Recorded during a hiatus from the Pat Metheny Group, ‘Rejoicing’ offers an underrated one-off diversion alongside Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins.

Tim Berne’s and Gregg Belisle-Chi’s ‘ZONE 1’ completes a one-two punch of sax/guitar performances which are distinct from each other but at the highest level.

Kirk Knuffke and Michael Bisio’s instinctual interaction on ‘For You I Don’t Want To Go’ makes their duets much more than just an exchange of chops; it’s a very personal engagement of two souls painting musical art together.

Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp both thrive on finding different partners with which to exchange fresh ideas, but they always return to this special duo.

As ‘One More, Please’ makes evident, Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell can keep their collaboration going for a long time because their collaboration never moves beyond the discovery phase.

John Escreet’s first trio album ‘Seismic Shift’ is that rare record where both massive chops and innovative harmonic ideas both come in spades.

Here is the video premiere of ‘Rebirth’ by Noam Lemish, from the pianist, composer and bandleader’s upcoming orchestral-jazz record ‘Twelve.’

Jeff Berlin, Ben Sidran, Jeff Denson and others are part of the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

Thumbscrew continues to perform greater than the sum of its considerable parts, as ‘Multicolored Midnight’ retains all the freshness of their first time together.

Here is the video premiere of “Mad Nomad,” from the appealing world-music quartet So Long Seven.