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111 MHz: ‘Things Ain't What They Used to Be.’ Setting the time machine for 1957, and the album that epitomized the notion of cool electric guitar in West Coast jazz. Jim Hall began his long career with this record—and established the setup he’d use for decades: the simple guitar-piano-bass trio. Here, they play a 1942 standard written by Mercer Ellington, Duke Ellington’s son.

—Brendan Hasenstab