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I just played for the first time The Art farmer Septet " Plays The Arrangements of Gigi Gryce and Quincy Jones". The theme running through the first cut, "Work of Art"e is distinctly remininiscent of Coltrane's classic. Is anyone else familiar with this title? Might this be more than coincidental? The Art Farmer record was cut in June '54; Coltrane's ten years later in Dec. '64. What do you afficiandos think?

To my embarrassment, I'm just realizing that there are apparently two sets of BN reissues, those remastered by Ron McMaster and those by RVG. I have a few of the McMaster reissues and I must confess, I was not impressed with any of them. Sound is compressed and there is little, if any, sounstaging, imaging, etc. Without turning this into an audiophile forum, the fact is, after investing in a dozen or so of the McMaster titles, I was pretty much resigned to finding original or good vinyl reissues of classic BN titles. Can anyone discuss what the relative strengths/weaknesses are of the McMaster/RVG remasters and perhaps suggest which titles might be worthy of reconsideration? Thanks.