Miles Davis- May 18, 1983 Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo [REMASTERED audio]

May 18, 1983 Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall, Sapporo, Japan MILES DAVIS Miles Davis- trumpet, synthesizer Bill Evans- tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, electric piano Mike Stern- guitar John Scofield- guitar Tom Barney- bass guitar Al Foster- drums Mino Cinelu- percussion band warming up 0:00 Come Get It 0:37 Star People [New Blues] 6:45 Speak [Street Scenes] 21:11 It Gets Better 30:26 Hopscotch 43:13 U ’n’ I 50:48 Star On Cicely 1:02:28 Jean Pierre 1:09:20 All compositions by Miles Davis. An exciting show from the _Star People_ line up of the Davis band. Miles was now two years into his return to the stage and Evans, Stern, Foster and Cinelu still remain from the comeback live band. However, Miles was having problems with Stern, then still battling alcohol and drug addiction, and by late 1982 had brought in a second guitarist, John Scofield, who, at 31, had an impressive string of credits- Chet Baker & Gerry Mulliga