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Miles Ahead session details

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June 30, 1973 (5 items; TT = 46:47)
Festival Hall, Osaka (Japan)
Audience recording (C)

Miles Davis (tpt, org); Dave Liebman (ss, ts, fl); Pete Cosey (g, perc); Reggie Lucas (g); Michael Henderson (el-b); Al Foster (d); James Mtume Forman (cga, perc)

First set
1 Band warming up 0:40
2 Turnaroundphrase (M. Davis) 23:08
3 Tune in 5 (M. Davis) 9:30

Cga/tpt only from 3:35
4 Zimbabwe (with applause) (M. Davis) 11:44

Cga solo from 9:05

Second set
5 Ife (incomplete) (M. Davis) 1:45


1 Band warming up
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2 Turnaroundphrase
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3 Tune in 5
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4 Zimbabwe (with applause)
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5 Ife (incomplete)
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There were two concerts on this date, and I'm not sure which one this is from. Presumably the second set (beginning with "Ife") was a standard 45-50 minute performance, but so far this is all that has surfaced.

Lonnie Smith, Khalil Balakrishna, and Badal Roy left in May, and Davis took over the keyboard duties himself. The new Davis Septet embarked on a tour of Japan in June, and Europe in July. The itinerary for the Japanese tour was as follows:

June 16 (Sat): Sapporo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (6:30 pm)
June 19 (Tue): Tokyo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (7:00 pm)
June 20 (Wed): Tokyo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (7:00 pm)
June 22 (Fri): Tokyo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (7:00 pm)
June 23 (Sat): Nagoya Shiminkaikan (Nagoya civic auditorium) (6:30 pm)
June 25 (Mon): Kyoto Hall (6:30 pm)
June 28 (Thu): Fukuoka Shiminkaikan (Fukuoka civic auditorium) (6:30 pm)
June 29 (Fri): Hiroshima Yubin-Chokin Hall (6:30 pm)
June 30 (Sat): Osaka Festival Hall (two shows, 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm)
July 1 (Sun): Kanazawa City Kankokaikan Hall (6:30 pm
July 3 (Tue): Niigata Kenminkaikann (6:30 pm)

Thanks to Eric Jooris for providing me with a copy of the concert program, and to Tom Yamaguchi for translating the schedule for me.

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