Cyrus Chestnut on piano, George Horn on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums. CD

Really lovely work from the European Jazz Trio – a 1997 session recorded for the Japanese market, with some stunning guest work by Art Farmer on flugelhorn! The core trio features Marc Van Roon on piano, Frans Van Der Hoeven on bass, and Roy Dackus on drums, playing with the warm and lush feel of other of their sessions from the time – but it's Farmer's work on the record that really makes it shine – bringing a gliding soulfulness to the best tracks on the set. Titles include "Windmills Of Your Mind", "Nocturne #2", "Night Has A Thousand Eyes", "Snow Angels", and "A Minor Vamp". CD

Never-issued work from these two tenor titans – all recorded in Copenhagen, where both musicians found a welcoming home in the later years of their lives! The album presents Gordon solo on two numbers first – one a long quartet track with pianist Thomas Clausen, then with the larger Danish Radio Jazz Group, directed by trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg. Then the set moves on to a track that has Webster workihg with Clausen – before the record then moves into especially nice work that features both tenorists together, either in a Clausen group, or working with pianist Kenny Drew! All tracks follow strongly in that mature, expressive mode the Storville label allowed both musicians – especially Gordon – and titles include "Sticky Wicket", "Our Love Is Here To Stay", "Perdido", "C-Jam Blues", and "Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me". CD

Eric Reed on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Al Foster on drums. CD

Phil Upchurch on guitar and harmonica, David Arnay on piano, Kevin Axt on bass, Vince Wilburn Jr on drums, and Mike Smith on percussion. CD

Some of the deepest work we've ever heard from Jamaican funk giant Boris Gardiner – and a set that might have been called "Ultra Rare Dub" instead – given the obscurity of the recordings! The core material here is from 45s that Boris issues in the early 70s – the kind of heavy grooves that have made him as much of a legend with funk collectors as reggae fans – but the tracks are taken to very different territory than the originals, in keeping with the dub promised in the title – yet with a sense of variety that's very different than other dub albums of this nature! Currents of American soul come into play as much as reggae roots – and instrumentation and rhythms vary nicely throughout, which really keeps things interesting. The original albums were issued in very tiny runs, and titles on this second volume include "Shupe Dub", "I&I Dub", "Booka Dub", "Chillum Dub", "Skanker Dub", "She Dub", "Free I Dub", and "Jah Stoned Dub". LP, Vinyl record album