My impression of 4.0 is that the band has been significantly better on complex compositions than they'd been in 3.0 (esp late 3.0), and that that's connected to the strength of the improvisation. That's true for both the out there explorations, and the tightness of the interaction in the more in-the-box songs.
There's not many songs that are labelled "song -> jam" in Phish's repertoire like the Japan Twist. I'm too lazy to look, but I wonder where there are others. I do remember the 7/29/03 Pittsburgh Jam, but that's about it.
My impression of 4.0 is that the band has been significantly better on complex compositions than they'd been in 3.0 (esp late 3.0), and that that's connected to the strength of the improvisation. That's true for both the out there explorations, and the tightness of the interaction in the more in-the-box songs.
There's not many songs that are labelled "song -> jam" in Phish's repertoire like the Japan Twist. I'm too lazy to look, but I wonder where there are others. I do remember the 7/29/03 Pittsburgh Jam, but that's about it.
Wilson->Jam on 8/14/96
The Camden Jim is still to this day my favorite piece of full band improv. Band starts to hit their stride this week.