Not sure he ever "soloed" better. His vision of music in general may have developed but not his solos in my estimation. He packed more stuff into a shorter time back then. YMDV.
Hans is the reissue master, so I quit.
edit to add the question from medjuck was "Has Concord (or Fantasy before them) ever released all of the Miles/Monk Dec 24/1954 session on one cd?"
All the best to the folks without "regular" employment at the moment. This is a chance for self evaluation. Is there something about your demeanor or attitude holding you back? Could be. Try for an honest self evaluation and go from there. I know my personality traits (even those I claim as positive) have inhibited my chances in some business opportunities. Check yourself out to see if you are the problem.
If the cd edition reflects the original lp edition, the vocal comments are missing. Also, in the first pressings, an alternate was missing and the "master" was duplicated.
Bought Conversations, Black Fire and Exultation the same day. They were in the new release bin and looked interesting. I bought a copy of Down Beat at the same time, went home and read of Dolphy's death.
Error in the listing for August 28, 1941 session. The listing reflects the information for the takes included in the first Mosaic box. Later they discovered the error and the "real" master takes of 4178 and 4180 were added to a later volume.
Originally, country blues was a vocal music with guitar (or other instrumental) comments and backing. The advent of rock changed the equation. White boys ruled.
Email report from son Eric - " Went to 'The Dead' show Tue. night. News Thur. (Earthday), all the
pseudo hippies clogged up the storm drains with nitrous balloons."
The original jacket was liberty, but the pressing wasn't. I still have a couple of records like this. My copy of Patton's Let 'em Roll is like this too.