Jesse Ruller - Here and There

Joined by an assortment of New York's finest, 29-year-old star guitarist Jesse Van Ruller, Holland's first Thelonious Monk Competition Award-winner, emphatically stamps his voice on a meaty program of jazz originals, less-traveled songbook gems, and an original blues piece. On piano is the great David Hazeltine, with bassists Nat Reeves or Frans Van Geest, and Joe Farnsworth or Willie Jones III on drums.