‘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.

‘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.

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.

Horace Silver’s ‘Silver In Seattle: Live At The Penthouse” is a very satisfying snapshot of an important artist in the middle of a lengthy period backed by major jazz big guns in their own right.

The Satoko Fujii Quartet’s ‘Burning Wick’ brings the hard punch of a rock-minded rhythm section to vanguard jazz.

’12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy’ is not a Ivo Perelman/Ray Anderson duet to be skipped over; across twelve impromptu compositions the saxophonist and trombonist find instant compatibility.

The electrifying new experimental jazz trio The Sifters adapt their ample talents to the greater whole and do so with great instincts informed by great fluency.

Patricia Brennan’s ‘Of The Near And Far’ has all the originality, fearlessness and range that you look for to affirm that there are so many exciting avenues in music still left to be taken.