Live under the sky

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Live under the sky is an annual jazz festival held in summer, July and August in Tokyo and other area, Japan. The several-days festival features musicians from Japan and some countries performing on different stages. 1977 - 1992.

Notable artists at Live under the sky were Kimiko Kasai, "V.S.O.P." quintet, Masahiko Togashi, Terumasa Hino, Sadao Watanabe, McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Elis Regina, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Toshiyuki Honda, Sonny Rollins, Paco de Lucía, Carlos Santana, Weather Report, The Crusaders, Gil Evans, Black Uhuru, Sly and Robbie, Miles Davis, John Scofield, Roberta Flack, Al Di Meola, Branford Marsalis, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Samul nori, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Kazumi Watanabe, Eugene Pao,Eddie Gomez, Marlon Jordan, Pat Metheny, David Sanborn, Don Alias, Sun Ra, Marshall Allen, Danny Thompson, Billy Bang, Marilyn Mazur, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Don Grolnick, Yoshio Suzuki, Gunther Schuller, Roberta Flack, Masahiko Satoh, Alex Acuna, Nana Vasconcelos, Kazutoki Umezu, Al Jarreau, Philippe Saisse, Steve Gadd, Michel Godard, Milton Nascimento, Omar Hakim, Marcus Miller, Lalah Hathaway, Dean Brown (guitarist), Everette Harp, Larry Coryell, Billy Cobham, Paul Wertico, Pedro Aznar.

Live under the sky (established in 1977), Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao (established in 1982) and Mount Fuji Jazz Festival (established in 1986) are the big 3 jazz festival in the history of jazz in Japan.^[1]