Brian Blade joined Preston Frazier to discuss his new recording with guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel’s trio, and how the coronavirus has impacted things.

Celebrating the upcoming anniversary of Pink Floyd’s often-overlooked ‘Atom Heart Mother,’ a transitional album that’s significant for what it started.

Here is the world premiere of “Trapeze / Maku (Live)” by Chicago-based free-form masters Mako Sica with Hamid Drake.

‘Root’ by Ross Hammond and Calvin Weston Smith could be the first album recorded and released in the new COVID-19 world we’ve been suddenly regulated to.

Eric Johnson, David Sancious and Jeff Beam are part of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

Liberty Ellman’s new PI Recordings release ‘Last Desert’ is some cerebral jazz, yet avoids the clutter of some music that often falls into that category.

A mix of contoured creations, Julie Campiche’s ‘Onkalo’ is one of those albums which improves listen by listen.

The Lickerish Quartet’s first track “Lighthouse Spaceship” carries many of the same hallmarks that made its predecessor band Jellyfish so great.

‘The Fantastic Mrs. 10’ boils down to Matt Mitchell’s simple words: Tim Berne’s designs provide a context for insanity. Sweet insanity.

Ex-E Street Band member David Sancious’ ‘Eyes Wide Open’ is a wondrous hybrid that infuses funk, pop, rock, blues, jazz and prog with a social conscience.