“Saint Rose” is the advance single from Julian Lage’s upcoming new release for Blue Note Records, ‘Squint.’

Neither Evan Parker nor Matthew Shipp have anything left to prove, but that doesn’t diminish their drive to leave it all on the stage, as they did on ‘Leonine Aspects.’

This is obviously not music for all tastes but if you know about Fred Frith and Ikue Mori, then you know how good they are at making noise; for ‘A Mountain Doesn’t Know It’s Tall’ they make beautiful noise together.

Nothing is lost when Nik Bärtsch, bandleader, becomes Nik Bärtsch, solo pianist. It’s still captivating music, only played through the single vessel of piano.

A less forceful, more subtle Brian Charette Organ Sextette has its own, new charms in addition to a lot of the old ones. The evolution of Charette’s best ensemble is coming along just fine with ‘Power From The Air.’

Here is the video premiere of “Sycamore,” an advance track from TuneTown’s upcoming album ‘Entering Utopia.’

If you think the organ-guitar-drums concept has run its course, I present the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and their super-funky new release, ‘I Told You So.’

‘1918’ is vibes/percussion outlaw Mike Dillon’s unfiltered, homegrown manifesto about living in a pandemic world.

Here is the streaming premiere of cellist/composer Christopher Hoffman’s “Dylan George” from his upcoming album ‘Asp Nimbus.’

With the right mix of strong originals and well-selected covers, ‘Baker’s Circle’ is another solid outing by jazz guitar ace Dave Stryker and his quartet.