“American Crow” is a new recording from pre-eminent jazz orchestra leader Maria Schneider, which she describes as “an extension” of her magnificent double album ‘Data Lords.’

Here is the second advance single from Mama Guns’ 2026 album ‘DIG!’, the title track with special guest Brian Jackson.

Here is “Oo Long!”, the second advance single from cellist Tomeka Reid’s album ‘Dance! Skip! Hop!’.

A solo cello record might not sound like an exciting proposition for some, but with ‘REX,’ Christopher Hoffman puts the instrument at the forefront of modern music.

Camila Nebbia, James Banner and Max Andrzejewski successfully capture the spirit of creating live while innovating, making ‘Presencia’ an exciting new entry in the catalog of free jazz.

If laying down tracks where John Coltrane’s ‘A Love supreme’ was birthed is a jazz pilgrimage, then Dave Stryker’s ‘Blue Fire, The Van Gelder Sessions’ is a truly religious experience in the jazz sense.

Here is the advance single “Eat Your Greens” from Parlor Greens’ upcoming album ‘Emeralds.’

Ivo Perelman and Wadada Leo Smith collectively bring about a century of fearless music creation into ‘Duologues 5,’ and the veteran poise and confidence shows up unfailingly from beginning to end.

Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman and Tyshawn Sorey come back from seventeen years off to execute with a vengeance on Fieldplay’s ‘Thereupon.’

Breaking up ‘Off the Record’ into four EPs afforded Makaya McCraven the opportunity to construct discreet ‘suites’ whereby he uses his studio sorcery to provide the connective tissue between these primal jams.