Dave Summer

Favorite Track: “The Mediterranean Passage In The Age Of Refugees” What I like about it: There may not be a musician on the modern scene who more consistently crafts sound into an atmospheric, thrilling beauty than does Daniel Herskedal. I like how the tubist, one album to the next, keeps expanding on past ideas or incorporating new ones to create something that sounds brand new, while also tying it back to what’s come before… as if a book or movie series where each installment has new characters and plot line, yet falls within a certain continuum that encapsulates everything

What I like about it: AJ Kluth. I was idly looking to see what AJ Kluth has been up to, and here we go

What I like about it: I adore how the piano and rhythm sections parallel the exhilarating swoop and soaring motions of the string section without actually mimicking it… as if a single murmuration were comprised of two groups of starlings, separated only by distance, not trajectory. I like how easy it is to just melt into this music, to let the world drop away and simply immerse myself into the embrace of its beauty

What I like about it: I like how loosely the music presents itself, like it just climbed out of bed and walked to the center of the party. And I like how that quality contrasts with the crisply dealt phrasings on both saxophone and voice