Guido Spannocchi’s ‘Kammermusik’ avoids cliches by presenting a new blended sound. Yet there’s a sense of solace in our currently unpredictable world.

Edward Simon’s ‘Venezuela: Latin American Songbook Vol. 2’ features intimate, unhurried and deeply grounded music that breathes with the cadence of memory.

With ‘The Woods,’ the sagacious guitarist from Maine Ryan Blotnick has consolidated all his strengths into his most consistent effort yet.

Mark Wade’s ‘New Stages’ is simply unclassifiable. Record stores might not like that, but listeners do because there is something for every musical palette.

Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project’s ‘The Longest Way Round’ plays like a passport filled to capacity, moving seamlessly through genres and rhythms.

Here is “Like Swimwear (part one),” the advance single from Jeff Parker ETA IVtet’s upcoming album ‘Happy Today.’

Stephen Godsall’s fun, experimental ‘Tingling Skin, Buzzing Wires’ proves the banjo fits just fine into an ensemble. Along the way, he elevates this humble instrument to new heights.

Sophisticated without being stiff, the Mark Wade Trio’s ‘New Stages’ rewards both curious jazz listeners and classical fans alike.

Bassist Michael Formanek who has a reputation for consistently coming up with novel creative approaches to jazz just put his imagination into overdrive for ‘New Digs.’

‘ELEPHANT’ shows Adam O’Farrill’s daring to innovate new jazz with disparate non-jazz components comes from the acumen to conceive it and execute it with confidence.