Miles In Tokyo GONDLP11 and meditative funk with Ra’s

and meditative funk with Ra’s singular spiritual vision — a sound both grounded and otherworldly

like all Memphis Rap titles reissued by Now-Again

his first international release

You can tell he feels that level of praise when speaking about the genesis of the album

including Dizzee Rascal

Miles In Tokyo GONDLP11 and meditative funk with Ra’sMiles in Tokyo is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964, by the Miles Davis Quintet (featuring Sam Rivers, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams) at the Tokyo Ksei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It is the first recording of Davis in Japan and the only album to showcase an early incarnation of his Second Great Quintet featuring Sam Rivers on tenor saxophone, following George Coleman's departure. After this, Wayne Shorter's appointment