Jeff Jones’ vision and extensive legwork that went into this one-off jazz fusion gem ‘The People’s People Present The Spirit Of David’ resulted in a quality electric jazz record that’s held up pretty well over the years

The Rolling Stones accomplished something 20 years ago today that hadn’t happened in a quarter century: They put out a good record.

Dan Rosenboom has developed a fine career making adventurous music of many stripes. With ‘Coordinates,’ he masterfully pulls it all together.

Jacob Garchik’s ‘Ye Olde 2, At The End of Time’ is a fun listen in spite of its complexity because you can feel the apparent fun that went into playing it.

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr’s ‘Drops’ is confrontational and reflective, aggressive and unassuming. It’s never, ever boring.

Here’s the satisfyin’ retro-soul single “Say It Again” from Shawn Lee (Young Gun Silver Fox) and Kelly Finnigan (The Monophonics).

Gregg Belisle-Chi again undertakes the not small task of deconstructing Tim Berne songs and reconstructing them in his own image, but it’s a labor of love for him.

Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor didn’t lose any momentum from the eleven years when their partnership went dormant, because they blazed trails together for a long time before. They’re still blazing with ‘Hyperglyph.’

Ivo Perelman, Nate Wooley, Matt Moran, Mark Helias & Tom Rainey let their extraordinary instincts take completely over for ‘A Modicum of Blues.’

Julius Hemphill’s songs might be nominally jazz but to hear them in a chamber music setting as rendered by the Hemphill Stringtet is a revelation.