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I guess Don Was is the boss so the buck stops with him but the actual work on the two releases you mentioned was done by others. Zev Feldman pushed for Just Coolin'. I was given the music to vet and I gave it a 7 and when pushed, I said OK, 7.5. When I told Michael I had listened to it and it wasn't that bad, he replied "aw, you're just a fucking trumpet player" meaning he knew Lee was excellent on this music but he found it was lacking in other places (as did I). From what I remember, there was some more vetting and decision making involved but Don gave it the green light in the end and felt vindicated by the response to the release. I assume Don gave the go ahead on the Burrell as well but this time it was Joe Harley, who I don't know at all, who did the work. I will say that I find none of these guys have the skills and diligence to do this on the level Michael did it in every aspect of getting something like this out. Some things are certainly falling by the wayside as time goes on especially the discography stuff and perhaps the standards of the music. The Live at the Five Spot was never a favorite of mine and with that really out of tune piano, it's kind of surprising that Blue Note released this at all but I wouldn't think this would be a ripe source for newly discovered material. I suspect Michael probably got it right when he released this on CD. I heard the same tapes that Joe Harley did for this release and nothing jumped out at me as something that really needed to be heard.  The other thing I'm wary of is all these pronouncements that say my good friend or my dear friend Michael Cuscuna as this might justify their work. Frankly, it makes me cringe a little.... In these terms, as far as pecking order or position, Don = Bruce Lundvall and Michael = Joe Harley or Zev.

HDMI cables carry audio & video and there is a handshake between the receiver and the AV equipment that can screw things up, especially if there is some sort of automatic sensing of what was turned on. Sometimes, I think they make some of these modern receivers too smart.

That was the case with the original LP issue of this one: https://www.discogs.com/master/331502-Kenny-Burrell-With-Art-Blakey-On-View-At-The-Five-Spot-Cafe/image/SW1hZ2U6NjI4MzM3NQ==

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Not into electric Miles I was being nice in my critique of him. More bluntly, imho this guy is not a Jazz Drummer Bluntly speaking, bad choice of drummers for Gary Bartz I'm thinking no one else was available. Kassa is a rap artist drummer. Concentrate on one or the other