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Bill Charlap Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note). This handsomely recorded set, which contains such Charlap standbys as “My Shining Hour,” Gerry Mulligan’s “Rocker,” and Jim Hall’s “All Across the City,” is the next best thing to hearing the best of all possible mainstream jazz piano trios in a club. It’s their finest recording since Written in the Stars, the breakout album that made Charlap a name seven years ago (TT).