{{Short description|1969 live album by Miles Davis}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Miles in Tokyo | type = live | artist = Miles Davis | cover = MilesDavis_MilesInTokyo1960s.jpg | alt = | released = June 6, 1969<ref>[http://www.milesdavis.com/albums/miles-in-tokyo/ Miles Davis.com]</ref> | recorded = July 14, 1964 | venue = Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan<br>Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan | studio = | genre = Jazz<ref name="Allmusic" /> | length = 51:14 (LP)<br>53:59 (CD) | label = CBS/Sony | producer = Kiyoshi Itoh | prev_title = In a Silent Way | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = Bitches Brew | next_year = 1970 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Miles Davis live | type = live | prev_title = Four & More | prev_year = 1964 | title = Miles in Tokyo | year = 1964 | next_title = Miles in Berlin | next_year = 1964 }} {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative Cover | type = Live Album | cover = MilesInTokyo1970s.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = 1970s Reissue }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/miles-in-tokyo-mw0002223441 |title=Miles in Tokyo - Miles Davis &#124; AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow|author-link=Scott Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = ''All About Jazz'' | rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allaboutjazz.com/miles-in-tokyo-miles-davis-sony-bmg-legacy-review-by-germein-linares |title=Miles Davis &#124; Miles in Tokyo |first=Germein |last=Linares |work=allaboutjazz.com |year=2011 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref> }}

'''''Miles in Tokyo''''' is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964,<ref name=losin>{{cite web |url=http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=640714 |title=Miles Ahead Session Details |access-date=2009-01-10 |last=Losin |first=Peter |work=Miles Ahead |publisher=Peter Losin }}</ref> by the Miles Davis Quintet at the Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was released in the United States on CD in 2005 and is the first recording of Davis in Japan. It is the only album<ref name ="allaboutjazz review">{{cite web | url = https://www.allaboutjazz.com/miles-in-tokyo-miles-davis-sony-bmg-legacy-review-by-germein-linares|title =Miles in Tokyo - AllAboutJazz Review}}</ref><ref name ="allmusic review">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/miles-in-tokyo-mw0002223441|title =Miles in Tokyo - AllMusic Review}}</ref> to showcase an early incarnation of his Second Great Quintet featuring Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone, following George Coleman's departure;<ref name="allaboutjazz review"/><ref name="allmusic review"/> after this, Wayne Shorter's appointment completed the classic lineup<ref name="allaboutjazz review"/> that recorded such albums as ''ESP'' and ''Miles Smiles'', through to ''Miles in the Sky''.

== Track listing ==

=== Original release === {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Introduction by Teruo Isono | title2 = If I Were a Bell | length2 = 10:18 | writer2 = Frank Loesser | title3 = My Funny Valentine | length3 = 12:45 | writer3 = {{hlist|Richard Rodgers|Lorenz Hart}} | total_length = 23:03 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = So What | length1 = 7:50 | writer1 = Miles Davis | title2 = Walkin' | length2 = 9:11 | writer2 = Richard Henry Carpenter | title3 = All of You | length3 = 11:10 | writer3 = Cole Porter | title4 = Theme and Announcement | total_length = 28:11 }}

===Reissue CD (COL 519507 2, 2005)=== # "Introduction by Teruo Isono" - 1:10 # "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 10:14 # "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 12:45 # "So What" (Miles Davis) – 8:02 # "Walkin'" (Richard H. Carpenter) – 9:11 # "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 11:18 # "Go-Go (Theme) + closing announcement" (Miles Davis) - (1:19)

== Personnel ==

=== The Miles Davis Quintet === * Miles Davis – trumpet * Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone * Herbie Hancock – piano * Ron Carter – acoustic bass * Tony Williams – drums

=== Production === * Recording Producer - Kiyoshi Itoh * Recording Engineer - Kenichi Handa, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. * Cover Photography - Akiyoshi Miyashita * Album Design - Mituru Yamada, Kiyoshi Itoh

=== 2005 CD Reissue === * Reissue Producer - Michael Cuscuna and Bob Belden * Remastered - Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY. * Project Director - Seth Rothstein * Legacy A&R - Steve Berkowitz * A&R Coordination - Stacey Boyle * Reissue Art Direction - Howard Fritzson * Reissue Design - Randall Martin * Photography - Akiyoshi Miyashita * Packaging Manager - Norm Elrod * Liner Note - Takao Ogawa

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