Here is “You Gotta Know,” the soulful vocal debut of the superb jazz pianist and composer Kait Dunton.

Here is the video premiere of “Stir Crazy,” the title song from the Heavyweights Brass Band’s upcoming album out November 5, 2021.

Here is the video premiere of “I Look for Religion in War” from pianist/composer Dave Meder’s upcoming release ‘Unamuno Songs and Stories.’

There was no pressure to formulate a plan, as an album wasn’t on their minds. So, Allison Miller and Jane Ira Bloom played with total abandon.

Henry Threadgill’s creative light burns as bright as it ever did, and ‘Poof’ from his long-running Zooid ensemble is proof of why he is still earning accolades.

These new albums by Dr. Mike Bogle and Charged Particles prove jazz labels are trivial at best, and ultimately irrelevant.

Tony Kaye, Madeleine Peyroux, David Garfield 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.

With a prepared piano, Satoko Fujii once again makes “music that no one has ever heard before.”

While the energy of prior MTO records might be dialed back a bit, Steven Bernstein’s ‘Tinctures In Times’ is every bit as adventurous and emotionally weighty as before.

Clearly the guys of The Kevin Brady Electric Quartet are very comfortable playing together, and the immediacy and unity heard on “Airbourne” proves it.