The four musicians of ‘NuMBq’ led by Michael Bisio puts a bit of a classical orchestra into their quartet of unbound adventurers.

We learn from the expansive ‘Flashpoints and Undercurrents’ that John Surman’s journey to great heights in jazz was underway very early on.

The 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco are back. Their calling card of campy humor married to tight rock-pop songcraft are back, too, with their new set of songs ‘Are You Sure?’.

‘live at pioneer works, 26 october 2023’ by Wolf Eyes and Anthony Braxton is a splendidly spontaneous live capture of towering figures of avant-garde jazz and underground noise music.

Here is a video of Steve Smith and Vital Information’s explosive take on Journey’s megahit “Don’t Stop Believen’.”

‘What Happened There?’ has much unpredictable, provocative and instinctual playing from the first encounter between Keiji Haino and Natsuki Tamura, two of Japan’s foremost musical firebrands.

There’s too much artful turmoil here to contain on one disc, and that’s why Tim Berne’s ‘Yikes Too’ is a double-disc delight.

Microtonal jazz has been explored for a while, but with ‘Hemlocks, Peacocks,’ Will Mason finds innovative ways to scale its limitless potential.

Roscoe Mitchell leads a new trio/quartet using his decades-old ideas with a new freshness and proving with ‘One Head Four People’ that his approach still stands in the vanguard of jazz.

Cheer-Accident’s ‘Vacate’ is an “easy listening” record from an art rock band that deserves close listening.