Murley, Bickert & Wallace Live at the Senator (Cornerstone) Reedman Mike Murley (who's at Upstairs with Tom Van Seters, March 9-10), live with a superb combo! 9 (LD)

Nils Petter Molvaer Solid Either (ECM/Universal) Another chilly gust of Scandinavian right-brain jazz with permafrost beats. 8.5 (RB)

Various Wallpaper Mach 1.5 (Sweet Mother/Fusion III) No, I don't like the magazine either, but I do like Jazzanova, UFO, Thievery and Air. 7 (RB)

Bushman Higher Ground (Greenesleeves) Bushman? He sounds all right, but he's got nothing on Luciano. 7 (SC)

Gloria Estefan Greatest Hits Vol. II (Sony) Here's an idea. Let's take all the mediocre stuff and call it a greatest-hits! Uh, no. 5 (GD)

Aerosmith Just Push Play (Columbia/Sony) Followed quickly by "Eject." It's that easy! 3 (RB)

Oleander Unwind (Universal) Despite a few fleeting moments of engaging instrumentation, this is tired, clichéd, tortured alt-rock. When will it end? 2 (LC)

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