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Best Laid Plans

Summit Records
Release Date: May 8th, 2026

"Colorful, swinging, original jazz." | DICK METCALF, Contemporary Fusion Reviews

"Schapiro’s writing really IS innovative. He sounds like no one else while still leaning on certain established jazz forms." | LYNN RENÉE BAYLEY, Art Music Lounge

"A new set that hits it out of the park." | CHRIS SPECTOR, Midwest Record

"This is a big band album that blends both beauty and modern jazz into a refreshing, musical experience." | DEE DEE MCNEIL, Musical Memoirs

"New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60 is quite an achievement, in my view one of the finest jazz albums ever recorded.  I am in awe of what Jon Schapiro has done here, and urge you to really listen to it carefully." | LYNN RENÉ BAYLEY, ART MUSIC LOUNGE

"This is a tremendous set." | ROBERT RUSCH, Jazz Lives

"Sets the standard for all jazz tribute projects to come." | JONATHAN WIDRAN, THE JW VIBE

"Mysteriously infectious." | TOM HULL

"Among the most inventive and unpredictable big band jazz sets I’ve ever listened to." | DICK METCALF, CONTEMPORARY FUSION REVIEWS

"By showing that creative work still can be built off of Miles’ model, Schapiro and company pay the best possible tribute." | J.D. CONSIDINE, DOWNBEAT

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