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First world problem . I do share the great enthusiasm for this release! Wonder what else is sitting in the Flying Dutchman vaults...

I've always considered it THE classic record in the genre. It does sound and feel like it's from another universe, one I'd like to visit. It is truly one of a kind magic. It is one of those rare records I will sit in the car until it finishes on the radio.

From the big "Complete Columbia Albums Collection" box. This was the first Miles album I ever bought, back in the early 70's, on the recommendation of my jazz patron saint at Franklin Music.

A lost gem, too late in the game (1965) to get heard. P.F. Sloan on blazing lead guitar! Hal Blaine and the usual cast of suspects/aces! The first LP on Dunhill records! Very early Sloan/Barri production!

Fascinating body of work:

from the big box set:

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I like "Suzanne" by Judy Collins and especially by Roberta Flack. Also like "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" by Flack a lot. I like "Priests" by Richie Havens. I like "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley. I guess that means l like his songs when done by someone who can, you know, sing, rather than by him.

I decided I really don't like him. And I can't get decent resale value on the set. Would love to trade it off.

Leonard Cohen Columbia big box.

Me too!

For me, that award would probably go to Grant Green 'Idle Moments'.

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I sprang for this for $260 on Amazon (like $3.50 a disc), and am glad I did. All the best editions as far as remasters and bonus cuts, and the mini-LP packaging is beautifully done. Live in Europe DVD. Good 250 page book. I'll happily standardize on this, move my individual CD's to new homes, and really analyze the metal-spine boxes (hate that packaging) and other "special editions" to see what I really want to keep and what can be passed on. I also have owned the Dylan set with the same format since it came out, and am very happy with it also. Have not gone for the Johnny Cash and Johnny Mathis sets, and don't plan to, but they do hold some interest to me. The concept and execution are great.

Feels like there is less physical product available than in the past, but that change predates the buyout, and while disappointing, is not unexpected.

Would be nice if it were made semi-public!

From the "Complete Columbia Album Collection" big box, which is the way to go on the Columbia albums:

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If only someone had recorded audio/video!

Pass. I keep trying his 80's stuff and keep coming away empty.

Same here. Saw Moncur in the late 90's where he was a fill-in for Charles Tolliver with one of those all-star groups (Timeless All-Stars maybe?) at the Painted Bride. Saw Rivers in the mid-late 70's at the Empty Foxhole Cafe and Hill in the mid-late 70's at the Walnut Street Theatre, and less than 20 people attended. Solo piano performance, it was great.

RIP, a giant. Agree the BN's and the BYG's are wonderful, but so is much of his later work. Clifford, can you tell us more about that? I saw in an obit that he was married for 54 years, which is a testament in and of itself in this day and age. I remember seeing him at the Painted Bride Art Center in the 90's, and apparently he was then just returning to the scene after a long (health-related?) absence? Amazing musician, for his writing and vision as much as (or even more than) for his playing. I'm thankful for every recording I own by him, and do wish someone would put his JCOA album out on CD, or even a good legal download (and I almost never buy those, but in this case I would jump at it).

That album is a desert island disc for me. Not just for the playing, but also for several amazing compositions, especially "Nica's Dream" (and that record has the definitive version. "Infra-Rae" is also pretty great). As far as the general drift of this conversation, it seems spot-on that there was a dearth of great hard bop trumpet players on the East Coast at that point (Farmer, Thad Jones, Dorham, Hardman were good), but things heated up in a hurry over the next few years (Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, Blue Mitchell, Don Ellis, Ted Curson etc.). The discussion really highlights how amazing Clifford Brown was for his time. What could he have done with the advances over the next 15 years!