A Castronovo-sung single from Schon’s new solo album shot into the Top 5.

Ready or not, here comes 2013’s Monk International Competition saxophone winner Melissa Aldana. ‘Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio’ marks a solid first step in the post-Big Win phase of her young career.

It was a long stretch between Gene Segal’s first and second albums but ‘Mental Images’ assures that the intervening time was time was spent.

Lofgren’s ‘Face the Music’ set includes 169 original songs from across his career.

Despite the Grateful Dead’s success, there have been a few musical blunders along the way.

“Kulee Baba,” when Steely Dan goes global. Ahhh, the CD. Those plastic discs of music we used before iTunes. With a noise reduction system Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were crying for when (mis)mastering Katy Lied. Seventy minutes worth and no static at all. CDs arrived commercially in the FallRead More

Turns out that ‘Sleepwalker’ was very much a concept album.

Michael Dease’s big band take on “Roppongi” breathes new life into this little-noticed Randy Brecker gem.

They pay tribute to a blues great, yet create an album that is very much their own.

Wolfgang Muthspiel has just begun with ECM but ‘Driftwood’ has the style and sonority of an old vet with the label. This sounds like the beginning of a beautiful relationship.