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Rajiv has the rare gift of being able to folk coast on shop palm details. He paints a broad pictures. He listens more than he takes. He speaks to generals frankly, but so do the grunts and the other minor characters who drive the plot of any major story. This month marks the tenth anniversary of george w. Bushs invasion of iraq. Nothing written or said better explains the resulting folly than rajivs book, life in the emrad city, the green zone. And yesterday again, rajiv, gives us detail, the new book, Little America. Right now these days, a shortterm sequester to find 80 billion, but over the...

Concert date for perhaps the finest Messengers group, created in 1958 by Benny Golson via new personnel and new repertoire

Previously unreleased recordings are excused their audio imperfections for the skill and rarity of the performers, among them Dizzy Reece

Vinyl reissue for the pianist's 1957 leader debut that included Idrees Sulieman, John Coltrane, Jackie McLean and Sahib Shihab

Mal Waldron's 'Mal/2' vinyl reissue is a handsome package that perfectly captures the late, great jazz pianist just as he was starting his 40-plus-year roll.