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The band without McLaughlin are superb, very musical, some suprisingly delicate moments as well as the expected intense stuff. Great to hear the progression through the six sets as the band gets more muscular, the funk gets funkier, the rock becomes overt, building up until Jack can take no more and let's rip with a huge drum solo on disc five. McLaughlin's contribution is mixed. The band play much harder with him around but there isn't much for him to add. He doesn't sound like an integrated and essential part of the music being created but his presence audibly inspires Miles and Jack to some supreme moments.
Miles is on fire throughout, Keith struggles manfully with electricity, Bartz is a revelation, Airto makes lots of funny noises, Jack has a whale of a time, Henderson makes it funky.
Like the Jack Johnson box what at first might seem to be an unnecessarily bloated set becomes an essential document of Miles' particular genius. It does drag a bit at times and with such a limited repertoire you might wish for some material with slightly more substance than Honky Tonk or What I Say, but overall there is an insane amount of first rate Miles to savour in this box.
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