Re: Shorter vs. Coleman, as a listener, for me, it comes down to the mood I’m in, on any given day or evening. I don’t want to listen to Shorter’s Blue Notes or the 2nd Great 5tet all the time, even though these recordings are among my all time favorites. If I couldn’t listen to Coleman, Jordan, Gordon, Lovano, Potter, or any other tenor player without thinking "Well, Miles would rather play with Wayne than this guy", that would not be a good thing. I want to be able to be fully present with whatever I’m listening to in the moment without interference from the left brain’s fondness for analysis, comparison and judgement. As much as I respect giants like Miles, Tony, Herbie and Ron, I don’t want to share my listening chair with them!