Recorded over a single day 50 years ago this month, John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’ pointed the way for the triumph of his solo debut.

At casual glance, the Matthew Shipp Trio’s new album could be read as ‘Symbiotic Reality.’ An engaged listen convinces us that should be the actual name.

Dan Rosenboom’s ‘Absurd In the Anthropocene’ is the right mixture of the past and future, acoustic and electric, familiar and exotic.

Here is the video premiere of “Weeping Mary” by the Westerlies, from their upcoming album ‘Wherein Lies the Good.’

Here’s a tantalizing suggestion of what Walter Becker’s debut might’ve sounded like if he made ’11 Tracks of Whack’ more like ‘The Nightfly’ instead of ‘Plastic Ono Band.’

Samuele Strufaldi and Tommaso Rosati’s ‘1.15 K’ is fascinating not just because of the colliding of two musical worlds, but the creativity that went into it.

It’s clear how Gordon Grdina?’s Nomad Trio got their name: They wander without a clear map through vast musical terrain few can even attempt, and make it to the other side unscathed.

With Kait Dunton’s ‘trioKAIT Live at the Blue Whale,’ the integrity of the compositions and the sheer musical ability holds up just fine on stage, thank you very much.

As the Radical Empathy Trio, Thollem McDonas, Nels Cline and Michael Wimberly brew up two extended 20-minute performances that liberally mix acoustic with electronics.

‘Become the Discovered, Not the Discoverer’ by Keiji Haino, Merzbow and Balazs Pandi ain’t got no edits, no overdubs, nothing planned in advance. Just pure unadulterated impulsiveness.