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So sorry to hear this news...

IMHO, the extra material on discs 3 & 4 are significantly less interesting than the original Bitches Brew release. So, If you're not a Miles completeist and you already own the 2-disc version of Bitches Brew, I'd say that you're fine. As ever, YMMV.

Good stuff! New speakers, so I'm on an LP listening binge! Good deal!!! What kind did you get? Rega RS3 loudspeakers. I'm pretty happy so far (goes well with Rega P3 turntable). Fantastic! Glad to hear that you're enjoying them. (I have a Rega P3 'table too, btw.)

Good stuff! New speakers, so I'm on an LP listening binge! Good deal!!! What kind did you get?

Glad to see that these are being reissued. I've never heard any of them, but my curiosity was piqued when I recently found a new-to-me Lew Soloff CD (with Kenny Kirkland, Richard Davis, and Elvin) that was issued on ProJazz. The liners mentioned Soloff's work with the Manhattan Jazz Quintet that had been issued on the same label.

Good stuff!

Yeah!!!

No, but they are at Jazz Standard in New York this Thursday to Sunday, which I'm sure would be fun to hear. The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell In April 2011, jazz scholar and conductor Ryan Truesdell thrilled a packed Jazz Standard as he lead a star–studded big band through a breathtaking performance of music from composer/arranger Gil Evans’ 1961 album Out Of The Cool. In the spring of 2012, a century after Evans’ birth in Toronto, Ryan and the Gil Evans Project returned to our stage to celebrate their new ArtistShare CD Centennial, featuring previously unrecorded Evans compositions and arrangements. Voted Record Of The Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, this album won the GRAMMY Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (for the track “How About You”) and also was nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and Best Arrange­ment featuring a Vocalist (“Look To The Rainbow,” with Luciana Souza). The New York Times called Centennial “an extraordinary album,” while AllAboutJazz.com hailed “a US national treasure that de­serves a place in the Smithsonian Institute and every jazz record library.” For this return engagement, Ryan Truesdell and the Gil Evans Project release their new live record, Color Lines, which was recorded just a year ago on our stage – make your reservations now! Ryan Truesdell – Director Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, Donny McCaslin, Tom Christensen, Alden Banta, Steve Kenyon – Reeds Adam Unsworth, David Peel – French Horn Augie Haas, Tony Kadleck, Scott Wendholt (5/14), Mike Rodriguez (5/15-17) – Trumpets Ryan Keberle, Tim Albright (5/14), Marshall Gilkes (5/15-17), George Flynn (bass trombone) – Trombones Marcus Rojas – Tuba Wendy Gilles – Vocals Lois Martin – Viola James Chirillo – Guitar Frank Kimbrough – Piano Jay Anderson – Bass Lewis Nash – Drums Mike Truesdell – Percussion I saw these guys last night. It was a great show. IMHO, top solo honors went to Marshall Gilkes for terrific trombone work on "Time of the Barracudas."

I like that Gato record too. ALL Barbieri from that period is worth a listen, imho.

There ya go. I guess I'm in the minority, but I really like some of Evans' Fantasy recordings. Not all of them. But I think LPs like Since We Met and I Will Say Goodbye are strong records. As ever, YMMV. (Perhaps I'm just a boring suburbanite. )

What an inspiring thread. Thanks for resurrecting it, BeBop. Need to pull out some my Kirk records tonight. My all-time favorite RRK is Bright Moments.

Also, consider Ron Carter & Ethan Iverson duo at Mezzrow Thursday through Saturday. I come up on Saturday to see Wayne Shorter at Lincoln Center, so I might miss it myself unless the Wayne Shorter show ends early enough for me to catch the late set at Mezzrow. Carter & Iverson are definitely another possibility.

My wife and I are heading up to NYC on Thursday for a long weekend. On Saturday night, we're planning to go see the Dave Liebman / Bobby Avey duo @ the Concert Space at Beethoven Piano. I'm sure we'll catch some other shows too. Maybe Guillermo Klein at the Vanguard. Maybe Odean Pope at the Blue Note. Maybe Tim Hagans at Kitano. Not sure yet.

Wow. I can see how a call like that would be a little... strange.

Despite those facts, I think many of Evans' final recordings are mind-blowingly good -- i.e., the Paris concert released on Elektra-Musician and the two box sets from the last Keystone Korner engagement. Naturally, YMMV.

That's so much fun.

Haven't scrolled through the whole thread. Has this one been posted yet? And this one?

Larry, why "puzzling"? Don't you think Evans' remarks are standard, garden-variety criticism of New Thing freedoms? Just like Robert Frost's critique of poetry lacking traditional structures: "Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down."

Ira Sullivan - Peace (Galaxy) Chico Freeman - The Outside Within (India Navigation)

Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, George Mraz, Al Foster - Quest (Palo Alto Jazz, rec. 1981) This first Quest LP is really wonderful. It's a shame that it isn't more readily available.

The Paul Desmond Quartet - Live

Now listening to: Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan Band - Playground w/ Harvie Swartz & Bob Moses Gorgeous music. I recently got this. Still sealed. Just $5.

"Cowboy Samba"!!!