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Those might be THE most whack examples of cover art in the entire ‘legit’ Miles catalog.

Hearing that they were on sale I decided to try out some cheap earbuds - Soundcore P30i - which are similar to P20i but with noise cancelling. They arrived today and are not too bad in a pinch, like in a dentist office, riding a bike or some other public situation where it feels a bit clunky to wear bulky headphones or they might fall off, etc. The controls are fiddly, require some memorization (tap twice on the left ear, etc), and there is a tendency to activate every switch while trying to screw the earbud more tightly into my ear. The soundcore app is ok but they don't have a pc version so you have to use a phone or something, which means I have to keep putting on 3x cheaters to see anything - this is not an old person's world.

1976. Think about that.

For sheer musical pleasure, this is a superb BFT. Good/great tracks all the way through. You don't often hear Mingus on one of these. And I need to get that Elvin Jones record. Isn't that Max on #7? I didn't see a confirmation, but it absolutely has to be him. Love Max Roach. So track #8 is the big mystery of far. Can't say I've heard much (if any) electric bass in tenor/bass/drums trio. If the tenor player is obscure, he/she deserves greater recognition. Oddly, except for Art Pepper, you don't hear many jazz musicians playing "Over the Rainbow." This is a lovely reading by Paul Gonsalves and Earl Hines. Track 12 is certainly Charlie Haden from one of the many duet records with a pianist. Not sure which this would be. Maybe Tokyo Adagio with Gonzalo. Charlie has a lot of tracks where you can hear a pin drop. This is one of them. I love virtually all of Haden's work, and no exception here. Just a marvelous BFT. . .thanks!

Agree! I never had the original 7-disc Japanese set — but that reminds me… I “ran into” a fellow Miles fanatic online around 1992-93, who made me cassette dubs of the whole Japanese set — and then I got the US 8cd set a few years later. But it was well over a decade later before I ever saw (online) what the original 1992 Japanese packaging looked like… https://www.discogs.com/release/8071963-Miles-Davis-Complete-Live-At-Plugged-Nickel-1965

That voice transcends any and all material.

Great band. I haven't seen Clark in a long time. He always seems to get the best guys in his band.

Tomorrow at SFJAZZ, Joe Henderson Lab. Should be great in that intimate space! Mike Clark Quintet w/Eddie Henderson, Craig Handy, Patrice Rushen, Essiet Essiet

Oh ... OK then! 😎

It would have been cool if they referenced the OG Japanese LP covers for a concept. What they're using now is a bit "generic".

My guess is the cds will be the same Redbook mastering as the Redbook layer of the Tower Records SACD set. That would be sourced from the Mosaic LP masters. If the tapes were found between now and the SACD release they would be announcing that as a perceived selling incentive. That is likely a bit of an improvement over the original Redbook set (I haven't compared them myself). I'd be tempted by the vinyl set. . . we'll see if I give in. My original 2 LP US release sounds really good; I've always wondered what the Mosaic set might sound like.

It's unclear whether the CD set mastering is any different from the earlier Legacy CD set, which I have. I might be interested in a hi res download but they don't seem to mention any downloads. Probably end up sticking with original cds... It's a great box and I've often wondered why it remained oop for so long.

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Many were recorded at Richard Alderson’s RLA Studios,

It's at the Lace Mill in Kingston (where Michael Bisio has his monthly events) at 4 PM. Asking for a mere $10 donation. Weirdly not displayed on Lace Mill Facebook page, but I saw it today on the "Woodstock NY Local Music Gigs" FB page. Also on Kingston Artists Collective FB. [Added] They're on a mini-tour, just played Troy and Newburgh and will be in Brooklyn (Soup and Sound, 292 Lefferts Ave.) tomorrow. So you could save a drive and go then. Yeah, Jill Burton is a vocalist. I found a Youtube video of the trio plus a cellist from the Lace Mill last winter that didn't knock me out. But I'll roll the dice on it because I'm going to another show in Kingston later tonight.

Chris Cochrane is a great guitarist. Andrew Drury is a fine drummer. Where & when? Maybe I can drive up to Kingston area if it’s there. I looked! Untouchable Bar but no time listed. Jill Burton is some sort of singer, I see.

Recalled just in time the Indian concert is tomorrow...today instead will go for improv by Chris Cochrane, Andrew Drury and Jill Burton. This is a real shot in the dark, don't know what to expect.

last night in Schenectady, Sarah Hanahan Quartet. Sarah on alto sax, Caelan Cardello on piano, Matt Dwonszyk on bass, and Sam Bolduc on drums.

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Judson Hall, I believe I seem to remember but I may be wrong that there is a photo of Brownie at an esp-disk session at Judson Hall