JEN KRUPA and LEIGH PILZER were inspired by the duo collaborations of such pairs as Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer, J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding, and Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. With Jen on trombone and Leigh on baritone and soprano saxophones and a roster of world-class rhythm section members they perform jazz standards, selections from the Great American Songbook, and straight-ahead originals.

Individually Jen, Leigh, and the rest of the group have played with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orches...