Kubla K, "The Last Great Concert (My Favorite Songs)"is absolutely one of the great moments in music ever captured live. Now, I'm just beginning to appreciate some good jazz, being from a rock background, and after discovering, Kind of Blue, Time Out etc. a few years ago, I didn't expect to hear something as great as that again (this is after listening to at least 200 very good jazz CD's). Well, my wife used to work at a record company, so she has a few rare CD's, and one of them was the "Last Great Concert, My Favorite Songs, Vol I and Vol II". She put it on and I was transfixed, it was like finding someone every bit as good as Miles, only different. There is a current release of this available at most big record stores, unfortunately the original recording was a 2 disc set, and the current one is a single disc, so half of the tracks are missing. Enja sells them as My Favorite Songs,and My Favorite Songs Vol 2 The single disc is still great, but the double disc is sublime. Two weeks before he died a drummer and fan who had actually jammed with him once was now a radio producer put together a tribute concert, which included both a small group, and a symphony orchestra, giving Chet the choice of any songs he liked, and the producer organized everything. I think it was one of the crowning achievements of his career, but I'm not the expert. Don't hesitate to search this one out. Let me know if you can't locate it, and perhaps I can help. Good listening to all. Time to light up a candle, pour a glass of wine , pop on a little Chet, and see if my honey is in a swingin' mood. And to all.. a good night!
