Monday and Tuesday standouts:
Adult Alternative
- Water Underground-Real Estate (Rhythmically, this has a Talking Heads feel.)
Bluegrass
- In The House Of Tom Bombadil-Nickel Creek (Brisk, dexterous fiddling, mandolin playing, and guitar picking. This instrumental is one of many excellent tracks from the group's self-titled CD.)
Easy Listening
- Pavane-Steve Erquiaga (Contemplative, delicate guitar playing.)
Groove (Disco And Funk)
- Free Form-The Fatback Band (This rhythm could segue with "101" by Smuggler Brothers.)
Jazz Latino
- Tume Tume-Anga (The percussionists sustain a compelling rhythm under an odyssey of woodwinds and vocals.)
Jazz Masters
- Stardust-Art Tatum (Tatum has a way with piano flourishes in this rendition.)
Jazz Now
- Reimagined-Altin Sencalar (The trombone doesn't always get its due, so it's refreshing to hear a trombonist carry a carefree melody.)
- I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart-Eleonora Strino featuring Greg Cohen & Joey Baron (A self-assured guitar-led rendition of this standard.)
Motown
- Too Many Fish In The Sea-Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers (This slick instrumental is an impressive showcase for an organist.)
- Suspicious Minds-Dee Dee Warwick (Best known in its Elvis Presley incarnation, Warwick's emotive vocals show that the tune works as well or better as an R&B track.)
