Crate Digger’s Gold: Pete Christlieb / Warne Marsh Quintet – Apogee
I have no idea how I missed this 1978 release back in the day. It was produced by Becker and Fagen (Steely Dan) at the height of their Aja success. I was an emerging jazz head at the time – a regular reader of Downbeat. This is a great jazz record. A couple of tenor players I have never heard of blowing their brains out.
This is not jazz rock, this is not jazz lite, this is high quality post bop jazz. I am just getting into it, but after a couple of plays I really like it. Stay tuned as I learn more about this. I discovered this in one of emusic’s 6 degree articles (Six Degrees of Steely Dan’s Aja).
See All About Jazz for a a more informed review: Pete Christlieb/Warne Marsh Quintet: Apogee (2004)
Axl's Catch Groove 
Speaking of Steely Dan, ever seen this segment on the making of “Peg”? Good stuff:
As a Peg fan you might get a kick out of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGHaKbnoL8&feature=player_embedded. Larry Carlton – a Steely Dan regular asked permission to base a song on the Peg melody. See emusic article for more details http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/music-news/connections/six-degrees-of-steely-dans-aja/: