Kirk Knuffke has long been called a rising-star cornet player but ‘Gravity Without Airs’ is not the work of an ascending artist but a completely developed musician.

Preston Frazier’s Best of 2022 (So Far) includes records from Ben Craven, Mark Wade Trio, Joe Bailey and others.

Whit Dickey’s deep trust in his bandmates and himself was greatly rewarded for his highly improvisational quartet outing ‘Astral Long Form: Staircase in Space.’

‘Shine Thru’ presents Dan Schnelle as not just a fine drummer but a complete artist who already has it all figured out.

The triumph of Anthony Fung’s ‘What Does It Mean to Be Free’ comes from distilling all of his bountiful ideas into an articulate and unified set of works.

Preston Frazier discusses the new album ‘Precarious Towers’ with Johannes Wallmann, who we last spoke with about 2018’s terrific ‘Love Wins.’

‘Cascadia’ confirms Dmitri Matheny’s rightful place as the heir to the flugelhorn giant and his old mentor, the late great Art Farmer.

Here is the video premiere of “Bouncin’ at Bonafide” by talented Toronto up-and-coming saxophonist Jacob Chung and his quintet.

Matthew Shipp’s compositional skills are standout on his trio’s latest collection ‘World Construct,’ usually an approach that is at once very captivating and idiosyncratic.

Aristocrats, David Binney and Ben Craven are part of the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.