Let’s get that title out of the way – the exciting jazz of the early 1970s might conjure up thoughts of Bitches Brew and Mahavishnu. But not if you are marketing some gigs recorded in those years at Munich’s domicile (with the hip lowercase ‘d’) jazz club. This boxset’s subtitle, Live At The Domicile, is a more accurate, albeit less hyperbolic, description. This kind of ‘exciting jazz’ involves visiting Americans with European rhythm sections playing straightahead modern swing. The Poindexter/ Bailey band plays Ellington’s ‘Satin Doll’, Nat Adderely’s ‘Jazz Samba’ and Charlie Parker’s ‘Big Foot’ for example, and does what you’d expect. There is clearly some atmosphere in the Munich club and the band is exuberant. It’s good to hear Jan Hammer in non-fusion form, and Mraz offers a chunky arco solo on the Parker tune. The Rosolino/Candoli session moves along at a bustle, with Indonesian-Dutch pianist Pronk putting in a strong solo or two. ‘All The Things You Are’ forms the 12-minute-plus centrepiece. Disc three is a set of originals from piano trio plus percussion leader Pauer on piano and his bassist Woode. The accent is on groove, from the Ramsey Lewis-style opener through the wah-wah electric piano on the incongruously titled ‘A Walk In The English Garden’ to the gospel-tinged ‘Ridin’ Home’. Pleasant, but distinctly average. The Art Farmer set is from a satellite club, the Luitpold Halle in Rosenheim. The trumpeter comes out all guns blazing on ‘Blue Bossa’, while the band feels a bit like it’s trying too hard to impress its illustrious American guest.