Tyshawn Sorey’s trio builds on the triumph of the standards-reimagining ‘Mesmerism’ with the loose, imaginative ‘Continuing.’

Zoe Rahman’s ‘Colour of Sound’ is a heady mix of joy, love and occasional tranquil moments where the music takes you on a giddy trip again and again.

Pat Metheny produces a solid set of intimate, heartfelt numbers, reminding us that decades later, there’s no guitarist who delivers those better.

With Sunna Gunnlaugs’ latest release ‘Becoming,’ the art of the trio is alive and well under her leadership.

As he had done with Wayne Shorter’s and Miles Davis’ music, Denny Zeitlin covers the songs of George Gershwin with imagination, passion and a deeply personal touch.

Michael Formanek is once again leading a high-powered quartet, and ‘As Things Do’ is as fresh, thoughtful and vigorous as anything he’s ever done.

Alex LoRe’s ‘Evening Will Find Itself’ a set of musical chapters that likewise stretches modernist jazz to the frontiers of what is possible.

Illegal Crowns’ new album ‘Unclosing’ is maximal jazz from a band full of advanced composers and prodigious improvisers.

On her latest excursion as a leader, ‘The Glass Hours,’ elite bassist Linda May Han Oh does everything to burnish her reputation as a complete artist.

The Guido Spannocchi Quartet’s ‘Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna’ brings forth the full impact of performance and reciprocity between musicians.