Session details: Yomiuri-Land Open Theatre East (May 29, 1983)

Miles Ahead session details

May 29, 1983 (7 items; TT = 63:03)

Yomiuri-Land Open Theatre East, Tokyo (Japan)

Unknown radio broadcast (unkn)

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

1	Come Get It (M. Davis)	5:19
	Evans out. Issued as "Rush a Bit" on Four Beat Sounds
2	Star People [New Blues] (M. Davis)	12:27
	Issued as "Blues for a Satan" on Four Beat Sounds
3	Speak (M. Davis)	8:31
	Issued as "Econmania (Speak)" on Four Beat Sounds
4	It Gets Better (M. Davis)	6:09
	Issued as "Blues for Assics Merchants (It Gets Better)" on Four Beat Sounds
5	Hopscotch (M. Miller)	8:19
	Issued as "Guitar, Guitar" on Four Beat Sounds
6	Star on Cicely (M. Davis)	10:08
7	Jean Pierre (M. Davis)	12:10


1 Come Get It 12" LP: The Sleeping Pig TSLP52841~4 CD: Four Beat Sounds FBMD 830258/9, Legendary Collections Series MD 0529
2 Star People 12" LP: The Sleeping Pig TSLP52841~4 CD: Four Beat Sounds FBMD 830258/9, Legendary Collections Series MD 0529
3 Speak 12" LP: The Sleeping Pig TSLP52841~4 CD: Four Beat Sounds FBMD 830258/9, Legendary Collections Series MD 0529
4 It Gets Better 12" LP: The Sleeping Pig TSLP52841~4 CD: Four Beat Sounds FBMD 830258/9, Legendary Collections Series MD 0529
5 Hopscotch 12" LP: The Sleeping Pig TSLP52841~4 CD: Four Beat Sounds FBMD 830258/9, Legendary Collections Series MD 0529
6 Star on Cicely 12" LP: The Sleeping Pig TSLP52841~4 CD: Four Beat Sounds FBMD 830258/9, Legendary Collections Series MD 0529
7 Jean Pierre 12" LP: The Sleeping Pig TSLP52841~4 CD: Four Beat Sounds FBMD 830258/9, Legendary Collections Series MD 0529

Fukuoka FM announced the titles as: "Lush a Bit"; "Blues For Saturn"; "Echo Mania"; "Blues for Six Merchants"; "Guitar Guitar"; "Star on Cicely"; and "Jean Pierre."

The titles are listed on the CD as "A Classic"; "Favorite"; "Other Blues"; "The Neddle"; "Medleys" (FBMD 830528), and "Another Blues"; "From Berlin."

The third title on FBMD 830529 "Gone, Gone, Gone" is with a Gil Evans orchestra from a concert in Tokyo, May 28 or 29, 1983. Davis does not participate, and "Gone, Gone, Gone" is listed as "In August."

Legendary Collection MD 0529 wrongly lists the date as May 19, 1983.

Davis embarked on a short tour of Japan in Mid-May:

May 18: Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo
May 20: Miyagi Kenmin-Kaikan, Sendai
May 22: Mitsui Greenland Open Theatre, Kumamoto
May 24: Nagoya-shi Kokaido, Nagoya
May 25 and 26: Festival Hall, Osaka
May 28 and 29: Yomiuri-Land Open Theatre East, Tokyo