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Jan Hammer was a monster when in right situation. The album he did with Jerry Goodman, Like Children, is wonderful. He also plays some killer drums on it. Also those albums he did with John Abercrombie for ECM, Timeless and Night, wonderful. Robert Fripp interviewing John McLaughlin in early 80s, McLaughlin said something like "Jan's a big rock'n roll lover," must be nicest things he ever said of Hammer after Mahavishnu Mk1 broke up. I guess that he has in common with Eddie van Halen, r.i.p. big rock'n roll lover.

Sound quality is quite good for this vintage, I think.

These shows were attended by Jan Garbarek.

Kind of weird in this situation that somebody in Finland would get his before geezers in America.

Mine arrived today. Haven't got to listen, yet. But I expect it does not disappoint. The Artist House "Live" album has been a long time favourite.

I like most Zappa from the beginning until "Zappa In New York" but those Flo and Eddie sides elude me. What's the deal here? Those guys can't sing, nor they are funny. The crazed fan who injured FZ in 1971 and forced him to change direction did world a great favour, in hindsight.

The Japanese version of this box set is very different design-wise, both inside and outside. https://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Complete-Live-At-Plugged-Nickel-1965/release/8071963

I sold my US / European Plugged Nickel box set a few years ago when I found the Japanese box in a Disk union store somewhere in Japan. I know, the Japanese version has 1 disc less and probably does not sound as good, but it has a special meaning to me. I used to drool over it in 1990s when I was poor and could not afford one, plus I like it's design a lot better.

--- and 1 hour after posting this, I've got confirmation of the order shipping.

Ordered last Friday, not shipped yet. But I have confidence in Mosaic, I remember there was a problem with a disc from Andrew Hill Mosaic Select set and they sent me replacement. The replacement had the exact same issue, and they sent me still another. Which was fine. Tzadik on the other hand did not even care to answer me when I reported one of their CDs was missing a booklet.

Yes, Zawinul's excellent biography makes it quite clear. Burton plays practically all percussion on WR 1st album. Airto just added few minor touches (he can be heard vocalizing somewhere, if I remember correctly.) So this unreleased thing is basically Weather Report with McCoy instead on Zawinul. :-)

Just dug this one out, hadn't listened to it in ages. It's fine, but not too interesting or memorable, similar to the other piano album he did in the 1980s.

Only time I witnessed Lee Konitz in concert he was playing in trio with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron. I feel privileged. R.I.P.

Yes, a nice one here. 3 tracks by Albert and Scofield.

Good call, similar instrumentation is this long time favourite of mine: [edit] Now, it would be cool if Lewis and Frisell did a duo session. [whew... saved ]

This John Abercrombie Trio album, thank you very much.

She made some records as well. Haven't heard any of those, though.

I was also listening to an album he participated on just recently. A nostalgic favourite from late 1980's when I was starting to like "jazz."

I've been using Genelec speakers for decades. Fantastic monitors and the only one you'll ever ever need in this lifetime. I've got 2 rigs, one has 2x 8020 + subwoofer, another 2 x G One (the smallest and cheapest Genelec monitors).

Really like this Terje Rypdal trio with Palle and Jon Christensen (rip!). There's a phenomenal audience recording from Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 1980, being shared on dimeadozen. Their studio album was awesome, as well.

I listened to snippets available at amazon and was very impressed. Now I need this. Badly.

I picked up the Bitches Brew 7-inch cardboard sleeve SACD used in Japan for cheap (also some others in same format: Santana Lotus and Jeff Beck Wired), probably will do the same for this.

BTW, is this a CD-R (or "CD on demand") ? Pressed CDs are always silver (or gold), never colored, as far as I can tell. I thing Promising Music also did those MPS reissues on black CD(-R)'s.

This arrived today. Had been looking for the Japan mini lp replica sleeve version for ages. Yes I know about the upcoming Mosaic box, but it's one of my absolute favourite albums of all time.