Agharta is an album recorded by jazz trumpeter
Miles DavisMiles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
in 1975. Both
Agharta and
PangaeaPangaea is a double album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1975. Both Pangaea and Agharta were recorded on the same day in Osaka, Japan...
were recorded on the same day in
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The
Agharta concert took place during an afternoon
matineeMatinée may refer to:* A performance of a play that takes place in the afternoon rather than the evening*"The Dark of the Matinée", a single by Franz Ferdinand*Matinée , by Jack Peñate*Matinee...
, while
Pangaea was recorded in the evening.
Disc One
- "Prelude (Part One)" – 26:01
- "Prelude (Part Two)" – 6:33
- "Maiysha" – 12:20
Disc Two
- "Interlude" – 26:50
- "Theme from Jack Johnson
A Tribute to Jack Johnson is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released February 24, 1971 on Columbia Records. It was recorded as the soundtrack for a documentary by Bill Cayton about the heavyweight world champion boxer Jack Johnson....
" – 25:16
All compositions by
Miles DavisMiles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
.
- Miles Davis
Miles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
– electric trumpet with Wah Wah, organ
- Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune is an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He also plays soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet.-Biography:...
– soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
- Pete Cosey
Pete Cosey is an African-American guitarist most famous for playing with Miles Davis' band between 1973 and 1975. His fiercely flanged and distorted guitar bore comparisons to Jimi Hendrix...
– electric guitar, Synthesizer, percussion
- Reggie Lucas
Reginald Lucas, is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album....
– electric guitar
- Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, moved to Detroit in his early teenage years to peruse music. is a bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, providing a deep funky groove to early fusion albums such as A Tribute to Jack Johnson,...
– electric bass
- Al Foster
Al Foster is an American jazz drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis's large funk fusion group in the 70s, was one of the few people to have contact with Miles during his retirement, and was also part of his in the 80s...
– drums
- Mtume
James Mtume is a jazz and R&B musician and a radio personality. Mtume's group is perhaps best known for their 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit". The song was sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. in his song "Juicy"...
– conga, percussion, water drum, rhythm box
- About sixteen minutes into "Interlude", the band briefly play a psychedelic version of the theme from "So What", a track from Davis's Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959 on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959. Production was handled entirely by...
(1959).
- The Japanese CD pressing indexes both "Prelude"s into one track, and the entire second disc is also indexed as one 60-minute track.
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Agharta is an album recorded by jazz trumpeter
Miles DavisMiles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
in 1975. Both
Agharta and
PangaeaPangaea is a double album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1975. Both Pangaea and Agharta were recorded on the same day in Osaka, Japan...
were recorded on the same day in
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The
Agharta concert took place during an afternoon
matineeMatinée may refer to:* A performance of a play that takes place in the afternoon rather than the evening*"The Dark of the Matinée", a single by Franz Ferdinand*Matinée , by Jack Peñate*Matinee...
, while
Pangaea was recorded in the evening.
Track listing
Disc One
- "Prelude (Part One)" – 26:01
- "Prelude (Part Two)" – 6:33
- "Maiysha" – 12:20
Disc Two
- "Interlude" – 26:50
- "Theme from Jack Johnson
A Tribute to Jack Johnson is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released February 24, 1971 on Columbia Records. It was recorded as the soundtrack for a documentary by Bill Cayton about the heavyweight world champion boxer Jack Johnson....
" – 25:16
All compositions by
Miles DavisMiles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
.
Personnel
- Miles Davis
Miles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
– electric trumpet with Wah Wah, organ
- Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune is an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He also plays soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet.-Biography:...
– soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
- Pete Cosey
Pete Cosey is an African-American guitarist most famous for playing with Miles Davis' band between 1973 and 1975. His fiercely flanged and distorted guitar bore comparisons to Jimi Hendrix...
– electric guitar, Synthesizer, percussion
- Reggie Lucas
Reginald Lucas, is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album....
– electric guitar
- Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, moved to Detroit in his early teenage years to peruse music. is a bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, providing a deep funky groove to early fusion albums such as A Tribute to Jack Johnson,...
– electric bass
- Al Foster
Al Foster is an American jazz drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis's large funk fusion group in the 70s, was one of the few people to have contact with Miles during his retirement, and was also part of his in the 80s...
– drums
- Mtume
James Mtume is a jazz and R&B musician and a radio personality. Mtume's group is perhaps best known for their 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit". The song was sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. in his song "Juicy"...
– conga, percussion, water drum, rhythm box
Miscellanea
- About sixteen minutes into "Interlude", the band briefly play a psychedelic version of the theme from "So What", a track from Davis's Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959 on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959. Production was handled entirely by...
(1959).
- The Japanese CD pressing indexes both "Prelude"s into one track, and the entire second disc is also indexed as one 60-minute track. http://www.discogs.com/release/1046026