Wendy Eisenberg and Shane Parish’s ‘Nervous Systems’ is just two masters of experimental guitar in an impromptu meeting of the minds.

Samantha Boshnack takes her ambitions to the next level and then puts it all on the line with a new band in front of a live audience. No sweat.

Reaching within his household for inspiration, bass master Joe Martin takes a rare turn leading a star-studded group.

‘Echos la nuit,’ which translates into “echoes the night,” is a unique moment for Michaël Attias: This is his first unaccompanied album.

Standing at only three feet tall, Michel Petrucciani showed during one summer evening with jazz giants Gary Peacock and Roy Haynes that he himself was a giant.

Bennie Maupin went solo 45 years ago this month, taking concepts (and players) from his time with Herbie Hancock – but using a far different approach.

Can both transcendental and earthly jazz coexist on the same record? With ‘In the Key of the Universe,’ Joey DeFrancesco answers with an emphatic ‘yes.’

The enthusiasm that Jeff Cosgrove, Matthew Shipp and William Parker invest in pushing jazz into sweet freedom shines through on ‘Near Disaster.’

The supremely creative ‘Sun of Goldfinger’ is unlike anything else out there – apart from other David Torn records.

10 years ago this week, Joe Bonamassa discovered the perfect balance between his penchant for blues covers and ’70s-style hard rock.