As Anthony Braxton continues to push forward one of America’s greatest art forms, he also takes opportunities to demonstrate just how jazz got to be so great.

‘Be Ready When I Call You’ is the unvarnished blues that comes off earnestly, because Guy Davis is a seasoned storyteller and a messenger of hard truths, balanced by a humble wit.

Listening to the opening of “Spanish Sea,” you may be forgiven for thinking that this sounds like classic Toto.

Curved Air co-founder Darryl Way’s ‘Destinations 2’ features more solo instrumentals inspired by imagined journeys to exotic places.

Beverley Beirne’s new album is far different than the fun-filled ‘Jazz Just Wants to Have Fun,’ showing a completely different side and strength.

Chicago’s update of the Duke Ellington classic “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” is fun and lively, but could have been so much more.

‘Detours and Dead Ends Vol. 1’ finds Caddy taking a break from producing his own stellar songs to reprise some of his favorite tunes from the ’70s and ’80s.

How do you define Clannad’s career, an era and for all intents and purposes the genesis of a new genre, in just a couple of compact discs?

To put Sluka in any category is difficult, and why would you try?

One of the joys of the YESterdays series has been discovering – or rediscovering – Yes gems. This ‘Tormato’-era leftover provides another one of those moments.