''Live in Tokyo'' is the third release, and first

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Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian virtuoso keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer and vocali ...

. Originally released by

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in Japan only, it was not released in the US until a 2014 CD reissue by

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. Recording took place on January 13, 1972, one of five sold-out concerts played in Japan during that January. '' I Sing the Body Electric'' (1972) contained several tracks that were edited for the studio album, but can be heard as they were performed, in their entirety, on this live album.

Track listing

#Medley: "Vertical Invader" (

Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...

) / "Seventh Arrow" (

Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš (born 6 December 1947) is a Czech jazz bassist. Biography Born in Prague, Vitouš began the violin at age six, switching to piano after about three years, and then to bass at age fourteen. As a young man in Europe, ...

) / "T.H." (Vitouš) / "Doctor Honoris Causa" (Zawinul) – 26:14 #Medley: "Surucucú" (

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davi ...

) / "Lost" (Shorter) / "Early Minor" (Zawinul) / "Directions" (Zawinul) – 19:19 #"Orange Lady" (Zawinul) – 18:14 #Medley: "Eurydice" / "The Moors" (Shorter) – 13:49 #Medley: "Tears" (Shorter) / "Umbrellas" (Shorter, Zawinul) – 10:54

Personnel

Musicians *

Josef Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...

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and acoustic

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and

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

s *

– bass *

Eric Gravatt Eric Kamau Grávátt (born March 6, 1947) is a jazz drummer from Philadelphia. He has played with McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Weather Report, Byard Lancaster, Dom Um Romão. He was a member of Weather Report from 1972–1974. Discography Wit ...

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Dom Um Romão Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005) was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão also recorded with varied notable artists such as Cannonball Adderley, ...

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Production * Kiyoshi Itoh – producer * Susumu Satoh –

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– design * Yoshio Nakanishi – design *

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– photography

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