Ivo Perelman and Jason Stein’s ‘Spiritual Prayers’ provides a symbiotic, seemingly effortless demonstration of free improvisational playing.

This album seems to have brought Donny McCaslin to a decision point: Is he a jazz player, an improviser or a rock / pop / stage show player?

There is a deep understanding here between Peter Brotzmann and Heather Leigh, even more so than on their previous collaboration.

‘Adrift,’ the new duo-piano album from Sam Leak and Dan Tepfer, is delightful, strong and vibrant.

Wayne Shorter has delivered a late-period masterpiece: The music on ‘Emanon’ is wonderful, the expectation delivered.

The Pagliuca-Mena Sextet’s debut album ‘El Templo de Las Ideas’ is incredible – and that is not a word I often use.

The album’s PR material describes ‘We Are the Orchestra’ as a “bold departure” for Daniel Bennett, but what strikes me actually is that it’s not.

New Orleans is a place where many cultures met in the past, and it continues to draw people from all over the world – including jazz lovers like me.

The thought that this Thelonious Monk recording could have been lost is too much. ‘Mønk’ is amazing.

Created as a tribute to one of jazz’s organ masters, ‘Live in Music City’ instead ends up showcasing the promise and potential of Jimmie Smith.