''Miles! Miles! Miles!: Live in Japan '81'' is an album by

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

, released exclusively in Japan in 1993. It contains recordings from the October 4, 1981 concert in

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, some of which had appeared on '' We Want Miles'', including the original version of the track "Jean-Pierre", elsewhere edited by producer Teo Macero to remove the first twenty-five seconds of introduction, consisting primarily of a guitar riff and

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Track listing

Sony Music Japan – SRCS 6513-4

Personnel

Musicians * Miles Davis – trumpet, Keyboard * Bill Evans – soprano saxophone * Mike Stern – electric guitar * Marcus Miller – electric bass * Al Foster – drums * Mino Cinelu – percussion Production * Motoaki Uehara – coordinator * Tomoo Suzuki – engineer (mixing) * Kazumi Sugiura – engineer (mastering) * Hideki Sawa – art direction * Katuji Abe – photography * Shigeru Uchiyama – photography

References

Miles Davis live albums 1981 live albums {{1980s-jazz-album-stub