What’s striking about the Tori Freestone Trio’s ‘El Mar de Nubes’ is how strongly themed each track is, yet it’s all played with incredible imagination.

On ‘Ride Angles,’ the band is an extension of Sam Ospovat’s mind, a very fertile mind at that.

Recorded 50 years ago this month, Joe Henderson’s ‘Power to the People’ features perhaps his most varied track listing and his best-ever backing band.

Miles Davis was a master at recognizing other people’s good ideas and making them great; jazz pianist Denny Zeitlin does the same here.

Dave Stryker’s third Baby Boomer covers album ‘Eight Track III’ is a can’t-lose proposition because the melodies are rich with timeless soul.

Ed Jones’ ‘For Your Ears Only’ is a revelation of hard bop, controlled and creatively led playing.

Please help Petros Klampanis in a Kickstarter campaign to fund his exciting new trio album ‘Irrationalities.’ Deadline is May 5, 2019!

40 years ago, Pat Metheny took the first of many detours into quiet emotion. ‘New Chautauqua’ remains the one that most strongly connects.

Kim Cypher tells us she wanted to blend “inspired original music” with cover songs “arranged with a quirky, jazzy twist.” Mission accomplished.

Ben Monder has this rare ability to effortlessly abstract harmony without robbing it of any of its emotional impact.