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Third Wish	Bright Moments	Live The dozen tracks on this double-disc set, produced by Mehldau, were recorded at the Village Vanguard over four evenings, fromOctober 11 to October 15, 2006. New York Times critic Nate Chinen was there on opening night and called the set a marvel of concentration and restraint...O...	Day In Night Out	The Irrational Numbers
Five	Cultural Survival Four-time Grammy nominated saxophonist David Sanchez returns with Cultural Survival. A fierce, forward-thinking new collection featuring his new piano-less quartet fusing his fearless straight-ahead jazz sound with African, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean influences...features a scintil...	Early Songs	Season of Changes 2008 release of Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band which is their first new album in eight years by this critically acclaimed ensemble. Season of Changes finds the dynamic performer and composer reunited with his writing partner and muse, Jon Cowherd (Lizz Wright's Salt) and the...	Tragicomic Imagine a pianist with Thelonious Monk s angularity, Cecil Taylor s force, and Andrew Hill s genius, coupled with a profound compositional mind that extends, elevates, and elaborates on the traditions of jazz, world, and Indian music, and you ll get Vijay Iyer, the most criticall...

Excellent work
This is an excellent CD featuring outstanding players. The overall sound is something like Larry Young's classic Blue Note record, "Into Somethin", the one with Sam Rivers and Grant Green. Versace uses the same instrumentation, and the result is really terrific. I own something like 3,000 jazz CDs, and this has been a repeat listen for the last month or so since I purchased it.