The pianist recruited a wide range of helpers for his outings at the famed New York club, and they smash borders and boundaries throughout this three-CD set. Members of Sex Mob, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and Phish show up, and they go wild on avant-jazz covers of everything from Thelonious Monk and Benny Goodman to Carly Simon and Pink Floyd.

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