Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles review – classy jazz homage
In a powerful live recording, the piano virtuoso brings out the boogie, blues and gospel in the Fab Four’s songs
Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Warm Up: The Complete Live at the Highwayman 1965 – review
This rare live recording captures all that was best about the old jazz pub circuit, with a great band on top form
Peter Brötzmann review – free-jazz saxophonist on fiercely good form
The veteran avant gardist has lost none of his intensity with two sets showcasing the full light and shade of his fearsome improvisational playing
Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris review – devoted heirs carry the torch
A live set celebrating the group’s 50th anniversary loops in a 20-piece orchestra, rousing poetry and new improvisers among the hardcore veterans
Houston Person: Reminiscing at Rudy’s review – a melody masterclass
The saxophonist and his top band eschew improvisation in favour of faithful renditions of classic tunes, from Cole Porter to Paul Anka
Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Super Deluxe Edition) review – a festive classic
No one expected these songs of off-key melancholy, imperfect singing and seasonal disappointment to succeed, but nearly 60 years on, the jazz pianist’s masterpiece endures
Esbjörn Svensson: HOME.S. review – buoyant, capricious, sweepingly melodic
This recently discovered piano meditation from the modest maestro behind the Esbjörn Svensson Trio will entrance fans and fascinate newcomers
Eiko Ishibashi review – tantalising reworking of Drive My Car soundtrack
The composer and multi-instrumentalist is joined by a single saxophonist, reinterpreting her mesmerising soundscapes as delicate duets
Emmet Cohen: Uptown in Orbit review – phenomenal technique anchored in the past
The dazzling pianist and his fine band prove themselves masters of several styles on this album of classics and originals
Mali Obomsawin: Sweet Tooth review – proud, vital marriage of folk and far-out jazz improv
In their freewheeling debut album, this artist from the Abenaki First Nation repatriates the music of their people
Ezra Collective: Where I’m Meant to Be review – brilliant follow-up from the inventive party band
This sophisticated second album from the five instrumentalists could just see them cross over to the big league
National Youth Jazz Orchestra: She Said review – vibrant homage to female jazz composers old and new
The ensemble’s programme aimed at remixing the genre’s gender balance has resulted in an ambitious and arresting LP
Cheick Tidiane Seck: Kelena Fôly review – deeply human vocals and piano from a Malian master
The musician’s gravelly baritone transmits a lifetime’s experience on an adventurous album that embraces imperfection
Sun Ra Arkestra: Living Sky review – Marshall Allen keeps the cosmic flame alive
The 98-year-old Arkestra vet Allen keeps the Ra flame burning with tranquil, semi-free jazz passages featuring kora, piano and his own abrasive sax. Even Chopin gets a look-in
Nok Cultural Ensemble: Njhyi review – a relentlessly Afrofuturist percussive voyage
A four-piece drum circle forms the core of a fusion of instruments taking us from Jamaican nyabinghi to grime and Brazilian baião to drill