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Live in Tokyo (Charles McPherson album)

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Released
  
1976

Artist
  
Charles McPherson

Producer
  
Don Schlitten

Genre
  
Jazz

Live in Tokyo (1976)
  
New Horizons (1977)

Release date
  
1976

Label
  
Xanadu Records

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Recorded
  
April 14, 1976 Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Similar
  
Changes & Things, Bebop Revisited!, Home Is Where the Soul Is, Silver Blue, New Horizons

Live in Tokyo is a live album by saxophonist Charles McPherson which was recorded in Japan in 1976 and released on the Xanadu label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars stating "McPherson is in top form".

Track listing

All compositions by Charles McPherson except as indicated

  1. "Tokyo Blue" - 7:14
  2. "East of the Sun" (Brooks Bowman) - 5:32
  3. "Desafinado" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) - 8:32
  4. "Orient Express" - 9:13
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) - 6:18
  6. "Bouncing with Bud" (Bud Powell) - 6:34

Personnel

  • Charles McPherson - alto saxophone
  • Barry Harris - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass, cello
  • Leroy Williams - drums

    • Songs

    1Tokyo Blue7:14
    2East Of The Sun5:32
    3Desafinado8:32

    References

    Live in Tokyo (Charles McPherson album) Wikipedia
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