# Tokyo Debut

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1995 live album by Art Pepper

Tokyo Debut Live album by Art Pepper Released 1995 Recorded April 5, 1977 Venue Yūbin Chokin Hall, Tokyo Genre Jazz Length 66:25 Label Galaxy GCD-4201-2 Producer Yasumasa Okamoto Art Pepper chronology A Night in Tunisia (1977) Tokyo Debut (1995) No Limit (1977) First Live in Japan cover

***Tokyo Debut*** is a live album by saxophonist [Art Pepper](/source/Art_Pepper) recorded in Japan in 1977 by [TBS Radio](/source/TBS_Radio) and originally released on the Japanese [Polydor](/source/Polydor_Records) label in 1990 as *First Live in Japan* before being rereleased on the [Galaxy](/source/Galaxy_Records) label in 1995.[1]

## Reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

The [AllMusic](/source/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".[2]

## Track listing

All compositions by Art Pepper except where noted.

1. *Introduction* - 2:23

1. "[Cherokee](/source/Cherokee_(Ray_Noble_song))" ([Ray Noble](/source/Ray_Noble)) - 12:03

1. "The Spirit Is Here" - 8:58

1. "[Here's That Rainy Day](/source/Here's_That_Rainy_Day)" ([Jimmy Van Heusen](/source/Jimmy_Van_Heusen), [Johnny Burke](/source/Johnny_Burke_(lyricist))) - 6:47

1. "Straight Life" - 6:27

1. "[Manteca](/source/Manteca_(song))" ([Dizzy Gillespie](/source/Dizzy_Gillespie), [Chano Pozo](/source/Chano_Pozo), [Gil Fuller](/source/Gil_Fuller)) - 12:59

1. "[Manhã de Carnaval](/source/Manh%C3%A3_de_Carnaval)" ([Luiz Bonfá](/source/Luiz_Bonf%C3%A1), [Antônio Maria](/source/Ant%C3%B4nio_Maria)) - 7:49

1. "Samba de Orpheus" ([Luiz Bonfa](/source/Luiz_Bonfa)) mistitled as Felicidade on CD and incomplete - 3:00

## Personnel

- [Art Pepper](/source/Art_Pepper) - [alto saxophone](/source/Alto_saxophone)

- [Clare Fischer](/source/Clare_Fischer) - [electric piano](/source/Electric_piano)

- Rob Fisher - [bass](/source/Double_bass)

- Peter Riso - [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

- [Poncho Sanchez](/source/Poncho_Sanchez) - [percussion](/source/Percussion) - except tracks 3,4 and most of track 2

- [Cal Tjader](/source/Cal_Tjader) - [vibraphone](/source/Vibraphone) (tracks 6–8)

- Bob Redfield - [guitar](/source/Guitar) (tracks 6–8)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Art Pepper catalog](http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-pepper/catalog/#polydor-j00j-20390) accessed October 31, 2016

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-1) Yanow, Scott. [*Tokyo Debut* – Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000173532) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved October 31, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_3-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 1143. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0).

v t e Art Pepper Years given are for the recording(s) featuring Art Pepper, not first release. As leader or co-leader Surf Ride (1952–54) Two Altos (with Sonny Red, 1952–57) The Return of Art Pepper (1956) Playboys/Picture of Heath (1956) The Art Pepper Quartet (1956) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956) Modern Art (1956–57) Collections (1957) Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957) Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (1959) Gettin' Together (1960) Intensity (1960) Smack Up (1960) Living Legend (1975) The Trip (1976) A Night in Tunisia (1977) Tokyo Debut (1977) No Limit (1977) Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) More for Les at the Village Vanguard (1977) San Francisco Samba (1977) Among Friends (1978) Art Pepper Today (1978) New York Album (1979) So in Love (1979) Artworks (1979) Landscape (1979) Besame Mucho (1979) Straight Life (1979) One September Afternoon (1980) Winter Moon (1980) APQ (1981) Art 'n' Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1981) Arthur's Blues (1981) Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981) Roadgame (1981) Art Lives (1981) Goin' Home (with George Cables, 1982) Tête-à-Tête (with George Cables, 1982) With Stan Kenton The Kenton Era (1940–54) Stan Kenton's Milestones (1943–47) A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (1947) Stan Kenton Classics (1947) Encores (1947) Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51) This Modern World (1951) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–52) With Shorty Rogers Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Cool and Crazy (1953) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960) With others Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Mucho Calor (Conte Candoli, 1957) Hoagy Sings Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael, 1956) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Mistral (Freddie Hubbard, 1980) Very R.A.R.E. (Elvin Jones, 1979) Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel, 1959) The West Coast Sound (Shelly Manne, 1953) Cool Heat (Anita O'Day, 1959) Film soundtracks The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding, 1977) Heart Beat (Jack Nitzsche, 1980) The Subterraneans (André Previn, 1960)

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