tranemonk Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 I was playing Keith Jarrett the other day and realized how much more I enjoy his live performances (grunting included) than his studio sessions. I wanted to get the input from y'all about something. I think there can be something very different about hearing multiple nights of an artist performing live, but there don't seem to be many boxed sets like this. What's the best live boxed set you have? (And when I say boxed set I mean more than 2 discs). Off the top of my head, I think the one I enjoy the most is Jarrett's Live at the Blue Note set. I'm looking forward to Zev's Sonny Rollins set. On the other hand, I recently listened to Miles Live at the Blackhawk and was rather disappointed. I can't explain why - it just didn't do much for me. Quote
mjzee Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 Oh, gosh, there are so many. Off the top of my head: Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse, Art Pepper at the Village Vanguard, Sonny Rollins and Don Cherry at the Village Gate (unofficial), and Stan Getz & Kenny Barron - People Time. I'm in agreement with you about the Miles Blackhawk set. Hard to put the finger on the reason it doesn't click; probably some combination of a mismatch between Mobley and the rest of the band (who are following Miles), Mobley just not being that exciting, and Miles sounding rushed and bored. Quote
njtw Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 Dexter Gordon - Swiss Nights Recorded live at The Zürich Jazz Festival '75, August 23 & 24, 1975 https://www.discogs.com/release/16115963-Dexter-Gordon-Quartet-Swiss-Nights-Vol-13 Quote
colinmce Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 Miles @ Plugged Nickel and Bill Evans & Coltrane at the Vanguard '61 seem a little too on the nose, so excepting those: Anthony Braxton - Quartet (Willisau) 1991 John Coltrane - Live In Japan Chick Corea & Origin - A Week At The Blue Note Miles Davis - In Stockholm 1960 Complete DKV Trio & Joe McPhee - The Fire Each Time The Ella Fitzgerald And Duke Ellington Côte D'Azur Concerts On Verve Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz – Two Not One Pendulum - Mosaic Select 32: Live At The Village Vanguard Cecil Taylor - In Berlin '88 The Braxton and Marsh/Konitz each have some studio sessions, but I think they meet the spirit. One that doesn't quite, but comes close, would be the Mingus 64/65 Workshop Mosaic, which would certainly rate as my favorite live box set of all. Per the Jarrett Blue Note box, another one that I find equally interesting and equally exhausting is Bill Evans' Turn Out The Stars Quote
colinmce Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 2 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Great set musically and quite possibly the total apex of the 1990s haute design phase in CD reissues. Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 (edited) Miles at the Plugged Nickel and the Art Pepper and Coltrane at the Village Vanguard sets immediately came to mind, plus the Mosaic Select of Dexter Gordon at the Keystone. Wildcard offering: Dave Douglas Live at Jazz Standard. Edited April 20 by ghost of miles Quote
jlhoots Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 27 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Glad you agree with me. Thanks for posting the picture. 😎 Quote
tranemonk Posted April 20 Author Report Posted April 20 1 hour ago, mjzee said: I forgot about this... Loved it.. Also love Laurie Pepper's Unreleased Art boxed sets... There was one that was 4cds... Quote
mjzee Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 28 minutes ago, tranemonk said: I forgot about this... Loved it.. Also love Laurie Pepper's Unreleased Art boxed sets... There was one that was 4cds... https://www.discogs.com/release/7055727-Art-Pepper-Blues-For-The-Fisherman-Unreleased-Art-Vol-VI/image/SW1hZ2U6NzMzMTI0MDU= Also great. Milcho Leviev was a monster. Quote
Stonewall15 Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 The Complete Crazy Sunday at the Lighthouse. 6-CD set of Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars in 1953 released by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute in 2023. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 50 minutes ago, Stonewall15 said: The Complete Crazy Sunday at the Lighthouse. 6-CD set of Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars in 1953 released by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute in 2023. Ha ha ha... I'd love to hear it but they made it pretty much impossible to buy. I tried joining the LA Jazz Institute to get it but their website was so screwed up, I couldn't get any links to allow me to buy the box set. I eventually gave up. As a membership drive offer, it was terribly executed. Quote
BFrank Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 I like Miles at the Blackhawk, and also the large Plugged Nickel set. I would also add Lee Morgan's Complete Lighthouse box. This isn't jazz (exactly), but Jimi's "Songs For Groovy Children" (The Fillmore East Concerts) is an exceptional set that far exceeds all the other versions that have been released to date. Quote
mhatta Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 Japanese free saxophonist Kaoru Abe may not be well known here, but a 3-CDs compilation of his 1971 shows at several universities and a jazz cafe in the Tohoku region in Japan came out a few years ago and was very moving. It is well comparable to Eric Dolphy, in my opinion. Quote
romualdo Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 14 hours ago, Stonewall15 said: The Complete Crazy Sunday at the Lighthouse. 6-CD set of Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars in 1953 released by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute in 2023. I second that as this would have to be in my top 5 from this category https://www.discogs.com/release/29224915-Various-LA-Jazz-Institute-Presents-The-Complete-Crazy-Sunday-At-The-Lighthouse-September-13-1953 Quote
sidewinder Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 3 minutes ago, romualdo said: I second that as this would have to be in my top 5 from this category https://www.discogs.com/release/29224915-Various-LA-Jazz-Institute-Presents-The-Complete-Crazy-Sunday-At-The-Lighthouse-September-13-1953 I have a signed photo on my wall by Cecil Spiller sans Howard that must have been taken at the same time - Shelly and Max are wearing the same shirts. Quote
romualdo Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 31 minutes ago, sidewinder said: I have a signed photo on my wall by Cecil Spiller sans Howard that must have been taken at the same time - Shelly and Max are wearing the same shirts. and aren't those shirts so timeless & groovy Quote
Pim Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 Coltrane's Village Vanguard Box set is my favorite probably. There's not a single bad note at that set. It's one of the few sets where I really don't mind the fact that there are four takes of the same track on it. Quote
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