Agharta
Live album by Miles Davis
Released	1976
Recorded	February 1, 1975
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	97:34
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Teo Macero
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Dark Magus (1974) Agharta (1976) Pangaea (1976)

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Track listing

Disc One

1. "Prelude (Part One)" – 22:37
2. "Prelude (Part Two)" – 10:31
3. "Maiysha" – 12:20

Disc Two

1. "Interlude" – 26:50
2. "Theme from Jack Johnson" – 25:16

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Personnel

• Miles Davis – trumpet, organ
• Sonny Fortune – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Michael Henderson – electric bass
• Pete Cosey – guitar, synthi, percussion
• Al Foster – drums
• Reggie Lucas – guitar
• Mtume – conga, percussion, water drum, rhythm box

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Miscellanea

• About sixteen minutes into "Interlude", the band briefly play a psychedelic version of the theme from "So What", a track from Davis's Kind of Blue (1959).