Take Five

From "Spiderweb" to "Zombie Tune," this edition of Take Five brings the Halloween vibe (complete with a funk jam by Scary Goldings).

Take Five features new tracks from an array of ascendant talent: saxophonists Houston Person, Remy Le Boeuf and Kazemde George, vibraphonist Nikara Warren, and the vocal group known as säje.

In advance of the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, Take Five features artists from its lineup — including King Britt with Tyshawn Sorey, Sara Schoenbeck with Roscoe Mitchell, Sylvie Courvoisier with Mary Halvorson, and Darius Jones.

Our first Take Five playlist in a while features new music that moves in mysterious ways, including a couple of pandemic gems.

Hear new music by pianists Kirk Lightsey and Renee Rosnes, Irreversible Entanglements and Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, along with a posthumous work from keyboardist Lyle Mays.

In this week's Take Five: righteous new music from Carlos Henriquez, Melanie Charles, Kiefer, Nala Sinephro and Jeremiah Cymerman

In this week's Take Five: stirring new music by The Cookers, Andrew Cyrille, Andrew Renfroe, Gordon Grdina & Jim Black, and Tom Cohen.

The final scheduled release by Chick Corea, and his last recording session, make up two of the notable new releases in this week's Take Five.

Hear the latest from singers Jazzmeia Horn and Kate McGarry, saxophonists Kenny Garrett and Ken Vandermark, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard.