Sometimes jazz can itself seem like magic, its best practitioners spontaneously spinning breathtaking improvised music out of thin air. Mike Jones, one of our most accomplished mainstream jazz pianists, is certainly a wizard of sorts. On The Show Before the Show, Jones is joined by a bassist who, in another capacity, also knows how to dazzle with regularity: Penn Jillette, the internationally acclaimed magician who, for over four decades, has been best known as the verbal half of the renowned magic duo Penn & Teller. This limited edition 180 gram vinyl release has an equally entertaining cover from the Simpsons animator David Silverman and notes by the quiet but elegant Mr. Teller.