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Jesse Van Ruller's ninth recording as a leader finds him sharing the front line with tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake and fronting a rhythm section that includes Hammond organist Sam Yahel (of Joshua Redman's Elastic Band) and drummer Bill Stewart. It's a configuration that would lead you naturally to expect a certain funkiness, and you do get some of that on this all-original program: "Super Dry" combines a finger-snapping rhythmic groove with a complex harmonic structure, creating an effect that sounds almost like a cross between James Brown and Thelonious Monk. There are some exhilaratingly bop-derived moments as well, especially on the zippy "Sway" and the joyfully headlong "Silk Rush." Bu...

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