V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky

1979 live album by The V.S.O.P. Quintet

Live Under the Sky

Live album by

The V.S.O.P. Quintet

Released| 1979 (in Japan),
2004 (rest of World)
Recorded| July 26–27, 1979
Venue| Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
Genre| Jazz
Label| CBS/Sony, Columbia
Producer| David Rubinson
The V.S.O.P. Quintet chronology
| Tempest in the Colosseum
(1977)  | Live Under the Sky
(1979)  | Live Under the Sky, No. 2
(2002)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
All About Jazz| (not rated)[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]
Tom Hull| B+[4]

V.S.O.P : Live Under the Sky is a 1979 live album by the V.S.O.P. Quintet, a record of a performance at the 1979 Live Under the Sky Festival as it was performed live in Japan over two days. The first day, which took place during a furious rainstorm, was broadcast live on national television. The original release featured the first day, while the 2004 re-master/re-release (fully for the first time in the United States) also featured the second concert. This, the fourth VSOP release, once again featured pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, drummer Tony Williams, bassist Ron Carter and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.

## Background

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The songs in this concert feature a song from Hancock's usual set of "Eye of The Hurricane" and also an original for the concert "Domo", Carter's contributions of "Tear Drop" and "Fragile", Williams' "Para Oriente" and "Pee Wee" and Hubbard's "One of Another Kind". Shorter and Hancock came out during the second concert, for an encore performance of classic jazz standards "Stella by Starlight" and "On Green Dolphin Street". The band, already exhausted after the second concert did not want to come out for an encore, so Hancock and Shorter came out by themselves and played.

## Notes

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"Stella by Starlight" and "On Green Dolphin Street" appears as one continuous song on the Herbie Hancock Box set released in 2002, which became the first time that any song from the concert was released publicly in North America. The album was released for the first time in the United States in 2004.

## Track listing

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Disc 1 \- July 26, 1979

1. "Opening" - 0:46
2. "Eye of the Hurricane" (Hancock) - 7:48
3. "Tear Drop" (Carter) - 10:34
4. "Domo" (Hancock) - 12:35
5. "Para Oriente" (Williams) - 7:28
6. "Pee Wee" (Williams) - 8:12
7. "One of Another Kind" (Hubbard) - 20:48
8. "Fragile" (Carter) - 9:40

Disc 2 \- July 27, 1979

1. "Opening" - 0:23
2. "Eye of the Hurricane" (Hancock) - 11:25
3. "Tear Drop" (Carter) - 9:13
4. "Domo" (Hancock) - 11:41
5. "Para Oriente" (Williams) - 6:51
6. "Pee Wee" (Williams) - 6:27
7. "One of Another Kind" (Hubbard) - 14:45
8. "Fragile" (Carter) - 8:32
9. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:45
10. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) - 2:17

## Personnel

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Musicians

* Herbie Hancock – piano
* Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
* Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
* Ron Carter – double bass
* Tony Williams – drums

Production

* David Rubinson – producer, engineer (mixing)
* Tomoo Suzuki – engineer (recording)
* Brian Bell – engineer (live mixing)
* Kaoru Hirono – engineer (duplication)
* Ken Ohshiro – assistant engineer
* Mikio Takamatsu – assistant engineer
* S.C.I. Yamaguchi Group – assistant engineer
* Hirosaki Kanai – executive production coordinator
* Atsuya Sano – production coordinator
* Keiichi Nakamura – production coordinator
* Namihiko Sasaki – production coordinator
* Yasohachi Itoh – production coordinator
* Akio Nimbari – art direction, design
* Junichi Nakamura – design
* Rumi Tanaka – artwork
* Tadayuki Naitoh – photography
* Shoichi Yui [ja] – liner notes

## References

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1. ^ Yanow, S. (2011). "Live Under the Sky - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
2. ^ Santella, Jim (2011). "Herbie Hancock & V.S.O.P. | Live Under The Sky". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

* v
* t
* e

Herbie Hancock

Discography (As a sideman or guest artist)

Studio albums|

* Takin' Off
* My Point of View
* Inventions & Dimensions
* Empyrean Isles
* Maiden Voyage
* Speak Like a Child
* The Prisoner
* Fat Albert Rotunda
* Mwandishi
* Crossings
* Sextant
* Head Hunters
* Dedication
* Thrust
* Man-Child
* Secrets
* Third Plane
* Herbie Hancock Trio
* Sunlight
* Directstep
* The Piano
* Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
* Monster
* Mr. Hands
* Magic Windows
* Herbie Hancock Trio
* Lite Me Up
* Quartet
* Future Shock
* Sound-System
* Village Life
* Perfect Machine
* A Tribute to Miles
* Dis Is da Drum
* The New Standard
* 1+1
* Gershwin's World
* Future 2 Future
* Possibilities
* River: The Joni Letters
* The Imagine Project

Live albums|

* Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz
* Flood
* V.S.O.P.
* The Quintet (V.S.O.P.)
* Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.)
* An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert
* CoreaHancock
* V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.)
* Jazz Africa
* Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
* Live: Detroit/Chicago

with Bob Brookmeyer|

* Bob Brookmeyer and Friends

with Donald Byrd
and Pepper Adams|

* Out of This World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet)
* Chant
* Royal Flush
* Free Form
* A New Perspective

with Miles Davis|

* Seven Steps to Heaven
* My Funny Valentine
* Four & More
* E.S.P.
* Miles Smiles
* Sorcerer
* Nefertiti
* Miles in the Sky
* Water Babies
* Filles de Kilimanjaro
* In a Silent Way
* Jack Johnson
* On the Corner
* Big Fun
* Get Up with It

with Jack DeJohnette
and Pat Metheny|

* Parallel Realities

with Joe Farrell|

* Moon Germs
* Penny Arcade
* Upon This Rock
* Night Dancing

with Freddie Hubbard|

* Hub-Tones
* Straight Life
* Red Clay

with Joe Zawinul|

Zawinul

Compilations|

* Treasure Chest (Herbie Hancock album)
* The Best of Herbie Hancock
* Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
* The Essential Herbie Hancock

Compositions|

* "Watermelon Man"
* "Cantaloupe Island"
* "Maiden Voyage"
* "Chameleon"
* "Rockit"

Soundtracks|

* Blow-Up
* Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
* The Spook Who Sat by the Door
* Death Wish
* A Soldier's Story
* Round Midnight
* Action Jackson

* v
* t
* e

Freddie Hubbard

Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* Open Sesame (1960)
* Goin' Up (1960)
* Hub Cap (1961)
* Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961)
* Ready for Freddie (1961)
* The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
* Hub-Tones (1962)
* Here to Stay (1962)
* The Body & the Soul (1963)
* Breaking Point! (1964)
* Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965)
* The Night of the Cookers (1965)
* Blue Spirits (1965–66)
* Backlash (1966)
* High Blues Pressure (1967)
* A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
* The Black Angel (1969)
* The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
* Red Clay (1970)
* Straight Life (1970)
* Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
* First Light (1971)
* Polar AC (1971–73)
* Sky Dive (1972)
* Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
* Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
* In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974)
* High Energy (1974)
* Gleam (1975)
* Liquid Love (1975)
* Windjammer (1976)
* Bundle of Joy (1977)
* Super Blue (1978)
* The Love Connection (1979)
* Skagly (1979)
* Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
* The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980)
* The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
* Born to Be Blue (1981)
* Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
* Outpost (1981)
* Rollin' (1981)
* Splash (1981)
* Above & Beyond (1982)
* Back to Birdland (1982)
* Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
* Ride Like the Wind (1982)
* The Rose Tattoo (1983)
* Sweet Return (1983)
* Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985)
* Life Flight (1987)
* The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
* Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988)
* Times Are Changing (1989)
* Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
* Bolivia (1990–91)
* At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
* Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
* Blues for Miles (1992)
* MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
* New Colors (2000)
* On the Real Side (2007)

With Art
Blakey/The
Jazz
Messengers|

* Mosaic (1961)
* Buhaina's Delight (1961)
* Blues March (1961)
* Three Blind Mice (1961)
* Caravan (1962)
* Ugetsu (1963)
* Kyoto (1964)
* Free for All (1964)
* Golden Boy (1965)
* Soul Finger (1965)

With
Dexter
Gordon|

* Doin' Allright (1961)
* Clubhouse (1965)
* Generation (1973)
* The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)

With
Herbie
Hancock|

* Takin' Off (1962)
* Empyrean Isles (1964)
* Maiden Voyage (1965)
* Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966)
* V.S.O.P. (1977)
* V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)
* V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977)
* V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977)
* Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)

With
Bobby
Hutcherson|

* Dialogue (1965)
* Components (1965)
* Knucklebean (1977)
* Highway One (1978)

With
Quincy
Jones|

* I Dig Dancers (1960)
* The Quintessence (1962)
* Golden Boy (1964)
* I/We Had a Ball (1964–65)
* Walking in Space (1969)
* Gula Matari (1970)

With
Wayne
Shorter|

* Wayning Moments (1961)
* Speak No Evil (1964)
* The Soothsayer (1965)
* The All Seeing Eye (1965)

With
others|

* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969)
* Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960)
* True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
* God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971)
* Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979)
* Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
* Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960)
* Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961)
* Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
* Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
* Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
* Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960)
* Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
* Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
* Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973)
* Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
* Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962)
* Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979)
* Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
* Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
* Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
* Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961)
* Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
* Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
* Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960)
* Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
* The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
* Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
* Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996)
* Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965)
* Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
* Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972)
* Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
* 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978)
* Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988)
* J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
* Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982)
* Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62)
* Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979)
* Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963)
* Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961)
* MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994)
* Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958)
* Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960)
* The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961)
* Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966)
* The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
* Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965)
* Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965)
* East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
* Numbers (Rufus, 1978)
* Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
* Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973)
* Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970)
* Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978)
* Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
* Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980)
* Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
* Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

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