While you're waiting for your drug test

Whether you are being strip-searched for a traffic ticket or being drug tested for a job interview, you can listen to some tunes while you wait.


In Jazz:


The Vijay Iyer Trio's "accelerando". If you have a chance, go see Vijay live. He is simply one of the best new Jazz artists.


Billy Hart's "All Our Reasons"  by ECM. Billy hails from the days of Miles Davis' groups and continues a venerable tradition in jazz drumming. He has assembled a great group. 


If you want to support Amnesty International, just buy "Chimes of Freedom", the Songs of Bob Dylan. This four disc set--yes, four discs--is the best anthology of other artist playing Dylan you'll ever hear.


It is hard to believe Buddy Holly could sound new but "Rave On" by Fantasy with Modest Mouse, the Black Keys, Patti Smith and Nick Lowe make the old rocker sound positively today.


Even though the Big Man only appeared on two cuts of the new album before his death, the other Bruce from the Jersey Shore tries to explain how his old town was destroyed by the Wrecking Ball.  Despite Rolling Stone raving about this ode to justice in the hedge fund world, The Wrecking Ball hints at Bruce's past glory and gets a bit bogged down with folk influences.