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Donny McCaslin is hitting the road for a string of shows Europe next week. He'll be showcasing a slew of new music with a quartet of Uri Caine, Rudy Royston, Fima Ephron (for the first three dates), and Tim Lefebvre for the rest of the tour. For those in NYC, the group (with Fima) hits the 55 Bar on Sunday, April 22nd for two sets starting at 9:30 PM. Come on out and send them off right.

Curtis Macdonald Group at Bar 4 in Brooklyn. Thursday, 3/1.

Donny McCaslin Group live webcast this coming Wednesday night, February 29th at 8:00pm EST via WBGO and NPR Music.

For those of you who weren't lucky enough to catch the live video stream of Curtis' gig last night at the Breeding Ground in Brooklyn, another gig hits tonight at Korzo with Bobby Avey—piano, Chris Tordini—bass, Adam Jackson—drums

Donny McCaslin's 2011 album Perpetual Motion was listed as one of the top albums of the year by the Boston Globe. Congrats to Donny and all the musicians that made that record such a spectacular listen. And thanks to the Boston Globe for the nod.

As we sift through our epically full inboxes and move further and further away from vacation daze, we can't help but get a little nostalgic for 2011—even as it's just passed. There was a new website, a new music series, new artists, new albums... it seems everything was NEW last year. So before we can move on to all the going-on's we have scheduled this calendar year, a quick recap of some of the music we released in 2011 is necessary for us in this crazy hit-it-and-forget-it internet world we've all grown accustomed to.

The stream below was just too good to keep to ourselves while the others get finished. Moonshine—originally the title track on the 2006 release recorded by Dave Douglas & Keystone—as performed by the Key Motion Quintet is now available to stream below. Subscribers can expect a high-res download of this and some other choice cuts.

A few pictures that came in from the Jazz Standard shows last week courtesy of Zak Shelby-Szyszko.

here's a new Subscriber download this month from the Key Motion Quintet co-led by Dave Douglas and Donny McCaslin recorded earlier this year in Salzau. Check out the Douglas composition, Split Personality, above via Soundcloud. Subscribers can download both this track and the "B-side"—McCaslin's Five Hands Down.