Is there room in the world for this clarinet trio? There’d better be.  Even with so many Beethoven 250th-birthday concerts being cancelled, the world needs to hear pieces of his that haven’t already been played a zillion times. This one is solid, perfectly engaging — and performed by musicians that are among the best out there, even if we’ve barely (yet) heard of them. – David Patrick Stearns
Ghost on the wall  In order to divert those of you who, like me, are staying home these days, I’ve been posting images from what a friend calls “the Teachout Museum.” The latest is of a 1990 lithograph by Joan Mitchell, an artist for whom my feelings have grown progressively stronger. – Terry Teachout
Iverson, Harrell And The Gershwins  For his recent collection Common Practice, pianist and composer Ethan Iverson has put together a quartet with bassist Ben Street, drummer Eric McPherson, and trupmeter Tom Harrell at a peak of imagination and inventiveness remarkable even by his high standards. – Doug Ramsey
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