With ‘Pride & Joy,’ piano ace Jon Cowherd leads a top-shelf trio with two very special guests to make high-quality jazz richly inspired by personal experiences.

For those who favor fire-breathing fusion as their progressive music of choice, ex-Dream Theater member Derek Sherinian’s ‘Vortex’ nicely fits the bill.

With ‘Parallel Motion,’ the Yellowjackets continue to defy the tendency of even the best bands to run out of steam and go stale.

Cymbalic Encounters’ latest prog-rock/jazz collaboration with Brand X players Percy Jones and John Goodsall finds a delightful and always gamboled groove.

‘Pacific Ocean Blue’ arrived 45 years ago today as a rare spotlight for the Beach Boys’ craggy-voiced bad boy Dennis Wilson.

With ‘Aperture,’ Michael Orenstein enters the realm of jazz recording artists as a fully formed talent, one with a fresh, contemporary extension of the piano greats who’ve come before him.

This is the second in a series where Mick Raubenheimer examines ‘Joe’s Garage,’ a three-part rock opera by Frank Zappa from 1979.

Hopefully, the arrival of David Paich’s ‘Forgotten Toys’ EP is just the opening salvo in a long overdue solo career.

Zan Zone’s ‘Start Where You Stand’ is an often Wishbone Ash-esque guitar-rock album that just gets things right.

The heyday of Southern rock may be gone, but Whiskey Myers proves once again that it’s definitely still alive and kicking like a mule.