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''Pangaea'' is a double album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It was released in 1976 in Japan. Both ''Pangaea'' and its predecessor ''Agharta'' (1975) were recorded on February 1, in Osaka, Japan, at the Festival Hall. The ''Agharta'' concert took place during an afternoon matinee, whereas ''Pangaea'' was recorded in the evening. The album release contains two tracks, "Zimbabwe" and "Gondwana," which have been identified as containing the musical segments called "Moja," "Willie Nelson on Tune in 5," "Nne," "Zimbabwe," "Ife," and "Wili (= for Dave)" by the Italian Miles Davis scholar Enrico Merlin. Later that year, Davis, depressed, exhausted and suffering ever mounting health problems, retreated from the music scene. This makes ''Agharta'' and ''Pangaea'' his final albums of new material until the 1981 comeback LP ''The Man with the Horn''. Unlike ''Agharta'', ''Pangaea'' was originally released exclusively in Japan. ''Pangaea'' would see an American release in 1990, digitally remastered as part of the ''Columbia Jazz Contemporary Masters'' CD series of the time. The 1975 Japanese-edition LP on CBS includes a 7-page booklet with photos and Japanese text. == Critical reception == Robert Christgau, writing for ''The Village Voice'' in 1991, gave ''Pangaea'' an honorable mention, cited "Zimbabwe" as a highlight, and quipped "can the flute and add track listings". Allmusic's Thom Jurek gave the album four-and-a-half out of five stars and said that "while the playing of certain individuals here may be better than it is on ''Agharta'', the band's playing isn't quite at that level." Paul Tingen stated, "Although ''Pangaea'' contains excellent music, Miles is much less present than on ''Agharta''. There are several extended periods during which the band just plays out the grooves, waiting for Miles to give the next cue." Jurek opined that, although ''Pangaea'' lacks the "dynamic and dramatic tensions" of ''Agharta'', it is "as relentless" and "plenty satisfying."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pangaea - Miles Davis )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pangaea (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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