As King Loosestrife, Brett Nagafuchi offers a mishmash of alluring ideas that are often cohered by a theme of creatively atypical approaches.

With Naya Baaz’s ‘Charm,’ Rez Abbasi and Josh Feinberg channel their adventurous spirits into spiritually satisfying music.

With ‘Collodion,’ Anthony Wilson managed to turn what would be a stressful situation for lesser musicians into a cozy listening experience.

If you just want to hear Chick Corea and his mates shred like rock stars, 1987’s ‘Light Years’ by his Elektric Band is a good place for that.

This creative burst mostly came with help from jazz luminaries, but ‘The Omnichord Real Book’ still sounds like the singular Meshell Ndegeocello.

Angie Wells and ‘Abbey Road Reimagined’ headline the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

John McLaughlin is known for his restlessness – here electric, there acoustic, here Western, there Eastern. ‘This Moment’ straddles many of those worlds.

‘Digital Reaction’ has all the wide ranging guitar-led gumption and fortitude of Marc Ribot’s Atomic Dog but with Nick Millevoi’s own stamp, marshaling shards of most everything he’s done up this point while adding a few new tricks.

The Claudio Scolari Project’s ‘Intermission’ is a collective leap of faith, and these guys positively thrive in it.

Since members of the Vampires have previously collaborated with each member of the Necks, Chris Abrahams’ inclusion in the former group for the attractive new release ‘Nightjar’ makes this addition by addition.