''Live Around the World'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

released in 1996 by American

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musician

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

. The single CD contains live recordings from 1988 to 1991. The album peaked at No. 4 on the ''

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'' Top Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

Writing for

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said "no Miles Davis collection is complete without this important set." ''

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'' magazine's Jon Andrews said his "once-controversial" pop covers benefited from "expansions and improvisations". ''

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'' critic

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was less enthusiastic, deeming it a "dud".

Track listing

# "In a Silent Way" (

Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...

) – 1:49 # "Intruder" (

) – 4:52 # "New Blues" (Davis) – 5:35 # "

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" (Porcaro, Bettis) – 12:48 # "Mr. Pastorius" (

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and David Sa ...

) – 3:32 # "Amandla" (Miller) – 5:52 # "Wrinkle" (Davis) – 7:17 # "Tutu" (Miller) – 8:53 # "Full Nelson" (Miller) – 2:48 # " Time After Time" (

Rob Hyman Robert Andrew Hyman (born April 24, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard and accordion player, producer, and arranger, best known for being a founding member of the rock band the Hooters. Early life Hyman started taking piano lesso ...

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) – 9:56 # "Hannibal" (Miller) – 7:22

Personnel

Musicians *

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

* 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 Erin Davis is the author of the book ''Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss and Reclaiming Joy'' (HarperCollins, 2019) and a former media figure in Toronto, Ontario. A 2020 inductee into the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame, she was the longtime host ...

– electronic percussion (7,8) * Ricky Wellman – drums * Munyungo Jackson – percussion on tracks (5,6,10) * Rick Margitza –

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

on track (6) *

Kei Akagi is a Japanese American jazz pianist. In particular, he is known for his work with the Airto Moreira/ Flora Purim group and in Miles Davis's band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Japan, but lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for part of h ...

– keyboards on tracks (5,6,7,8,10) * John Beasley – keyboards on track (5) *

Joey DeFrancesco Joey DeFrancesco (April 10, 1971August 25, 2022) was an American jazz organist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and occasional singer. He released more than 30 albums under his own name, and recorded extensively as a sideman with such leading jazz perfo ...

– keyboards on tracks (1,2,4) *

Kenny Garrett Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. Garrett's primary instruments are ...

– 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 Robert Irving III (born October 27, 1953) is an American pianist, composer, arranger and music educator. A native of Chicago, Irving was one of a group of young Chicago musicians that, in the late '70s and early '80s, formed the nucleus of Mile ...

– 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

Certifications and sales

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Live Around The World Miles Davis live albums 1996 live albums Warner Records live albums