Like other Scott DuBois works, ‘Summer Water’ is sagacious and spiritually deep, only this time, only DuBois’ guitar is needed for those qualities to shine through.

A spirituality invades Ricardo Pinheiro’s guitar/voice album ‘Caruma.’ The world is right, the music beautiful.

Like the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of burying treasure to be found later, ‘MMBC Terma’ by Michael Bisio, Michael Monhart and Ben Chadabe is a treasure of freeform jazz that’s emerged after almost fourteen years hidden away.

MicroCorgi, a boundary-stretching New York-based piano trio, melds jazz, ambient and electronica.

Soft Works’ ‘Abracadabra In Osaka’ is a worthy addition to the Soft Machine legacy, and a testament to the prowess of some master musicians.

“Saint Rose” is the advance single from Julian Lage’s upcoming new release for Blue Note Records, ‘Squint.’

Alan Broadbent and Georgia Mancio have collaborated over many years, and ‘Quiet Is the Star’ confirms their growing international reputation.

Neither Evan Parker nor Matthew Shipp have anything left to prove, but that doesn’t diminish their drive to leave it all on the stage, as they did on ‘Leonine Aspects.’

14 Jazz Orchestra, Jazzrausch Bigband and the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra demonstrate the vitality and variety of a big band, however big it is – or isn’t.

Miles Davis steadfastly refused to conform to any expectations that were held for him – as both an individual and artist.