‘Live at the 188 Club’ from Aurora Nealand, Mark Helias and Tim Berne underscore the three-way interplay between sax, accordion and bass, and proves the concept works nicely when the right musicians are executing it.

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

‘Oceans And’ intrigues because it’s a meld of sounds that don’t normally go together, and delights because it goes together so well in the hands of Tim Berne, Aurora Nealand and Hank Roberts.

The the music of ‘MYSTIC’ by the expanded Sun of Goldfinger ensemble The Sunny Four lives entirely in the moment while justifying multiple moments re-hearing it.

With ‘Letters to George’ by his exciting new combo GEORGE, John Hollenbeck once again takes a somewhat odd assortment of musicians and shaped them into the something truly fresh and compelling.

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

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