Session details: Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba (October 3, 1981)

Miles Ahead session details

October 3, 1981 (7 items; TT = 81:28)

Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba, Tokyo (Japan)

Commercial for Columbia

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); William D. "Bill" Evans (ss, ts); Mike Stern (g); Marcus Miller (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

First set
1	Back Seat Betty (rejected) (M. Davis)	23:03
2	My Man's Gone Now (rejected) (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin)	19:01
3	Aida (rejected) (M. Davis)	11:21

Second set
4	Fat Time (rejected) (M. Davis)	12:59
5	Jean Pierre (unedited) (M. Davis)	7:20
6	Jean Pierre (edited) (M. Davis)	4:01
	Columbia AS 1458 has matrix no. XSM 170117
7	Jean Pierre (edited) (M. Davis)	3:43


6 Jean Pierre (edited) 12" LP: Columbia C2-38005, Columbia AS 1458, Columbia (EU) 4367.958, Curcio DEJ-01 CD: Columbia 481.063, Columbia Legacy C2K 85475, Columbia Legacy C4K 86835; Columbia (F) 478.237, 493.127, Sony 86975 24922 (CD 48), Columbia (EU) 467.958, 469.265
7 Jean Pierre (edited) 45 rpm: CBS (F) A2477 CD: Columbia Sony TV17 CD

This concert has never been broadcast. The issued version of "Jean Pierre" is edited (all solos).

The date on several releases is wrongly listed as as October 4, 1981.

The Davis group embarked on a short Japanese tour in early October:

October 1: NHK Studio, Tokyo (rehearsal)
October 2: Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba, Tokyo
October 3: Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba, Tokyo
October 4: Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba, Tokyo
October 6: Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo
October 9: Nagoya-shi Kokaido, Nagoya
October 10: Umeda Ogimachi Park, Osaka
October 11: Fukuoka Sun Palace, Fukuoka
October 12: Depart Japan for New York