For their third album, the offbeat experimental jazz-rock trio Ergo brought in a few guest performers to shake things up a bit.

Spring has sprung and it’s time for some blues! Sure, true believers know that it’s always time for some blues.

Alex “Apolo” Ayala marries modern jazz ideas with Latin-inspired rhythms, connecting the ideas with a blend of spry originals and brilliantly reworked classics. Not that it seemed that way at first.

Now here’s a band that paid some serious dues! Founded in late 1964, the Ides of March were barely teenagers when they started gigging and cutting discs.