Albums of the Week

On 'Ennanga,' harpist Ashley Jackson explores music by William Grant Still, Alice Coltrane, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Brandee Younger. It's "a gemlike offering," says Nate Chinen in our Album of the Week review.

Saxophonist Ornette Coleman infused his symphony 'Skies of America' with portents and patriotism. It's the perfect soundtrack to Juneteenth, as Shaun Brady explains in his review for WRTI's Album of the Week.

On her new album, 'The Glass Hours,' bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh entrusts form with feeling, enlisting some exceptional peers. Read more in our Album of the Week review.

Famous for starting a riot, Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' also started a conversation — one that contemporary pianists Sylvie Courvoisier and Cory Smythe are more than happy to engage with on their bold new album.

Recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic (with Gustavo Dudamel at the helm), Thomas Adès' 'Dante' is a relentlessly fascinating ballet. Bruce Hodges gives it a close listen in our Album of the Week review.

By the wily standards of Sexmob, 'The Hard Way' combines what you might call a classical approach with a radical new working method. Nate Chinen has our Album of the Week review.

Michelle Cann's first solo piano album, 'Revival,' celebrates the music of Florence Price and Margaret Bonds. It's a noble gesture executed with absolute conviction, as John T.K. Scherch notes in his Album of the Week review.

Artemis' second album on Blue Note introduces a lineup with two new saxophonists, and an even deeper cohesion. Read Nate Chinen's Album of the Week review.

The Crossing continues to cement its adventurous reputation with 'Titration,' a choral cycle composed by Shara Nova. Read our Album of the Week review.

Uri Caine's latest merging of jazz and classical music is a politically charged work he wrote for the Brussels Philharmonic, featuring Dave Liebman on soprano saxophone. Read more in our Album of the Week review.