For ‘Dial Up’ by Dave Rempis, Jason Adasiewicz + Chris Corsano, it’s the Chicago/Midwestern lunch-pail approach to free improvisation is the glue that holds this trio together.

‘KHMER Live in Bergen’ shows Nils Petter Molvær’s uniquely meticulous electronic instrumental music that finds beauty in the clash between calm and the calamitous can be faithfully executed outside of a studio.

Released 45 years ago, ’80/81′ visits “out” material and more straight-ahead jazz, with a healthy introduction to Pat Metheny’s idea of “folk jazz.”

‘The Diptychs’ continues the creative toughness and pliability of Lina Allemano’s long-running quartet.

Charles Tyler’s reissued 1975 release ‘Voyage From Jericho’ documents a turning point in a career marked by being present and participating in the front lines of 60s out-jazz and bringing it forward to the loft jazz of the 70s.

Director Richard Lester may have been successful in capturing the Beatles’ charisma in ‘Help!,’ but Mike Tiano notes that film isn’t without its issues.

Guitarist/sound-texturalist David Torn and saxophonist Tim Berne join forces to offer a sonic mind-bender fabricated out of thin air.

By introducing his consistent and dynamic new quintet with ‘Smoke Shifter,’ we learn a little more about percussion ace Chad Taylor’s almost limitless artistry.

Talented multi-instrumentalist Fernando Perdomo brings his epic year-long Waves series to a rewarding conclusion with the release of ‘Waves 12.’

Jay Nachman discusses ‘Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind’ with Charlie Ricci, with a couple of remarks from the great rocker himself.