Thumbscrew continues to perform greater than the sum of its considerable parts, as ‘Multicolored Midnight’ retains all the freshness of their first time together.

“Rolling Back” is a strong indicator that Young Gun Silver Fox’s fourth LP will be yet another yacht-rock dandy from Andy Platts and Shawn Lee.

Steely Dan signaled a shift in direction 45 years ago today with the release of ‘Aja,’ a finely tuned lyrical and musical triumph.

Issued 15 years ago this week, ‘River: The Joni Letters’ took flight by celebrating Joni Mitchell without making Herbie Hancock a sideman on his own LP.

The ambient, computer-generated drones of ‘New Primes’ produced by Greg Davis is a deep harmonic bath that uses your ears to transport your mind.

With ‘Fractal Sextet,’ guitarist/composer Stephan Thelen doesn’t necessarily introduce new ideas, but he takes good ideas he already developed and puts them into a new framework. That makes the music that resulted from this sound just as fresh.

If you’re looking for a guitar / piano / acoustic bass combo that breaks all the rules, there’s probably only Gordon Grdina, Matthew Shipp and Mark Helias.

Michael Formanek’s composing prowess had set a high standard for this ensemble. Sometimes, though, you just gotta let guys run off the leash. And, as we now know with ‘Other Zones,’ he did.

Here is the video premiere of “wha tekau ma iwa,” from the fully improvisational ‘4.9’ album by Rocío Giménez López, Matthew Golombisky and Matias Formica.

With ‘Pride & Joy,’ piano ace Jon Cowherd leads a top-shelf trio with two very special guests to make high-quality jazz richly inspired by personal experiences.