‘Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts’ an historically important document of four giants pushing jazz out to its very limits.

Whether in trio or momentary quartet, ‘Orbital’ provides proof that The Outskirts reunion was well justified. The highly-charged improvisational magic is back.

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.

Guitarist/sound-texturalist David Torn and saxophonist Tim Berne join forces to offer a sonic mind-bender fabricated out of thin air.

‘Flashing Spirits’ by Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley gives us another glimpse into this special musical alliance between two masters of improvised music during a time when the two were just getting to know each other.

On ‘Sad Life,’ it’s evident this early on in his career that Ivo Perelman doesn’t suppress his own personal musical makeup in the presence of more established masters like William Parker and Rashied Ali.

When advanced improvisers like Ivo Perelman, Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee get together as they did on ‘Oxygen,’ advanced instantly produced art is the outcome.

Taking the trombone and electric guitar to places rarely visited, Matthias Muller and Andreas Willers generate a pure form of “echtzeitmusik” – or “real-time music.”

This encounter between Ivo Perelman and Tyshwan Sorey brought out the best of each musician in bringing forth a perfect union of harmony and rhythm, sprung directly from thought to execution.

‘What Happened There?’ has much unpredictable, provocative and instinctual playing from the first encounter between Keiji Haino and Natsuki Tamura, two of Japan’s foremost musical firebrands.