Miles in Tokyo

Miles in Tokyo
Live album by Miles Davis
Released June 6, 1969 in Japan
Recorded July 14, 1964 at Kohseinenkin Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Jazz[1]
Length 51:14(LP) 53:59(CD)
Label CBS/Sony
SONX 60064-R
Producer Kiyoshi Itoh
Miles Davis chronology
Four & More
(1964)
Miles in Tokyo
(1964)
Miles in Berlin
(1964)
Alternative Cover
1970s Reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
All About Jazz (favorable)[2]

Miles in Tokyo is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964,[3] by the Miles Davis Quintet at the Kohseinenkin Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was released in the United States on CD in 2005 and is the first recording of Davis in Japan.

Contents

Track listing

Original LP track List

Side A (23:03)

  1. "Introduction by Teruo Isono"
  2. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 10:18
  3. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 12:45

Side B (28:11)

  1. "So What" (Miles Davis) – 7:50
  2. "Walkin'" (Richard H. Carpenter) – 9:11
  3. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 11:10
  4. "Theme and Announcement"

Reissue CD(COL 519507 2, 2005) track List[4]

  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

Production

Original LP

Reissue CD(COL 519507 2, 2005)

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott (2011 [last update]). "Miles in Tokyo - Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/miles-in-tokyo-r152498. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Linares, Germein (2011 [last update]). "Miles Davis | Miles in Tokyo". allaboutjazz.com. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=18526. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Losin, Peter. "Miles Ahead Session Details". Miles Ahead. Peter Losin. http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=640714. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 
  4. ^ "Discogs.com - Miles in Tokyo". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Miles-In-Tokyo/release/1912457.