Nate Wooley finds insight for his music from a glacial landscape and, like its namesake, his own ‘Columbia Icefield’ is far out and expansive.

Performances like these are often called “spontaneous compositions” but in the case of Dave Rempis’ Kuzu, they’re often spontaneous combustions.

Avant-garde but never off putting, Anton Eger’s ‘Æ’ is a weird record, but weird in a great way.

It’s tempting to call this a tilt toward Ben Harper territory. But ‘Are You Open?’ might be the most “Seth Walker” record Seth Walker has ever made.

Matthew Shipp returns to his trio, using a common setup to make music that’s uncommonly advanced and stimulating.

In celebrating her starting point with ‘Planet D’earth,’ Kait Dunton ends up revealing more about what she’s now capable of.

Here is the video premiere of ‘Boom’ from Trapper Keaper’s upcoming LP ‘Trapper Keaper Meets Tim Berne & Aurora Nealand.’

‘New York United’ is a balance between the unpredictable and the mulled over, between live performance and dreamy, electronic production values.

Jeff Ballard moves further away from mainstream jazz, while keeping himself challenged on the drums.

Though the lineup changed for ‘Harder On the Outside,’ daring and creativity has been the constant of Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord for its 15-year existence.