CJ Shearn

Same here, to grab anything I didn't have.

Listened to a bit of "Sweet Science Suite", killing stuff!

Damn....... I was not familiar with his music, but after reading this, what an incredible life. As someone with a small bit of Asian ancestry in my family, I appreciate his contribution greatly.

Sonny is doing a chat with Bret Primack May 5th at noon. If I want to ask him about something, not sure it'd be about music.

"Live at Smalls" is killing, and of course "Saudades", which has always been one of my favorite albums since it was released.

Will check this out, sounds interesting!!

It sure is! When did I ditch the 2 disc reissue? a few years ago...... I think?. it came out when I was in high school, I remember the ads in Downbeat for the 1997 double disc sets, I wasn't ready for them then, but this new reissue just presents the music in so much detail that I really love how it sounds. The At Fillmore 2 disc reissue was definitely a lot "hotter" with the original mix, I like the expanded dynamic range in this complete presentation, too. The section with Jack launching into swing time behind Keith from June 18th makes a lot more sense IMO then it did on the original album. Killing stuff! I am thankful for the bonus tracks as well. Sure, they sound less than stellar but the soloing and interaction on "Paraphernalia" (one of my fav. Wayne tunes ever) and "Footprints" is just too good to even care.

Funny, the SQ of the bonus tracks doesn't bother me a whole lot, and I'm still glad they're there (the interest factor definitely trumps the SQ issues for me). I mean, "Footprints" in 1970, are you kidding me??!!! Never in a billion years did I expect to hear one of Miles' 70's bands playing "Footprints". Right, those two tracks at the end of disc 1 are great performances. The reviews at Amazon complaining about the sound of the remixed set are interesting. We all have different ears and preferences, but for me this music unedited and remixed (as I'm spinning disc 2 now) sheds a picture I really enjoy. To say that this new box sucks and purely a money grab (as one Amazon buyer wrote) represents more of an issue with the listener than what's actually here. I consider Lon's point about the reasons around the edits, but the murk of the mix and the constant jump cuts, never did anything for me on the original double album, which I had as the 1997 reissue previously.

The studio album is great too. The connection to Louie makes total sense on that one, and the Tama drums on the cover are a dead giveaway. Is he listed on the OJC? I only listened on Spotify, but I recall from seeing reviews due to contractual obligations he's referred to as "the drummer". .

Spinning disc 1. Absolutely wonderful to hear Keith and Chick's interplay in it's unedited context. I always would find those splices so frustrating.

Just received my set. Looking forward to hearing the whole enchilada, Lon. Thanks so much for putting a new perspective on the original 2 LP which is something I wouldn't have thought, intended to highlight the wildest moments. Still, I don't prefer the original album, but that viewpoint was great, thank you.

RIP

Agreed.

Right, then there started to be serious critical reappraisal of the 1969-75 music once the boxes were released. And then, the Montreux box plus many other live releases show that live, there was way more to the 80's stuff. It's only been the past decade I've been into electric Miles, I still gotta check out the Cellar Door set through Pangaea/Agharta, but I love "Black Beauty", "It's About that Time", the Isle of Wight stuff and the Bootleg vol. 2 material very much.

I no longer have the blue border CJM version of that set (replaced them in 2005 with the single disc) I remember that passage though, it's disgusting.

I agree 100% Lon. Airto taught me everything I need to know about percussion, even just listening to him on CTI albums when I was growing up......... but the work with Miles is even more eye opening to hear around the same period, since it isn't in just the role of a session player. Look forward to hearing him play drums on this set.

Well, I ordered it. sampled "Directions" in the Cloud player from June 17th, sounds great. The interplay between Chick and Keith has always been astounding on this set of gigs. I will wait for the set to come to give it a proper listen, but it's such a relief to hear it outside of the original "At Fillmore" album.

Cobham plays the tradition as well as anything, though it's not what most know him for obviously. I heard bits of those albums with Ron Carter and Kenny Barron, (I think) and "Cherry" by Stanley Turrentine, if all you think of Cobham is speed, there is so much taste, swing and groove on that one.

Cool! About time this comes out officially, I had been holding out on checking out the boots for this very reason. Everything from this period of Trane's career is so interesting."Leo" is certainly so intense from "Live in Japan", probably one of my favorite performances from that, will love to hear that from this gig.

I will DEFINITELY check this out, I hope it's well written and researched. I know some people aren't as into Blue Note today because it's not the same, actually a continuation of the "Blue Note Hits a New Note" in a new skin. I think Don Was is doing a great job at letting musicians follow their instincts under today's BN banner. It's records like "Black Radio", the Jose James one that came out, Derrick Hodge's "Live Today" which will bring new listeners to check out the history, we as longtime fans all love.

Great news. I admit my collection is sadly Cannon deficient as a leader, I had always intended to grab "Things Are Getting Better" but never did, just hit interests in other things.

Yeah, I still need vol. 2 (heard it, ad it's great) He's always trying to grow, I really admire that

I remember being a bit bogged down by those alternate because the original album is just so perfect

Wow, great story, I never heard that one! I used to have the Deluxe Edition of "Ballads", and Trane, despite moving into the outer reaches, still played magnificently. I mean, no matter how "out" Trane got, there were always hints of tender playing ("Compassion" is beautiful) blues, and bop.

Well said Soul Stream......... the way he utilized that straight 8th playing that JOS had used in the early days was great too, Johnny made his own thing. The ballads, well........... JHS was the best. My boss has asked me to eventually compile an ebook of the essential jazz listening blog writings, not sure where it will fit, but I'm going to talk about organists and discuss Johnny's contribution to the idiom. There are many who read the blog who are unaware of him, McDuff, JOS, Don Patterson, those cats. I want to help raise people's awareness of the history of the organ, for people who are students who read the blog, and for general people checking their blog.