Veteran guitarist Brad Shepik has long gone without his propers. Hard Believer, the second album by his world-fusion Believers trio with electric bassist Sam Minaie and drummer/percussionist John Hadfield, should go a long way toward rectifying that. If…

If you’re looking for two saxophones sounding badass, swinging and flat-out fun, drop the needle on Horns Locked, the new recording by tenormen Nick Hempton and Cory Weeds. This is an old-school blowing session between two friends having a blast. Backed by…

Mark Turner’s We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads is a self-portrait of the artist as a perpetually maturing improviser/player of the highest order. Recorded in Copenhagen in late 2019 and produced by guitarist Jakob Bro, the album is a solo performance of…

With the Hammond organ riding a wave of visibility it hasn’t seen since late-‘60s soul jazz, what better stratagem than a tribute to one of the avatars of that sound? Brian Charette first established himself in New York playing at a Harlem club on an…

Sometimes you just need some trippy music from an artist who’s painting well outside the lines in bright, bold colors. Enter Elliot Galvin, a sound-surfing keyboardist, composer and improviser. Galvin is well-known in his native England through four…