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January 30, 1975 (7 items; TT = 101:09)
City Hall, Kokura (Japan)
Audience recording (B)

Miles Davis (tpt, org); Sonny Fortune (ss, as, fl); Pete Cosey (g, perc, EMS Synthi); Reggie Lucas (g); Michael Henderson (el-b); Al Foster (d); James Mtume Forman (cga, perc)

First set
1 Funk [Prelude, part 1] (M. Davis) 15:52
2 Ife (M. Davis) 15:54

Henderson and Lucas play the "Billy Preston" vamp beginning at 12:55
3 Maiysha (with applause) (M. Davis) 13:36

Second set
4 Right Off (M. Davis) 14:21
5 For Dave [Mr. Foster] (M. Davis) 11:25
6 Mtume (M. Davis) 12:36
7 Agharta Prelude (with applause) (M. Davis) 17:25

Applause at 7:50 as Davis leaves the stage


The date and location is uncertain. The Davis Septet toured Japan from January 22-February 8. This music circulates as from Kokura, February 3; but the itinerary has Davis at City Hall in Kokura on January 30 and at the Sunpu Hall in Shizuoka City on February 3:

January 22 (Wed): Tokyo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (7:00 pm)
January 23 (Thu): Tokyo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (7:00 pm)
January 24 (Fri): Nagoya Shiminkaikan (Nagoya civic auditorium) (6:30 pm)
January 25 (sat): Kyoto Kaikan Hall (No. 1) (6:30 pm)
January 27 (Mon): Sapporo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (6:30 pm)
January 30 (Thu): Kokura Shiminkaikan (City Hall) (6:30 pm)
February 1 (Sat): Osaka Festival Hall (two concerts, 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm)
February 2 (Sun): Osaka Festival Hall (2:00 pm)
February 3 (Mon): Shizuoka City Sunpukaikan (6:30 pm)
February 4 (Tue): Miyagi Kenminkaikan (6:30 pm)
February 7 (Fri): Tokyo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall
February 8 (Sat): Tokyo Koseinenkinkaikan Hall (two concerts, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm)

An erroneous date is easier to account for than a mistaken venue, so I'm guessing this is really from January 30.

According to Bob Belden, several of these concerts were recorded and broadcast on Japanese radio. Despite tantalizing rumors to the contrary, only the February 1 shows in Osaka seem to have been recorded by CBS/Sony; in any case, attempts to locate other recordings from this tour in the Sony vaults have come up empty.

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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