Live Around the World (Miles Davis album)

Live Around the World
Live album by Miles Davis
Released	May 14, 1996
Recorded	1988–1991
Genre	Jazz fusion, pop
Length	70:48
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Miles Davis (live), Gordon Meltzer (executive)
Miles Davis chronology
The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (1995) Live Around the World (1996) Live at the Fillmore East (2001)
Miles Davis live chronology
Miles! Miles! Miles! (1981) Live Around the World (1988) Miles in Paris (1989)

Live Around the World is a live album released in 1996 by American jazz musician Miles Davis. The single CD contains live recordings from 1988 to 1991. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Down Beat	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Village Voice	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow said "no Miles Davis collection is complete without this important set." ^[1] Down Beat magazine's Jon Andrews said his "once-controversial" pop covers benefited from "expansions and improvisations". ^[2] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic, deeming it a "dud". ^[4]

Track listing

1. "In a Silent Way" (Joe Zawinul) – 1:49
2. "Intruder" (Miles Davis) – 4:52
3. "New Blues" (Davis) – 5:35
4. "Human Nature" (Porcaro, Bettis) – 12:48
5. "Mr. Pastorius" (Marcus Miller) – 3:32
6. "Amandla" (Miller) – 5:52
7. "Wrinkle" (Davis) – 7:17
8. "Tutu" (Miller) – 8:53
9. "Full Nelson" (Miller) – 2:48
10. "Time After Time" (Rob Hyman, Cyndi Lauper) – 9:56
11. "Hannibal" (Miller) – 7:22

Personnel

Musicians

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Foley – lead bass
• Deron Johnson – keyboards on track (11)
• Benny Rietveld – bass on tracks (1–6,9,10)
• Richard Patterson – bass on tracks (7,8,11)
• Marilyn Mazur – percussion on tracks (1–4, 9)
• Erin Davis – electronic percussion (7,8)
• Ricky Wellman – drums
• Munyungo Jackson – percussion on tracks (5,6,10)
• Rick Margitza – tenor sax on track (6)
• Kei Akagi – keyboards on tracks (5,6,7,8,10)
• John Beasley – keyboards on track (5)
• Joey DeFrancesco – keyboards on tracks (1,2,4)
• Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone on tracks (1–5,7,9,11), flute on tracks (8, 10)
• Adam Holzman – keyboards on tracks (1,2,3,4,6,9,10)
• Robert Irving III – keyboards on tracks (3,9)

Production

• Dan Gellert – analog transfer, editing
• Dany Gignoux – booklet, inlay design, photography
• Scott Hull – digital editing, mastering
• Don Kurek – engineer, mixing
• Gordon Meltzer – booklet design, CD art adaptation, compilation producer, cover photo, executive producer, liner notes
• Patrick Murray – engineer, mixing
• Stuart Nicholson – liner notes
• Tom Recchion – art direction, design
• Stine Schyberg – art direction, design
• Jeff Sedlik – photography

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Top Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [6]	4

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [7]	Gold	10,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Live Around the World – Miles Davis | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. Andrews, Jon (August 1996). Down Beat : 54.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Miles Davis". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0857125958.
4. Christgau, Robert (January 1997). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved June 28, 2016.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 353. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
6. "Live Around the World - Miles Davis | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
7. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Miles Davis; 'Live Around the World')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

External links

• Live Around the World at Discogs (list of releases)