STEPS
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ 1980
STEPS: SMOKIN' IN THE PIT
BETTER DAYS, YB-7010/11(LP)
(P)(C)1981 NIPPON COLUMBIA CO, INC., JAPAN
RECORDED: DECEMBER 14,16, 1980
RELEASED: MARCH 1981, JAPAN
RE-ISSUED: NIPPON COLUMBIA, 45CY-2865/66(CD)
RELEASED: 1988, JAPAN

CREDITS (productions) :
Produced by Mike Mainieri for Nippon Columbia
Recorded live at Roppongi Pit Inn, Tokyo, December 14 and 16, 1980
CREDITS (musicians) :
Mike Mainieri: vibes
Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone
Don Grolnick: acoustic piano
Eddie Gomez: acoustic bass
Steve Gadd: drums
special guest
Kazumi Watanabe: guitar (on B3)
TRACKS :
DISC A (total time 46:16) :
1. Tee Bag (13:49) [Mike Mainieri]
2. Lover Man (8:31) [Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman]
3. Fawlty Tenors (10:05) [Don Grolnick]
4. Song To Seth (13:00) [Mike Mainieri]
DISC B (total time 53:52) :
1. Young And Fine (16:33) [Joe Zawinul]
2. Soul Eyes (12:14) [Mal Waldron]
3. Not Ethiopia (11:00) [Michael Brecker]
4. Sara's Touch (14:00) [Mike Mainieri]
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