Live Around the World (Miles Davis album)

Live Around the World is a live album by American jazz musician Miles Davis. The single CD contains live recordings from 1988 to 1991. The album peaked #4 in the Billboard Top Jazz Album chart.

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, March 7, 1970: It's About that Time (2001)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Down Beat	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Village Voice	[4]

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

• 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 credits

• 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

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1996	U.S. Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)	4[5]

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[6]	Gold	10,000[7]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^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.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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. "Live Around the World - Miles Davis | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
6. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Miles Davis; 'Live Around the World')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
7. "Gold/Platin For Jazz". BVMI. Retrieved June 15, 2020.

External links

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