LIVE UNDER THE SKY ‘81
by HERBIE HANCOCK & CARLOS SANTANA
Compact Disc Double
HH2CD3137
1 Watermelon Man > Evil Ways >
Watermelon Man 25.33
1 ‘Round Midnight 7.24
2 Parade 9.54
3 Unknown #1 7.47
1 A Quick Sketch 17.39
2 Love Theme From Spartacus 8.37
3 Unknown #2 (Fade Out) 2.59
1 Unknown #2 (Cont.) 3.24
2 Unknown #3 5.55
3 Europa 9.08
4 Saturday Night 11.28
Incredible performance from Tokyo
· Includes the entire NHK radio broadcast
· First time on vinyl
· Digitally re-mastered 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.
