He was not in an experimental phase on March 7, 1963, when he recorded a sublime, but very much non-experimental album with Johnny Hartman: https://www.youtube.

He was not in an experimental phase on March 7, 1963, when he recorded a sublime, but very much non-experimental album with Johnny Hartman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnyG01x7uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnyG01x7uk But he was in an experimental phase on March 6, 1963, when he recorded what became "Both Directions at Once" with the same band, minus Hartman: https://youtu.be/qs1YZdfimE4?t=551 https://youtu.be/qs1YZdfimE4?t=551 His styles don't really follow a linear timeline.