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Alan Ferber on “Quiet Confidence”

Alex Sipiagin on “Expectations”

Chris Potter on “Monk’s Dream”

Chris Byars on “Sans Souci”

Dayna Stephens on “Four”

Frank Basilie on “Bird Song”

Gilad Hekselman on “Lines of Oppression”

Gilad Hekselman on “Nobody Else But Me”

Ingrid Jensen on “Think of One”

Jaleel Shaw on “Think of One”

Jeremy Pelt on “Holy Land”

Jim Rotondi on “Bags’ Groove”

Jon Gordon on “Cycles”

John Ellis on “East Broadway Rundown”

John Fedchock on “I Hear a Rhapsody”

Joel Frahm on “Alone Together”

Joel Frahm on “Eronel”

Joel Frahm on “Woody n’ You”

Joe Magnarelli on “The Breakthrough”

Kurt Rosenwinkel on “Milestones”

Lage Lund on “Hindsight”

Loren Stillman on “The Brothers Breakfast”

Mark Turner on “Take the Coltrane”

Mike DiRubbo on “Star Eyes”

Mike Moreno on “Moanin”

Mike Moreno on “When Will the Blues Leave”

Mike Rodriguez on “A Whole New You”

Peter Bernstein on “East of the Sun”

Ralph Lalama on “Lester Left Town”

Rich Perry on “After You’ve Gone”

Rich Perry on “You Stepped Out of a Dream”

Ryan Kisor on “I’ve Never Been in Love Before”

Scott Wendholt on “You and the Night and the Music”

Seamus Blake on “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”

Steve Cardenas on “Willow Weep for Me”

Walk Weiskopf on “You and the Night and the Music”

Will Vinson on “Groovin’ High”

Will Vinson on “Late Lament”

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