[light] [dark]

Miles Ahead session details

[Return to main page]

October 4, 1981 (6 items; TT = 74:43)
Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba, Tokyo (Japan)
Commercial for Columbia

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

First set
1 Back Seat Betty (M. Davis) 20:13
2 Ursula (M. Davis) 2:01

"Ursula" is just the end of "Back Seat Betty"
3 My Man's Gone Now (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin) 15:44
4 Aida (M. Davis) 12:12

Second set
5 Fat Time (M. Davis) 12:59
6 Jean Pierre (M. Davis) 11:34

Edited to 4:03 on CSCS 5131/2, etc.


1 Back Seat Betty
CD: Sony SRCS 6513/4, Sony SICJ 30103/4, Jazz Door JD 12101

2 Ursula
CD: Sony SRCS 6513/4, Sony SICJ 30103/4, Jazz Door JD 12101, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48), 88697 91482

3 My Man's Gone Now
CD: Sony SRCS 6513/4, Sony SICJ 30103/4, Jazz Door JD 12101

4 Aida
CD: Sony SRCS 6513/4, Sony SICJ 30103/4, Jazz Door JD 12101, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48), 88697 91482

5 Fat Time
CD: Sony SRCS 6513/4, Sony SICJ 30103/4, Jazz Door JD 12101, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48), 88697 91482

6 Jean Pierre
12" LP: Columbia C2 38005, Get on Down GET 51470, Music on Vinyl MOV LP207, CBS/Sony 36AP 2350/1
CD: CBS/Sony CSCS 5131/2, Sony SRCS 9133/4, Sony SRCS 9763/4, Sony SICP 1235/6, Sony SICP 20084/5, Sony SICP 4019/20, Sony SICJ 30105/6, Columbia Legacy 88697 91482, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48)


The tune listed as "Ursula" on Sony SRCS 6513/14 and Gambit 69302 is actually the ending of "Back Seat Betty." The version of "Jean Pierre" on Columbia is missing the first 0:25.

Jazz Door JD 12101 is a copy of Sony SRCS 6513/14, but the location and date are wrongly listed as "Live in USA, 1981"; on Gambit the location and date are listed as "New York, July 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

All original content on this website is licensed by Peter Losin under a Creative Commons License