Emphasizing a loosely-structured, open approach, the Tomeka Reid Quartet builds on the success of the prior two outings with ‘3+3.’

The Claudio Scolari Project raises the stakes for ‘Opera 8,’ an especially adventurous effort from a band for which adventure is their calling card.

Everything on Nick Millevoi’s meditative ‘Moon Pulses’ points to conceiving a single idea and a single-minded determination to bring that idea to fruition.

For the Christian Marien Quartett, the new album ‘How Long Is Now’ means not just living in the current moment, but thriving and getting full enjoyment from it.

With James Brandon Lewis and the Son Lux rhythm section, Dave Douglas keeps pushing forward fresh ideas with that same old vigor he’s had from the start.

In creating ‘Worlds In A Life, Two’ on the fly, Thollem put the impulsiveness into this recycled music that you can’t get by pondering over it too long.

‘Lucid/Still’ captures a live performance of Tim Berne, Hank Roberts and Aurora Nealand’s unique brand of improvised chamber music.

The Matthew Shipp Trio’s ‘New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz’ further obliterates the line between composed and cursive, allowing for prettier melodic development while retaining all the element of surprise.

After helping other artists come into their own, Josh Johnson’s time has come with ‘Unusual Object,’ an album that elegantly operates in the vanguard.

Here is the video premiere of “When I Fall” from ‘A Canadian Songbook,’ the new album by Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop.