• Incredible performance from Tokyo
• Includes the entire NHK radio broadcast
• Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality
• Background liners
Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana, live from Den-en Coliseum, Tokyo 26th July 1981
Live Under the Sky was an annual multi-day summer jazz festival held in Tokyo's 10,000-capacity Denen Hall, featuring the cream of local and international talent.
The climax of 1981's festival, broadcast by NHK radio was a jointly headlined set by Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana, together with a band including Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.
A joyous blend of jazz and Latin-tinged funk, it's presented in full here together with background notes and images.
TRACKS
Disc One
1. Watermelon Man- Evil Ways - Watermelon Man
2. 'Round Midnight
3. Parade
4. Unknown
5. A Quick Sketch
6. Love Theme From Spartacus
Disc Two
1. Unknown
2.Unknown
3. Europa
4. Saturday Night
Herbie Hancock - Grand Piano, Keyboards
Carlos Santana - Electric Guitar
Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet
Ron Carter - Double Bass
Tony Williams - Drums
Armando Peraza - Percussion
Raoul Rekow - Percussion