‘Return to Forever: Returns’ arrived 10 years ago today as a reminder of everything we loved about this cosmic, muscular and damned funky band.

Fernando Perdomo, Alexis Evans, and a new prog supergroup are part of this occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

The supremely creative ‘Sun of Goldfinger’ is unlike anything else out there – apart from other David Torn records.

‘Circuits’ is another directional change for the supremely talented Chris Potter, but with the same high mark of accomplishment and ingenuity that’s found on nearly all of his recordings.

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

‘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.

What’s still amazing, 20 years later, is that Mike Keneally’s “Draconian Blump” doesn’t feature a bunch of seasoned musicians – rather than just one.

James Brandon Lewis summons the ghosts of Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden to inspire him to think differently about his art.

There’s a record for every corner of fusion, from minimalism to funk-jazz to jam band, on S. Victor Aaron’s final Best of 2018 list.