"Here is a chance to hear Miles Davis in something close to real time. Small matter thatmost collectors of hard bop will have these sides already and will be familiar with a par- ticular running order. Perhaps those who have invested in the complete sessions will have a clearer sense of the continuity of these remarkable sessions, but that now familiar obsession with the burrs and swarf of the studio process may win out over musical appre- ciation. What happened at Van Gelder’s on October 26 1956 is one of the great perfor- mances of modern jazz. Surrender to it." - Brian Morton