His "Live at the Village Vanguard" CD box set is one of my audiophile reference recordings. It's culled from performances from the early 90's in the famed NY basement venue. Each disc is compiled in such a way as it creates a complete set with opening greetings to an encore. More importantly, his horn playing and band, regardless of the year, is spectacular. The mix and sound puts you right in the front row and, I swear, I can hear which direction he's waving his horn when he's playing! As I said the sonics of this recording is amazing as it captures the small venue's "sound" and the band is presented in an excellent soundstage. The box set is very reasonably priced. Or, you can get the single disc of highlights. If you like his classic bebop and New Orleans style jazz, then this is something for you to consider for the music and sonics. See Amazon.com for new and used prices. His classical recordings are all excellent but I think the vinyl editions sound better than the CDs. Good luck.
