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Miles consistently praised George Coleman, long after his involvement with Miles was over. I remember reading some Coleman interview where he said that the "younger guys" in the band - not Miles - kept giving him a cold shoulder. Please note that Miles (tipped off by Coltrane, IIRC) made Shorter an offer to join the band back in 1961 - before Coleman was invited. So probably Coleman (as well as Stitt, Mobley and Rivers) was considered a (very) temporary placeholders until Shorter would eventually become available.

It's nearly a totally different band with decidedly different approach to improvisation. I like it (although I tend to dislike Masteloto's plodding drumming), but prefer the first band still.

I think the Sanders Mosaic will be their best seller of the recent times. It will probably sell out before the Henderson set does.

You can view sales history at Discogs: Sales History — Clifford Jordan - The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions (Mosaic Records (2)) Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, 5,0 + CD, Album, RE + CD, Alb . And yes, that $125 Clifford Jordan set was partial (CDs only). In general, with a few notable exceptions (e.g. Threadgill), the prices for Mosaic CD sets have collapsed (don't follow the LP market, might be a different story there). Last year I picked up (the great) Clayton set in pristine condition for less than €10 / CD shipped at Discogs (after a bit of negotiation) - and I see there are even better offers now: https://www.discogs.com/release/7114702-Buck-Clayton-The-Complete-CBS-Buck-Clayton-Jam-Sessions . I somehow sold a few of my neglected Mosaics (Woody Shaw Columbia, Armstrong live) at Discogs at OK (not exorbitant) prices a few years back - I see they sell quite a bit lower now.

You keep bringing up the apparent "disdain" (and "a lot" of it, no less) much more often than said "disdain" has been expressed by anybody here. Regarding Miles '55 sound quality, I listened to the two available tracks on Apple Music, and the sound is terrific.

I would agree, except that I find Cross's playing quite uninteresting (with a few notable exceptions) and sort of unnecessary. After Cross left (or was probably voted out by Bruford and Wetton, I don't remember now), there was a discussion of Fripp - Wetton - McDonald - Bruford quartet doing a short European tour at the end of 1974 (now that would have been a band!), but Fripp eventually decided that he did not want to tour anymore and dissolved the band in September 1974 (I think he again flouted an idea of a Frippless King Crimson, but this did not get traction). Grateful Dead I don't get at all, so can't relate to this reference, sorry.

In his copious notes, Fripp would often mention that the first King Crimson was for him the golden standard for live performance and only some of the subsequent groups would occasionally reach that level. I tend to agree, that was a truly majestic band, and the main force behind it was, IMO, Michael Giles.

I ordered from them a couple of times, never had any issues. They do send a shipping confirmation. The last time I ordered from them was in 2020, though.

A great original. I love his playing. Among many excellent records he is a part of, I really like duo with Roger Smith on EMANEM and trio with Irene Schweizer and Rüdiger Carl on FMP.

Guys, you might want to check it out on Spotify before ordering, it's not that great of an album:

It probably costs so little to do these reissues of 70-year old material that business case behind them is most likely just "why not".

I love solo bass records, and there is a lot of good stuff out there. My favorite one is Camouflage by Barre Phillips. Here are a few other I like: https://www.discogs.com/lists/Solo-double-bass-albums/1408762 .

There is a lot of jazz in Vienna, but please note that the live activity dies down somewhat over the summer. As far as I am concerned, the best jazz club in Vienna is Porgy & Bess. Excellent sound and a wide range of world-class acts. Here is the program: https://www.porgy.at/en/events/upcoming . Jazzland is an old-style club for solid mainstream jazz: https://www.jazzland.at/e_index.htm There is a nice club called Zwe. I was there just a couple of times. Good atmosphere, jam session type of place: https://www.zwe.cc/ Cafe Celeste is a no-frills underground place with often excellent free Improvisation jams (on Mondays, mostly): https://www.celeste.co.at/ There are many Viennese micro-labels, and this one is particularly excellent and criminally poorly distributed: Handsemmel (https://www.crackedanegg.com/handsemmel-records/) - just 11 releases in as many years, but each one is really high-quality stuff. Jazzwerkstatt Wien (https://jazzwerkstatt-records.myshopify.com/collections/catalogue) releases a lot of interesting music, but it is all streamable / bandcampabale. This one is a sleeper classic, for example: Enjoy Vienna, it's a great city - for music and much else!

It's a surprise and I am probably in.

Jim, how about you put it up on bandcamp? I'd be happy to buy it.