Early-1961 was a fertile time for Miles on record, as it now is for publicdomain reissues. Someday is a studio session which, like the 1963 Seven Steps To Heaven, alternates three swingers with three muted ballads. Though not using two different rhythmsections like Steps, it does have the throwback of Coltrane guesting on ‘Teo’ and the title-track (both of them in 3/4) and the re-appearance of Philly Joe on the originally unissued ‘Blues No.2’. Mobley gets along with both of them, without catching fire as on his own albums of the period and, though the rhythm-section is excellent, it still sounds like a band in transition. The recorded creak of Miles’ chair has recently been the subject of academic speculation, and Coltrane's opening phrase on ‘Someday’ directly inspired tunes by Charles Lloyd (‘Love Song To A Baby’) and Chick Corea (the majorkey section of ‘La Fiesta’). The concert is another matter for, as well as seven quintet tunes (three being repeats from the studio album), Miles is featured in his only recorded live appearance with Gil Evans. He brings four charts from their previous collaborations, plus the otherwise unrecorded arrangement of ‘Spring Is Here’ that just happens to be based on Bill Evans’ trio version from Portrait In Jazz. That fact is nowhere mentioned in the booklet, and neither is the fact that this was an “official bootleg”, rather like Benny Goodman at Carnegie – producer Teo Macero had to rely on the PA mix after Miles decided not to record, then changed his mind afterwards. As a result, the sound is not great, with rather poor balance and even occasional distortion. In addition, the band performances, apart from ‘New Rhumba’, are rather tentative (it's a bit cruel to include the studio versions as bonus material). And yet, at least three stars, because of the occasion and because Miles plays so well.