I especially liked the ECM New Directions albums with Lester Bowie, John Abercrombie, and Eddie Gomez. Doesn't sound like a lineup which should work, but it did, splendidly.
I have the individual albums, but these sets (Smith, Silver, Grant Green) are beautifully done and very affordable. I wish they had continued the series.
I know I saw Beaver Harris live twice in the 70's (once with Shepp, once in a group with Hannibal Peterson and George Adams), and he blew me away in person to a degree that never happened on the dozens of recordings of him. So I don't think it's a totally new phenomenon.
Why did/would Columbia sit on Captain Marvel for three years before releasing it? Great album, and IMO would have made more of a splash in 1972 than it did in 1975 when some of the songs had already been recorded and released by the Airto/Flora/Farrell/Clarke RTF.
$19.14 at DeepDiscount, with free shipping on $30 orders. Still a lot of money. Using an offer and pre-ordering it some time ago, I got it for $15.10 from DeepDiscount, and it was mailed out this morning to me (I have tracking #).
FWIW, download is much cheaper on Amazon than on BandCamp ($6.45 vs. $12). I bought it this morning despite reservations about the horn players and the meh sound quality, and will also pick up the 60 Years download. Love Tapscott's work.
I also waited years to get this at a reasonable price. As far as lack of availability of Miles sets, I've never understood why the On The Corner box was not reprinted to meet the demand.