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.

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.

Dennis Mitcheltree and Johannes Wallmann’s ‘Holding Space’ is a collaboration between musical titans that is long overdue.

The four musicians of ‘NuMBq’ led by Michael Bisio puts a bit of a classical orchestra into their quartet of unbound adventurers.

The Omar Thomas Large Ensemble’s ‘Griot Songs’ is a nod to the West African tradition of sharing community history and tradition through storytelling.

We learn from the expansive ‘Flashpoints and Undercurrents’ that John Surman’s journey to great heights in jazz was underway very early on.

Oz Noy and Andrew Synowiec spent just one day recording ‘Recreational Substance.’ The result is a powerful melding of guitar-inspired fusion.

Louis Armstrong’s ‘Louis In London: Live at the BBC’ is a can’t-miss LP from someone who probably did more than anyone else to popularize both the trumpet and jazz music.

There’s too much artful turmoil here to contain on one disc, and that’s why Tim Berne’s ‘Yikes Too’ is a double-disc delight.

Microtonal jazz has been explored for a while, but with ‘Hemlocks, Peacocks,’ Will Mason finds innovative ways to scale its limitless potential.