In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall is a double album recorded by American jazz

Jazz

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 musician Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

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It was recorded live at Philharmonic Hall

Avery Fisher Hall

Avery Fisher Hall is a concert hall, in New York City and is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic, with a capacity of 2,738 seats.-History:...

, New York, New York on September 29, 1972, and originally released without track or personnel listings. The two discs have since been given the individual titles Foot Fooler and Slickaphonics.

According to Allmusic editor Steve Huey, "melody isn't the point of this music; it's about power, rhythm, and the sum energy of the collective, and of Davis' electric jazz-rock albums, In Concert does one of the most mind-bending jobs of living up to those ideals". JazzTimes

JazzTimes

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writer Tom Terrell commented that the album "predicts hip hop

Hip hop music

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 ('Rated X's bassline = 'White Lines

White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

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'), Ornette

Ornette Coleman

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's Prime Time ('Black Satin') and Talking Heads

Talking Heads

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 ('Ife')".

Track Listing

Disc 1: "FOOT FOOLER" IN CONCERT, PARTS 1 & 2

Track	Song Title	Length
1.	Rated X	12:16
2.	Honky Tonk	9:18
3.	Theme from Jack Johnson	10:12
4.	Black Satin/The Theme	14:14

Disc 2: "SLICKAPHONICS" IN CONCERT, PARTS 3 & 4:

Track	Song Title	Length
1.	Ife	27:53
2.	Right Off/The Theme	10:30

Performers

Miles Davis

Miles Davis

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 - electric trumpet

Trumpet

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 with wah-wah

Wah-wah pedal

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Carlos Garnett

Carlos Garnett

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 - soprano & tenor saxophone

Saxophone

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Cedric Lawson - electric piano

Electric piano

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, synthesizer

Synthesizer

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Reggie Lucas

Reggie Lucas

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 - electric guitar

Electric guitar

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Khalil Balakrishna - electric sitar

Electric sitar

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Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson

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 - electric bass

Bass guitar

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Al Foster

Al Foster

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 - drums

Drum kit

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Badal Roy

Badal Roy

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 - tabla

Tabla

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s

James Mtume

James Mtume

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 - percussion

Percussion instrument

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