As always YMMV, but my box had 5 Odean Pope titles. I already had two of them, but the other three are disks I would have bought had I run across them -- that's my $30 right there. If I dig any of the other 35 cds that's just gravy.
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I don't know if the criteria is they have to be Japanese artists, but Mal Waldron made some fantastic albums in Japan in the early '70s (often, though, with Japanese artists).
I like Ron Miles a lot, but I really don't think he's a good fit for this group. When I saw them live his distinctive "ease into it" style made him seem just a step too slow, for lack of a better way of describing it, to gel with this bunch. Damn good outfit, though.