Once again, this album's main fault is that it feels a lot more like a (?cash grab) compilation than an album. There are three takes of Village Blues and two of Naima on here, both tracks having very recognisable intro hooks which makes the repetition intensely blatant. That being said, this particular record does a whole lot better than some of its predecessor posthumous 'lost album' releases as it does actually have a coherent, consistent atmosphere and evolution bar a few nonexistent transitions, unlike the previous opus which was all over the place for example. The vibe here is slow, tranquil, smooth but not boring jazz, and it is really relaxing. It is clearly not as spicy as some of the other classic quartet releases, but it is still a good time. If it didn't have all these repetitions it would probably lie somewhere around the transition from 3.5 to 4.0 tier, not sure on which side, but as is, this is maybe a 3.6
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