1.   A really fine debut album by a local jazz player who seldom gets any ink.

2.   Even the newest jazz players still rely on a catalog of tunes older than their grandfathers.

3.   Modern jazz players like to take a theme and improvise around it.

4.   Other jazz players appeared to have a better understanding of the music.

5.   Beale Street was hopping with jazz players, crooners, and folks who played the blues on electric guitars.

6.   A blistering interview in Musician last summer illustrated the disdain most jazz players have for marginally talented but wildly popular alternative rock bands.

7.   A debut by a young jazz bass player who writes witty, thoughtful, sweet-and-sour small-group music.

8.   But among younger jazz players who chafe at such restrictions, Mitchell is increasingly recognized as an elder statesman.

9.   Chicago got every loose ball, and the next Jazz player to hit the floor will be the first.

10.   Early on, Harper and Pippen applied ball pressure that overwhelmed even the calmest of Jazz players, such as John Stockton.