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RIP, I enjoyed much of his Passport and pre-Passport work. He was 89.

How good is the book? No shortage of Miles Davis books on my shelves.

FWIW, download is much cheaper on Amazon than on BandCamp ($6.45 vs. $12). I bought it this morning despite reservations about the horn players and the meh sound quality, and will also pick up the 60 Years download. Love Tapscott's work.

I also waited years to get this at a reasonable price. As far as lack of availability of Miles sets, I've never understood why the On The Corner box was not reprinted to meet the demand.

+1, depends on price point and reviews on how much of an improvement it is. I like the 1995 box.

I'm in whenever it eventually makes it to CD.

RIP - I was a fan of their early 1964-1972 run. Very much "of their time", but what a time!

+1

I bought a very cheap copy of this box, and discs 4,7 and 11 don't work. Please PM if you can help me out.

I'm in!

You could fill a whole sub-forum with duscussion on that...

Thank you!

Thanks, I'm in on eventual CD.

Thanks, I'm in on eventual CD.

Vinyl $34.99 + trendy snob appeal, CD $15.99. Me, I'm in for the CD's in all cases.

Affirmative. Dan's solid "real jazz" January BFT's are the antidote to the weirdness extreme creativity Jim brings to November BFT's and the ever-controversial tangents I bring to December BFT's.

Yes, it was. Great album.

Thanks, that's very helpful to know.

Which is, to me, bad business strategy, as USA customers are going to (understandably) assume the worst Better to address the issue head-on. I might consider CDJapan at this point if I knew exactly what I was facing tariff-wise, but the unknown nature of that cost steers me to Dusty even with their substantially more expensive prices.

Music Inc. & Big Band, Cecil McBee- Mutima, Heath Brothers - Marchin' On, Descendants of Mike & Phoebe. Just got notice of these from Bandcamp, and confirmed on Mack Avenue site. Will fill in details as I can find them out. I'm really surprised these are slipping out so quietly, given the massive buildup to the spring releases, but thankful the program is continuing. The Tolliver Music Inc. album is a gem, and the recording that launched Strata-East IIRC. Smilin' Billy Suite, the second side of the Heath Bros, album, is awesome.l

1 – As I posted earlier, The first cut is track #2 from this. Beautiful song, beautiful performance! That album was magnificent, and such a great idea to give much-needed exposure to those three horn players. 2 – Sounds like one of those small-label free jazz albums from the late 60’s with Michael White on violin. I’m going to continue to research this one. I like it and am curious for ID. 3 – Tight rhythm section. Surely 70’s vintage with that Rhodes? Maybe one of those Orrin Keepnews productions on Galaxy or Milestone? Very good cut, hope I have it somewhere. 4 – I like the voicings of the background horns in the arrangement, not wild about the alto player, the trombonist or the rhythm section, though they can all play. 5 – They certainly have their Charles Mingus down (and the tenor soloist has his Booker Ervin down). Mingus Dynasty? Love it! 6 – Another GREAT track! Wonderful! Vibes/marimba reminds me of Bobby Hutcherson, but context doesn’t, as he didn’t record this late without a piano. Chico Freeman with Jay Hoggard? 7 – Cherokee. Bud Powell disciple. No new ground, but good, pleasant stuff. 8 – Lovely tone, great technique from tenor. I’m not a fan of solo sax, so I lost interest when they went “outside”, but this person can definitely play. The guitar was not as convincing to me. The bass has great facility, but to what end? John Klemmer on saxophone? Can’t think of what album it would be, but I’m not familiar with most of his Cadet stuff or with almost all of his post-Impulse/ABC recordings, so I guess it should be. BTW, why has so much Klemmer never seen CD reissue? 9 – Variations on a theme some from #8. I’m not as enamored of this saxophonist, though he certainly can play. The rhythm section just meanders aimlessly to me. Listening through, but looking forward to it being over. This is probably a cut I “should” like, but I don’t. Man, this is a looong cut at 11 minutes! 10 – Sort of forms a mood trilogy with cuts 8 & 9. Somewhere Over The Rainbow. I like it even less, but at least it’s short(er). Dan Gould will probably love this cut. Maybe one of the old masters, but it almost seems too exaggerated in style to be one of them. 11 – What’s New. Certainly sounds like Bags off the top, but maybe less so as it goes on. Good track. 12 – Very beautiful. Builds nicely as it goes. I like it a lot. Track 1 is so great. Tracks 2,5.6.12 all have me looking forward to reveal! Thanks for BFT!