I know I saw Beaver Harris live twice in the 70's (once with Shepp, once in a group with Hannibal Peterson and George Adams), and he blew me away in person to a degree that never happened on the dozens of recordings of him.  So I don't think it's a totally new phenomenon.

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That would make sense. Thanks! I felt a little tension between him and Eardley for a minute and that sparked my interest. 

I’m a fan & a friend of Joey. He’s well under 30. He’s getting better too. He’s very good with his assorted cymbals. Got a bit of Lytton in him.  Nasheet for one is never well served on record compared to live. Rainey is another. Hard for their dynamics & sound to shine on record. Ches Smith is another. His astonishing power live in a small room never translates to recordings. Plus as I’ve seen lots of the NYC based drummers up to dozens of times, I get very very spoiled. Certainly Drake, Hemingway, Sanders & Peterson come across better on recordings than the above 3 examples