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I've listened to two of these so far and the sound is excellent. IF your system allows SACD to shine I would say these are worth pursuing. CD layer sounds great too, but on my system the SACD is better sounding still.

That's right - from the point of "age". But stylistically speaking, it seems to be a different matter. Like I said in a previous post, it is amazing that bebop of the 40s (i.e. some 80 years ago by now) has been considered part of the natural continuum of jazz for a long, long time. Whereas the "avantgarde" of the 70s and afterwards (i.e. after the first Free Jazz generation of the 60s - Coltrane, Coleman, Cherry etc.) that is now some 50+ years old too is still causing controversy (and some of the music of the first generation too, possibly). So maybe I am not the only one who feels that at some point a limit of what can immediately or instinctively be grasped as "jazz" has been exceeded somewhere. What I also find surprising, seen from today, is that most discussions of avantgarde keep focusing on the period from the 60s ONWARDS. So what about 50s "avantgarde" musicians in jazz, like Jimmy Giuffre or George Russell (and others)? I can see and hear where they came from in jazz, but - to me anyway - there is a lot in what I've heard of their music (not nearly all, of course) that still is challenging to listen to. Because it IS "far out". But how come Jimmy Giuffre et al. seem to have fallen by the wayside within the avantgarde narrative? Taken for granted? Artists that are not "Black" enough? I'd be surprised if the general consensus were that their avantgarde work is far too accessible to today's avantgarde listeners' ears to warrant the "avantgarde" tag anymore. (But who knows ... )

Another Miles Davis SACD in lp packaging from Universal Japan, with Tone Poet mastering from Kevin Gray. Great sound. Miles Davis “Volume 1” Blue Note Japan SACD    

I strongly recommend Peter Peuker´s  gorgeous album  "Skylark"  that he recorded in 2003 for the Pirouet label (Munich). Aside from  his trio  the German altoist added a string quartet for this set.

An exciting new release from Japan, and SACD in lp facsimile gatefold packaging. The sound is excellent. I still love my “Special” 24 bit by RVG lp facsimile release from Japan with its meatier sound, and the “Complete” US Capitol release from 2019. Music I have no issue having several versions of.