A winning debut for a fine ensemble with a distinctive sound.
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Pianist Harold Mabern is at the top of his game.
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These are the kinds of tunes that you find yourself humming after you hear them a few times.
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'Panthers Play For Keeps' will probably do best with horse whisperers, dog owners and lovers of cat videos.
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Jungr takes the music of Dylan and Cohen and makes it glow.
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The original cast album preserves a fine score and a star turn from Kelli O'Hara.
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With 'Visions' Kavita Shah makes her album debut, and it is a winner.
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Two jazz vocalists and one percussionist turn out fine albums.
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The book is a wild ride, a ride well worth taking.
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Here are three albums that make it clear that if jazz is on its way to the emergency room in some places, in Italy it’s alive and well.
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