Stan Getz & Chet Baker Quintessence--Volume 2 (Concord/St. Clair) More from the 1983 concert in Norway with McNeely, Mraz and Victor Lewis. 9 (LD)

Various Organ-ized (High Street/BMG) A tribute to the Hammond B3, with everyone from Jimmy Smith and Reuben Wilson right on up to John Medeski and Galactic. Sweeeeetness! 8 (RB)

Tracy Chapman Telling Stories (Elektra) I like the old story of the black woman busker who crashed Sting, Bono and Peter Gabriel's Amnesty International tour. But she insists on telling new ones. 6 (CY)

Travis The Man Who (Epic) The Man Who... no one could give a crap about in North America? ... sang too much like Thom Yorke? What? Travis isn't a man?! Oh, well, then... 6 (CY)

Peter Searcy Could You Please and Thank You (Time Bomb) If you think Dawson from Dawson's Creek is deep and YTV's Student Bodies is funny then come and get it... ya goof. 5 (JC)

Coco Montoya Suspician (Alligator) Texas/Cajun/Chicago-tinged blues that is about as cool as Bruce Willis playing harp. That's not good, by the way. 4 (JC)

DJ Lynnwood Dance to This (UC Music) There really ought to be a statute of limitations placed on radio-DJ mix CDs of obnoxious, over-the-top "dance" tunes. 3 (KE)

Sash Life Goes On (X-it) I'm deeply troubled by the idea of some music exec thinking it was a good idea to put out this collection of absolute shite. 1 (KE)

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