The highly individual trumpet of Steph Richards and the interesting twists heard on “Zephyr” set the pattern for the rest of the upcoming adventurous album of the same name.

“Struck by Lightning” would actually have been a perfect way to end ‘Old Is New,’ and Toto’s studio recording career. Here’s why.

Why is there no fanfare for the 50th anniversary of MC5’s ‘High Time’? As seems to be typical these days, I have no answer.

An expertly performed live version of the opus “Aja” is an advance single from the upcoming concert album ‘Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!’

John Adams’ “On the Transmigration of Souls” is difficult, not just because it’s a classical operatic piece but because 9/11 still sparks so many feelings.

Sometimes you want jazz that makes you think and other times you just want that jazz to party and get down. The Nils Landgren Funk Unit takes care of the latter end of the spectrum with their recent release ‘Funk Is My Religion.’

Working with Rascal Flatts certainly wasn’t conventional. But at this point Chicago’s sails had been slack for more than a decade. They had nothing to lose.

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

Wisdom flows like the Mississippi River through James McMurtry’s brilliant new album. It’s Bob Dylan, without the metaphor.

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.