Mondo Jazz
This is a jazz world! …all the international jazz you always wanted to hear and nobody ever played for you! Mondo Jazz is dedicated to the proposition that jazz is a language that originated in the US but is now spoken all over the world in various, at times very strong, accents and dialects, which make it a rich resource for rewarding sonic explorations. Needless to say there will be plenty of US jazz on my program, in an attempt to show the continuity that exists between the US and the international jazz scenes.
1
Hamid Drake, Pasquale Mirra, Sun Ra, James Bran...
Tons of music continues to orbit around Sun Ra. Here some fascinating new and archival recordings.
52 min
2
Anouar Brahem, Joona Toivanen, Sullivan Fortner...
A playlist featuring music inspired by New Orleans, Gaza and Africa, and then an unearthed live gem.
45 min
3
Mark Turner: he's here, he's there, he's everyw...
Mark Turner is so busy as leader, co-leader and special guest on countless new albums, that he--literally--seems to be here, and there, and everywhere (pretty much like Ted Lasso's Roy Kent!). Here is a quick guide to enjoy his ubiquitousness!
58 min
4
Tal Yahalom, Mikkel Ploug, Ambrose Akinmusire, ...
A playlist focusing on recent outstanding guitar albums, with two cherrys on top, the latest releases by Kjetil Mulelid and Ambrose Akinmusire.
37 min
5
Marie Krüttli, Misha Mullov-Abbado, John Zorn, ...
From our studio in Bushwick, NY, here is--for the 321st time--Mondo Jazz bringing you delightful recent and upcoming releases!
46 min
6
Matteo Bortone, Simon Spiess, Marius Neset, Dav...
Some of today's most compelling European players in a playlist which is topped off with Takuya Kuroda's latest album for the newborn PPK record label co-founded by legendary bassist Pino Palladino.
35 min
7
Kinan Azmeh, Yazz Ahmed, Arturo O'Farrill, Mort...
Enjoy a playlist featuring heartfelt and original tributes to Carla Bley, and projects enriched by Arabic, West-African and Indian music traditions.
49 min
8
Claire Cope, Anton Goudsmit, Eleonora Strino, G...
A playlist featuring music that makes you travel--in space and in time--while you stand still.
38 min
9
Jowee Omicil, The Young Mothers, Clemens Kuratl...
A tribute to Abbey Lincoln and gems from the 1970s bookend an episode which also features mesmerizing releases by The Young Mothers, Clemens Kuratle and Travis Laplante.
53 min
10
Petros Klampanis, Julia Hülsmann, Nomade Orches...
From Brazil to Korea, with a few European stops, a journey into today's jazz world.
41 min
11
Jakob Bro, Nikara Warren, John Patitucci, Wayne...
Brooklyn, Brussels, Copenhagen and Paris, are the stations this playlist stops at before ending into zero gravity orbits with Wayne Shorter.
46 min
12
Kenny Wheeler Legacy, Gautier Garrigue, Elise V...
Here is a playlist mostly devoted to releases that, explicitly or implicitly, remind of us of the importance of Kenny Wheeler for today's jazz.
44 min
13
Allison Miller, GOGODUCKS, An Pierlé, Allegra L...
Allison Miller front and center in a playlist which features her new Big Band album and her contribution to the new records by ARTEMIS and Allegra Levy, as well as the architectural jazz of GOGODUCKS, the music without borders of An Pierlé and a heartfelt tribute to Joni Mitchell.
45 min
14
Marshall Allen, Ludivine Issambourg, Massimilia...
This week we focus on a most auspicious debut album, which offers a welcome opportunity to appreciate Marshall Allen for being more than the flamekeeper of the Sun Ra legacy, and the launch of the Year of Women in Jazz with a groovy single by Rosa Brunello. The playlist also features Massimiliano Cignitti's tribute to Edda Dell'Orso, the mesmerizing singer on many Ennio Morricone soundtracks, and much more!
40 min
15
Tomin, Henriette Eilertsen, Gilad Hekselman, Ch...
Around the jazz world in seven songs, and forty-five minutes!
44 min
16
Médéric Collignon, Steve Coleman, Hasse Poulsen...
Enjoy a playlist featuring music which can be seen as the elaborate confluence of many sources of inspiration.
45 min
17
Rebecca Trescher, Audrey Powne, Peggy Lee, Emil...
Today's scene is so deep, and wide! Here's a playlist that offers you some samples to pique your appetite for more music from all corners of the globe.
46 min
18
The Final Batch of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things...
This is the very final batch of our favorite songs of 2024... Fully charged with all this beauty we are ready to dive into 2025, knowing that no matter how crazy this year will be, it will also bring more great music!
63 min
19
The Final Batch of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things...
2024 was a tough year! It may be hard to be nostalgic about it. It will be much easier to be nostalgic about the amazing music that it brought to us and so, for our first show of 2025, we are looking back at some of the many gems that we have discovered in the past months.
57 min
20
The Final Batch of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things...
Here is our seasonal playlist featuring the songs we have loved the most in the past few months.
52 min
21
Winter JazzFest 2025: The Out-of-Towners - Part...
Enjoy the second part of our preview of the upcoming Winter JazzFest, with a special focus on the musicians who will be coming to New York from out of town.
63 min
22
Winter JazzFest 2025: The Out-of-Towners - Part...
This time we focus on the upcoming edition of Winter JazzFest. As usual, it will bring to Manhattan and Brooklyn its annual extravaganza, which this year will consist of a gargantuan program with more than 100 concerts and north of 500 musicians. Here is a playlist that features musicians coming to the festival from abroad, or at the very least, from out of town.
40 min
23
Kresten Osgood, Mark Turner, The Fury, M.T.B., ...
For the last round of recent releases of the year, we bring you an engaging selection that ranges from the groovy and loungey, to the firey and fun!
38 min
24
Patrice Rushen, Peter Bernstein, Alice Zawadzki...
Revelations and confirmations in a playlist that mixes new releases and reissues bridging tradition and innovation.
37 min
25
Emiliano D'Auria, Billy Mohler, Sun-Mi Hong, Ne...
From the poetry of Anthony Joseph to the storytelling in music of Emiliano D'Auria, enjoy a set characterized by music with a strong narrative quality.
47 min