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.

Fifty years on, Patrice Rushen’s ‘Prelusion’ continues to be more than some artifact of its time, it’s the auspicious introduction of a precocious, enormous talent

Jazz is supposed to be the music of discovery, and ‘Wood Blues’ captures the free jazz quartet [ahmed] in the very act of discovery.

‘Eyes On The Horizon’ celebrates the pupil as much as former mentor Wadada Leo Smith, as Joe Fonda since set on a path that’s led him to the company of the best in highly creative, highly improvised jazz.