Live in Tokyo (Weather Report album)

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Live in Tokyo
Live album by Weather Report
Released	1972
Recorded	Shibuya Kokaido Hall, Tokyo, Japan, January 13, 1972
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	88:29
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Weather Report chronology
I Sing the Body Electric (1972) Live in Tokyo (1972) Sweetnighter (1973)

Live in Tokyo is Weather Report's first live album released. It was recorded on January 13, 1972. It was one of five sold out concerts played in Japan during January of 1972. I Sing the Body Electric 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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "'Medley: Vertical Invader/Seventh Arrow/T.H./Doctor Honoris Causa'" (Vitous, Zawinul) – 26:14
2. "'Medley: Surucucu/Lost/Early Minor/Directions'" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 19:19
3. "'Orange Lady'" (Zawinul) – 18:14
4. "'Medley: Eurydice/The Moors'" (Shorter) – 13:49
5. "'Medley: Tears/Umbrellas'" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 10:54

[edit] Personnel

• Josef Zawinul - Electric and acoustic piano
• Wayne Shorter - Saxophones
• Miroslav Vitous - Bass
• Eric Gravatt - Drums
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion

[edit] External links

• Weather Report Annotated Discography: Live in Tokyo