From serene moments to uninhibited flashes, Denny Zeitlin’s trio with Buster Williams and Matt Wilson found themselves in particularly good form that spring night at the Mezzrow Jazz Club.

Just because Rudresh Mahanthappa took a break from composing for this project doesn’t mean he took a break from creating.

In its own wise way, Jon Anderson’s guest-filled, often quietly involving new solo album ‘1000 Hands’ sails pretty darn “close to the edge.”

If I can’t have a Savatage reunion, here’s hoping that Archon Angel keeps the magic alive.

You never know what to expect from a new Brandon Seabrook album, aside from that it’s guaranteed to be way outside the bounds of normal. ‘Exultations’ is certainly that.

Danielia Cotton’s six-song EP ‘A Different War’ is as hard-charging and personal as anything in her career. She’s not pulling any punches.

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s ‘Roy Ayers JID 002′ does a great job of showing the timelessness of Roy Ayers’ 70s music with a message for people of the present.

Veteran drummer and novice record label entrepreneur Whit Dickey finds ways to keep things fresh, this time with a new trio for ‘Expanding Light.’

A striking synthesis of folk, classical, pop and rock, ‘Year of the Cat’ deftly demonstrated Al Stewart’s ability to craft literate songs.

By applying today’s sound processing technology to hand-made music that was conceived instantly, Adam Rudolph magnifies the exotic musical concepts of himself and his longtime partners and collaborators Hamid Drake and Ralph M. Jones.