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Scott DuBois: Autumn Wind

Scott DuBois: Autumn Wind

Scott DuBois is one of those highly capable guitarists who uses subtle tricks to paint broad pictures, and Autumn Wind is one vast modern jazz canvas.

Mike Stern: Trip

Mike Stern: Trip

Mike Stern has fallen. Trip shows that he can get back up just fine.
Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads

Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads

Twenty-five years into a great career, Brad Mehldau issues one of subtlest and most comfortable trio performances.
Brad Mehldau: 10 Years Solo Live

Brad Mehldau: 10 Years Solo Live

Brad Mehldau's career as a solo artist, in all senses of that word, takes a huge leap forward with this box set.
Counterbalance: Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch!

Counterbalance: Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch!

The most accessible avant-garde album ever, or the most avant-garde mainstream jazz album ever? From 1964, something sweet, something tender is this week’s Counterbalance -- straight up and down.

Branford Marsalis Quartet: Four MFs Playin’ Tunes

Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction

Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode