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Nightlife in Tokyo

album by Eric Alexander

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ43302909 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nightlife in Tokyo is an album by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. It was recorded in 2002 and released by Milestone Records.

Recording and music

The album was recorded in December 2002. The quartet contains tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. Five of the eight compositions are Alexander originals.

Release and reception

Nightlife in Tokyo was released by Milestone Records.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Nightlife in Tokyo” as album by Eric Alexander. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nightlife, Tokyo and album.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nightlife, Tokyo and album providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Nightlife in Tokyo”, the useful work is to connect “album by Eric Alexander” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q43302909. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nightlife in Tokyo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.