Dave Stryker and his crack, soul-jazz combo offer their fourth ‘Eight Track’-branded album, where the only difference is the festive season theme.

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

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

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

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

Neal Francis is making the most of his second chance to make a first impression, creating quality soul music earnestly by hand.

This is drumming extraordinaire Mike Pride taking DIY to the extreme, not only in recording these solo, but also in engineering, mixing & mastering these series of improvisations.

‘Testament’ leaves me wondering why Avram Fefer isn’t more widely noticed. He consistently brings the goods in composition, technique and sidemen – and delivers.

Here is the streaming premiere of “Peaceable” by Quin Kirchner, Daniel Van Duerm, Matthew Lux w/guest Jaimie Branch.

Pearring Sound is the moniker affixed to music led by alto saxophonist Jeff Pearring, and that sound is jazz that’s sometimes playful and always daring.