I’ve just stuck Milestones on from the 3xCD box and the ride cymbal is pretty prominent, but it sounds very good to me - obvious stick hit (definitely sticks on that track, not brushes) and a natural decay, the whole kit located behind and slightly to the left (i.e. very wide) of the left speaker (Lockwood Tannoy), though with a little of the treble bleed to the right I described above where I suspect the piano mic is getting some when Motain really smacks it, especially when he’s using sticks.
Comparing it to the copy of Waltz For Debbie in the
Complete Riverside & Milestone box (a true bargain at present, folk really need to buy this!) which I’m pretty certain is the lovely old OJC masterings throughout so will almost certainly be a flat master transfer. It does sound a little different, and maybe a little brighter than the Village Vanguard box, but still very, very good (it may even be better to be honest). I have no issue with the cymbals on either mastering. I guess it could be argued they are a little too prominent, but there is no clipping or anything to my ears, very nicely recorded indeed, as is the whole session.