| Yes, this is supposedly the first big jazz recording of the flugelhorn. Miles was inspired by his experience here to use the flugelhorn on Miles Ahead, Porgy & Bess, etc. It was also the musical success of this record that convinced Miles (& Columbia) to invest the money and rehearsal/studio time in Miles' lat '50s large ensemble projects with Gil Evans.
The other stuff on the CD reissue is from the Brandeis University festival where Gunther Schuller formally "announced" the birth of the "3rd stream" via commissioned works by himself, Babbitt, Geo. Russell, Mingus, et al. |