A lot of people have undoubtedly heard Jay Z’s Empire State of Mind featuring Alicia Keys, and presumably a fair bit have heard her version on her The Element of Freedom album, but I wanted to point out the instrumental single of the Alicia Keys Piano Tribute Players’ Empire State of Mind. It’s beautiful. Not exactly quiet, the piano too sharp and tempo too up to be quite that, and neither is it precisely sad, but the main riff is almost lost, questing, wondering what to do with the day. I’m not sure where you would play this except alone in your thoughts, or the end to a movie as the characters walk off changed into the city, but it’s well worth the price of admission.