If there’s a downside to “New Language,” it’s that Yes has not been as vital and potent on any studio recording since.

They’re coming off a well-received album, and an opening spot with the Rolling Stones. But Bishop Gunn is just getting started.

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp continue to relentlessly push the envelope after all these years.

Nick Frater’s ‘Full Fathom Freight-Train’ pulls all the right levers when it comes to capturing the essence of ’70s pop rock.

The marriage made in heaven between Swiss minimalist specialists Sonar and master texturalist David Torn continues with ‘Tranceportation (Volume 1).’

Billy Sherwood, Fernando Perdomo and others are featured on Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

Byron Asher’s “Blues Obligato” is kind of like Dixieland informed by a hundred years of music development.

Jeff Goldblum has a style that’s light-fingered, dexterous and at times pithy. You get the sense he is not out to prove anything.

The second album by Kaprekar’s Constant requires a patient listen, but it eventually reveals so much beauty.

Tom Tallitsch’s ‘Ten’ sometimes posits itself closer to rock than jazz, but it retains all the improvisation and musicianship associated with the latter.