“The High Road” is straight-ahead, hard swinging delight from trombonist David Gibson and his quintet.

Art Hirahara leads Linda Oh and John Davis through a quick, two-minute jaunt of piano bop bliss.

Here’s a review of Kenny Shanker’s Action City, a perfect blend of top-notch composing and refined musicianship.

Brian Charette can’t help putting a refreshingly different spin on things with this delightful, covers-heavy organ trio record.

Eric Wyatt makes good on his enviable Brooklyn upbringing by evoking the masters he’s met as a child while finding his own voice to do it.’Borough of Kings’ is pure, Brooklyn-bred jazz at its finest.

Michael Dease’s big band take on “Roppongi” breathes new life into this little-noticed Randy Brecker gem.

‘Lookin’ Up!’ is simply damned good, no-nonsense, straight-ahead jazz carried out with veteran proficiency.

Eleven-year Steely Dan sax veteran Weiskopf amply demonstrates why Becker and Fagen love this guy.

If straight-up mainstream jazz is what you crave, you can’t go wrong with Ralph Bowen. Standard Deviation is a solid execution of the form from beginning to end.

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