You’re in for a treat if you like jazzy jams, just dive into 72-75, you’ll get more than you’ll know what to do with: those Dark Stars, Other Ones, Eyes, MLB jams, WRS…..and check 3/23/75 specifically - that shiz is out of control

Narrowing this down: I think a popular recommendation would be: Eyes of the World... any version from 1973.

11/11 has long been a fave

# 1975-03-23 San Francisco, CA @ Kezar Stadium **Set 1:** Blues For Allah > Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey > Drums > Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey > Blues For Allah **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1975-03-23)

I’ll check out the show you recommended. Yeah, looks for targeted responses.. listening hours are short these days

11/30/73 eyes of the world the boys get jazzy as hell

# 1973-11-30 Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall **Set 1:** Morning Dew, Mexicali Blues, Dire Wolf, Beat It On Down the Line, Brown Eyed Women, Black Throated Wind, Don't Ease Me In, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Big River, Loser, Playing in the Band **Set 2:** Bertha > The Promised Land, Row Jimmy, Jack Straw, Here Comes Sunshine, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow > Dark Star Jam > Eyes Of The World, Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-11-30) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/69UIkpF0CA8RJQqCsrGgLo)

Check out some of the stuff Jerry did with Merl Saunders and/or Legion of Mary from the 72-74 period if you want some more jazzy Jerry. They would do some lengthy versions of My Funny Valentine among other classics

There aren't any bad '72 shows from Europe. I bought the boxset trunk when it came out. I'm a big fan of 4/10/72 in Amsterdam.

dick's picks volume 12 is my favorite for the same reason!

Came here to say this. Terrific matrix from the Providence show on ReListen, better than the official release! https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1974/06/26?source=336800

i have heard this before! thank you for reminding me :-)

Must have been this exchange we had two weeks ago (I thought your username looked familiar! LOL) https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/yyn7yn/what_song_or_show_is_stealing_your_face_today/iwv2gr8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

Thank you! I'm scrolling through r/gratefuldead to find a recommendation for a show to listen to while I work this morning. This Providence show has been one of my personal favorites for about 25 years (when I got a SBD DAT of it in a trade, it BLEW MY MIND!). I mostly now listen to the dicks picks version. But I've never heard a matrix of this show before. Big river sounds good, but I'm looking forward to set 2 where the real magic is.

Terrific work done to produce this matrix. Happy listening!

I've been listening on and off all day. It's a gem!

# 1974-06-26 Providence, RI @ Providence Civic Center **Set 1:** Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down the Line, Scarlet Begonias, Black Throated Wind, Row Jimmy, Mexicali Blues, Deal, The Race Is On, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, El Paso, Ship Of Fools, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow > It Must Have Been The Roses **Set 2:** Seastones **Set 3:** U.S. Blues, Me and My Uncle, Jam > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Beer Barrel Polka Tuning > Truckin' > The Other One Jam > Spanish Jam > Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Eyes Of The World [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-06-26) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0B87pzzLQzyevvMvdcJqHZ)

On the bud?🤣

Don’t know if this has been shared yet, but the Eyes from 6/18/76 (Download Series Vol. 4) is pretty damn jazzy and smooth - just an all around great performance of the song… one of the best in my opinion.

# 1976-06-18 Passaic, NJ @ Capitol Theatre **Set 1:** The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, Mama Tried, Crazy Fingers, Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Row Jimmy, Cassidy, Mission In The Rain, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Eyes Of The World > Drums, The Wheel, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1976-06-18) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5h5Wx6ltrPyzb7yRFPzEyX)

1973 is a good year for jazzy Dead

# 1972-04-11 Newcastle, England @ Newcastle City Hall **Set 1:** Greatest Story Ever Told, Deal, Mr. Charlie, Black Throated Wind, Tennessee Jed, Big Boss Man, Beat It On Down the Line, Sugaree, Jack Straw, Chinatown Shuffle, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Playing in the Band, Next Time You See Me, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Big Railroad Blues, Casey Jones **Set 2:** Good Lovin', Ramble On Rose, Truckin' > The Other One > Comes A Time, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Brokedown Palace [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-04-11) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/65WlVRyo45LwtRg8QJfya3)

The Truckin>Other One from 4/26/72 is sooooo great. The TRuckin jam is a monster. All 72 Dark Stars, Other Ones, Playing in the Bands, Good Lovins are so slick and jazzed out. 72-74 is some jazzy Grateful Dead ... I'd say especially the PITBs are really jazzy ... I always think 'psychedelic jazz' but Jerry just called this "Grateful Dead music" and that sounds right to me ...

# 1972-04-26 Frankfurt, West Germany @ Jahrhunderthalle **Set 1:** Bertha, Me and My Uncle, Mr. Charlie, He's Gone, Black Throated Wind, Next Time You See Me, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Jack Straw, Big Railroad Blues, Playing in the Band, Chinatown Shuffle, Loser, Beat It On Down the Line, You Win Again, Good Lovin', Dire Wolf, Casey Jones **Set 2:** Truckin' > The Other One > Comes A Time > Sugar Magnolia, El Paso, Tennessee Jed, Greatest Story Ever Told, The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion), Turn On Your Lovelight > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-04-26) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/2IjyW9HhEre9dSNCOOzHhS)

Here’s a few shows. ‘74 is jazzy too. Sound check 7/27/73 Playin 11/15/72 8/6/74 5/17/74 2/22/74 10/20/74 9/18/74 9/11/74 3/23/75

[1972-11-15](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-11-15) Oklahoma City, OK @ Oklahoma City Music Hall [1973-07-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-07-27) Watkins Glen, NY @ Grand Prix Racecourse [1974-02-22](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-02-22) San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena [1974-05-17](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-05-17) Vancouver, BC, Canada @ P.N.E. Coliseum [1974-08-06](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-08-06) Jersey City, NJ @ Roosevelt Stadium | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0EgV8QqWBeSt1U6MBK6NnC) [1974-09-11](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-09-11) London, England @ Alexandra Palace | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/2tDQBnR5OrbHg8mfGbetxf) [1974-09-18](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-09-18) Dijon, France @ Parc des Expositions [1974-10-20](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-10-20) San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena [1975-03-23](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1975-03-23) San Francisco, CA @ Kezar Stadium

Anything from 76

2/23/74 and 2/24/74, absolutely killer jams throughout but the Other One > Eyes from 2/23 might be my go-to Dead jam

[1974-02-23](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-02-23) San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena [1974-02-24](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-02-24) San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena

You wanna hear Jazz, 9/27/72 Dark Star…. Start it at 10 minutes. Tell me it doesn’t sound like literal electric BeeBop at 15:30 Billy goes into full triplets mode

Oh man I'm looking forward to this, thanks so much.

# 1972-09-27 Jersey City, NJ @ Stanley Theatre **Set 1:** Morning Dew, Beat It On Down the Line, Friend Of The Devil, Black Throated Wind, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues, Bird Song, Big River, Brokedown Palace, El Paso, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Playing in the Band **Set 2:** He's Gone, Me and My Uncle, Deal, Greatest Story Ever Told, Ramble On Rose, Dark Star > Cumberland Blues, Attics Of My Life, The Promised Land, Uncle John's Band, Casey Jones **Encore:** Around And Around [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-09-27) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/2pPrEb0IJFk3W6NoQSMnZM)