Despite fumbling the ball on a handful of occasions so far, I'll say this about VMP and the Blue Note Anthology. It's gotten me listening to jazz again. I've got maybe a 100 jazz LPs (Blue Note and Resonance stuff mostly) but lately, I've been going through this WIKI list (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Note_Records_discography) and one by one listening to each album on Youtube/Spotify then adding the ones I adore to my Amazon wishlist.
Just finished Stanley Turrentine's Always Something There from October 1968. It's very much with the times in regards to airy, loose jazz and the covers he picks (Stone Soul Picnic was a highlight for me).
So, really, at the end of the day, VMP got me listening to jazz heavily again. Mission accomplished. And I'm not saying that to echo the "it's only about the music" sentiment that got passed around after the Dexter snafu. VMP actually has me listening to jazz intensively and seriously. So, kudos VMP. I'm down for every Anthology they want to release.