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http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx?s=540827

Chills.

Very positive review in the Wall Street Journal today.

I liked that. He seems like a really nice guy.

Is that the same as this? (Image found on Dusty Groove, but out of stock):

I was afraid you'd say that.

Nice to see this is being reissued in Japan.

Are any of the Buddy DeFrancos especially good?

OK. I had forgotten about the funky/confusing structure of the book. Your extract was from page 330 (in the "Chronology" section). I looked at page 743 (in the "Discography" section). The Discography section only lists the 9/30/65 Penthouse date and the 10/1/65 Camelot Sound Studios "Om" date. We will see whether additional tapes emerge from that week.

There was a Japanese CD reissue in 2013.

I was referring to the book The John Coltrane Reference:

And it's pricey (currently $79.95 on Amazon). Still, I'm glad to have it.

We should have a similar thread for those late '70's series, from Columbia, Verve, and especially Savoy, that provided new covers for '50's dates. I loved a lot of these covers, and considered them significant improvements over the tired '50's stylings. Here are a few that I liked:

The book is pretty good about researching newspaper ads of the time. I think if there were other dates, it would have been noted.

This section of the interview may be of interest: At 16, I left home to play professionally and became a studio shark in London. But after 18 months, I’d had it. I left for Antwerp, Belgium, and got a gig with a band playing free jazz. I also started to play with some really good British musicians. That’s when I made a decision to change my life. In the summer of ’68, I jammed with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Dave Holland in London. Jack taped the session. Back in New York, he played it for drummer Tony Williams, who needed a guitarist for his group, Lifetime. He called me. The night I arrived in New York City, I went to see Tony, who was playing with Miles Davis at Club Baron in Harlem. When Miles came in and passed me, he whispered my name, “Johnnn.” How did he know my name? I was thrilled. The next day, he invited me to record on his album “In a Silent Way.” Miles called me regularly.

I have the book. The only dates listed are 9/30/65 @ the Penthouse, and 10/1/65 @ Lynnwood, WA (which was released as Om). Re the Penthouse date, the session notes state: "Radio broadcast, 9:30 - 10:00 p.m. The broadcast was probably the first set of the night (although this isn't confirmed; the newspaper ads don't indicate when the first set was scheduled to start). Simultaneous live recording session by Jan Kurtis, who recorded most if not all of the group's performance on this night." The book lists the concert as follows; I've indicated which titles are unissued: untitled original (25:06) uni bass duet (12:04) uni Cosmos (10:51) bass solo (00:15) uni thumb piano solo (02:40) uni Evolution (35:58) Tapestry in Sound (inc) (06:07) Out of This World (23:40) Body and Soul (21:27) Afro Blue (inc) (34:40) Afro Blue (ending) (inc) (17:33) uni Lush Life (10:07) uni My Favorite Things (inc) (10:23) uni

No alternate cover for Mr. Natural.

Again, not "Reid Miles" style: I always thought this one was ugly: No alternate cover for Landslide. No alternate cover for the Ike Quebec, either.

Just to nitpick, the Dexter box came first. On the back of The Lost Sessions, it says "All selections, except #9 and #12, previously unissued." (#12 was the Herbie Hancock track that appeared on his box set.)

Different times, different circumstances. The LT series was a relatively cheap and easy way to release a lot of albums in a short time span. All covers used the same template, slap on a random photograph, and use cheap pressings. The liner notes were great, but they could’ve used a proofreader. Today, of course, it’s very different. MusicMatters proved that people are willing to pay top dollars, so it makes sense to invest in better, more “appropriate” graphics.

New Time Shuffle has never had an updated cover. Not sure this qualifies as "Reid Miles style": I'll try to do some more later, unless someone else wants to take over.

A huge task, but let's get started: In Memory Of was never released with updated cover art. Confirmation was never released with "period-appropriate cover art," but there was this:

Still waiting for DG to receive another shipment of the Cowell.

Amazon now says this is "currently unavailable." Maybe the release date was pushed back.

Not jazz, but for anyone with a sweet spot for this type of folk and country, this one really hurts. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/nanci-griffith-dead-obituary-1212043/