{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Tokyo Debut | type = Live album | artist = [[Art Pepper]] | cover = Tokyo Debut.jpg | alt = | released = 1995 | recorded = April 5, 1977 | venue = [[Mielparque Tokyo|Yūbin Chokin Hall]], Tokyo | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 66:25 | label = [[Galaxy Records|Galaxy]]<br><small>GCD-4201-2</small> | producer = Yasumasa Okamoto | chronology = [[Art Pepper]] | prev_title = [[A Night in Tunisia (Art Pepper album)|A Night in Tunisia]] | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = [[No Limit (Art Pepper album)|No Limit]] | next_year = 1977 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = ''First Live in Japan'' cover | type = [[Live album]] | cover = First Live in Japan.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} '''''Tokyo Debut''''' is a live album by saxophonist [[Art Pepper]] recorded in Japan in 1977 by [[TBS Radio]] and originally released on the Japanese [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] label in 1990 as ''First Live in Japan'' before being rereleased on the [[Galaxy Records|Galaxy]] label in 1995.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-pepper/catalog/#polydor-j00j-20390 Art Pepper catalog] accessed October 31, 2016</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1143}}</ref> }} The [[AllMusic]] review by Scott Yanow noted "The unexpected enthusiasm of the crowd really got to Pepper and his improvisations (even though he is not playing with his regular group) are quite inspired. Memorable music".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000173532 |title=''Tokyo Debut'' – Review |accessdate=October 31, 2016}}</ref>
== Track listing == All compositions by Art Pepper except where noted. # ''Introduction'' - 2:23 # "[[Cherokee (Ray Noble song)|Cherokee]]" ([[Ray Noble]]) - 12:03 # "The Spirit Is Here" - 8:58 # "[[Here's That Rainy Day]]" ([[Jimmy Van Heusen]], [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]) - 6:47 # "Straight Life" - 6:27 # "[[Manteca (song)|Manteca]]" ([[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Chano Pozo]], [[Gil Fuller]]) - 12:59 # "[[Manhã de Carnaval]]" ([[Luiz Bonfá]], [[Antônio Maria]]) - 7:49 # "Samba de Orpheus" ([[Luiz Bonfa]]) mistitled as Felicidade on CD and incomplete - 3:00
== Personnel == *[[Art Pepper]] - [[alto saxophone]] *[[Clare Fischer]] - [[electric piano]] *Rob Fisher - [[double bass|bass]] *Peter Riso - [[drum kit|drums]] *[[Poncho Sanchez]] - [[percussion]] - except tracks 3,4 and most of track 2 *[[Cal Tjader]] - [[vibraphone]] (tracks 6–8) *Bob Redfield - [[guitar]] (tracks 6–8)
== References == {{reflist}}
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[[Category:Art Pepper live albums]] [[Category:1995 live albums]] [[Category:Galaxy Records live albums]]