There’s a sense of more development and intrigue to come as Gareth Lockrane’s ‘Fistfight at the Barndance’ mixes musical atmospheres and essences.

Paying homage to a Charles Mingus masterpiece with inspired original material is just what you’d expect from the ever-curious, ever-expansive alto saxophonist Greg Ward.

Gavin Harrison’s ‘Cheating the Polygraph’ references Porcupine Tree and big band, but quickly moves well beyond those well-worn tropes.

If Bob Dylan’s new song is any indication, ‘Shadows in the Night’ could end up surprising more than a few naysayers. It’s certainly changed my mind.

Brian Setzer, an unjustly unheralded guitar player, has this knack for connecting with the redux zeitgeist.

You got to come on, man, and take a piece of Mr. Nathan Parker Smith’s band.

Daring but not self indulgent, this double album would be a risk in lesser hands.

She remains a wonder of range and sassy interpretation.

This doesn’t often sound like big band music, as Fujii draws from every impulse at her disposal.