Very sad news - RIP. Never got to see him but hugely enjoyed his work with Shepp and Carla Bley. His booklet notes for the Herbie Nichols Mosaic were superb too.
I agree, some of Miles’ greatest ever playing on that one - and Mobley is no slouch either. Max Roach and his demo must have really rattled Miles, in a good way.
Just been listening to disk 5 of that set. The final track, ‘Minnie’, is very much in a pop vein and indicates quite a bit of continuity to the music of the comeback years.
My copy arrived - sealed and very well packaged by JazzMessengers like a Mosaic shipment of yore. As a chaser I also have a copy of the Mel Lewis bio, which has got good writeups.
It’s a Thad &Mel Xmas !