For ‘Dusk and Dawn,’ the Rich Halley 4 deliver attitude and panache missing from much of jazz while respecting everything about the idiom that made it great.

Vazesh’s ‘Tapestry’ is the peacefully assured world vibe salve for a more volatile and uncertain world.

Keith Jarrett’s trio triumph ‘The Old Country’ is an equal companion to ‘At the Deer Head Inn,’ not an inferior second helping.

Regardless of what one might think of the political messages of Devin Gray, his musical messages on ‘Melt All Guns II’ are undeniably mighty.

Regardless of where you drop the needle on Jonathan Powell’s ‘Mambo Jazz Party,’ you will be inspired, energized, and pleased.

‘Good Intentions’ is an astonishing start from a saxophonist and composer still absorbing the more daring sides of jazz, because Alden Hellmuth is not interested in biding her time before putting her own imprint on the music form.

‘Sonorous Present’ is an immersive journey into Alex E. Chavez’s life, with elements of tragedy, isolation, and discovery.

On ‘Breaking the Shell,’ Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille & Kit Downes get to expand their home base of creatively improvised music using the stately yet otherworldly sounds of the pipe organ.

‘The Data’ is some of Matthew Shipp’s most heartfelt and ardent of his solo piano albums, informed with a lifetime of jazz and classical studies behind it.

‘Conversance’ picks up where the Chris Greene Quartet left off with 2017’s ‘Boundary Issues,’ showcasing the arranging and playing talents of each band member.