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Catching up with some recent jazz releases.

Bill Evans is certainly one of the most influential jazz pianists of his era, and his work for Fantasy Records makes why abundantly clear.

The combination of great music, intelligent improvisation, and solid technique makes for exciting listening.

They are not three musicians working individually; they work together in a kind of mystical union.

Two recent releases from bassist-bandleaders show how jazz continues to thrive in the most disparate of musical "cultures," even with its relatively small, specialized audience.

'Say When' is another must-have album from Smoke Sessions.

Two new albums from the snubbed composer of the score for the Oscar-winning 'Birdman.'

While this musical approach is not particularly adventurous and retro in feel, it is lush and full-blooded; it is music that excites.

If this album is any indication, 'Bop' is alive and well—and still kicking backsides.

'The Beginning' has a very informal sound to it despite the tightness of the musicians. The songs come across as casual, as if the product of a bunch of guys jamming together on a Saturday afternoon. The result is an understated artfulness that is uncommonly vivid and starkly forceful.