• Mtume – conga, percussion, water drum, rhythm box

[edit] Miscellanea

• About sixteen minutes into "Theme from Jack Johnson", the band briefly play a psychedelic version of the theme from "So What", a track from Davis's Kind of Blue (1959).