With ‘Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Catherine Russell dtreats history as a living language rather than a museum artifact.

When Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays’ ‘As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls’ arrived 45 years ago this month, it sounded like nothing else in my record collection.

‘Creative Courage Trouncing Career Cowardice’ and ‘Mirror Dimensions’ are fine specimens of the unfiltered, raw free jazz that drummer Kikanju Baku does like few others.

Recorded in a single day, Alex Wintz’s ‘Collage’ lives up to its title, capturing a band that sounds both spontaneous and deeply road-tested.

The Daniel Bennett Group’s 11th album features ever-inventive interpretations of songs by Joni Mitchell, Horace Silver, Wes Montgomery, Lennon and McCartney, among others.

‘Always Ever’ is an unaltered transfer of ideas from the fertile mind of Alister Spence straight to tape.

You owe it to yourself to check out ‘Blow Your Face Out,’ released 50 years ago today, when the J. Geils Band was truly at the top of their game.

Having established himself as a top-flight sessionist, bandleader and composer, Billy Mohler reveals that all of those talents translates well onto the road with ‘Live In Europe.’

The Doors largely returned to their roots 55 years ago this week with ‘L.A. Woman,’ a no-frills blues-rock platter where every single song is a showstopper.

Dennis Atlas brings in Steve Lukather and other Toto bandmates but his outstanding solo album ‘Principle’ succeeds because it never loses its center.