A selection of recent gems where seasoned improvisers and adventurous new voices meet at the crossroads of groove, abstraction and lyrical invention.

A collection of newly released gems in which jazz goes rock and baroque, modern and traditional, political and existential.

Lineage and traditions as springboards for new ideas, in this playlist of recent releases.

If jazz still has unexplored corners, here’s where you’ll find a few of them.

From Indian classical music and Mediterranean roots to European improvisation, deep grooves, live vibes, electronic experimentation, and beyond.

Enjoy another playlist featuring projects where tradition gets lovingly bent, twisted, and reshaped.

Countless ways to celebrate the electric era of Miles Davis.

Two ways to pay tribute to Eddie Harris, and other discoveries from the new releases vault.

From spiritual and Ethio-jazz to a fireside jazz conversation among friends, here's a cosmopolitan tasting menu of recent releases featuring bands keen to build bridges and break down walls.

Enjoy a journey through the lush sonic world of recent large-ensemble recordings.

From soul to contemporary classical, with plenty in between, this playlist explores a wide range of brand-new releases.

Here's a playlist curated with one ear in New York and the other wandering somewhere between Amsterdam, Seoul, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Milan, London and Stockholm.

These past two weeks have been an opportunity to leaf back through six months of listening and rediscover the tracks that turned out to have the longest shelf life—music that still feels as fresh and compelling now as when we first heard it. Here's the last installment. We'll get back to this in six months! Stay tuned.

As we continue this mid-year retrospective, we keep focusing on the tunes that somehow refused to stay confined to the week they were released.

We have pressed pause on our usual pursuit of the latest arrivals and instead revisited some of the sounds that made the first half of 2026 such a rewarding stretch for curious ears.

Halfway through 2026, Mondo Jazz pauses to celebrate some of the recordings that have brought the most pleasure, surprise and inspiration over the past six month.

Which songs stayed with us after months of listening, reviewing and sharing new releases? Here's another batch for your sonic delight.

As summer gets underway, Mondo Jazz looks back at some of the music that made the first half of 2026 so memorable.

A playlist about musical kinship: artists supporting, inspiring, and challenging one another as they bring their distinct voices to a web of interconnected projects.

Engaging, socially engaged, and globally minded: a playlist of new releases from four - or more - corners of the world.

Seven projects, even lessons in creative transformation—from reimagined genres, traditions and freshly taped recording sessions to the spontaneous reinvention that unfolds whenever musicians meet in the moment.

A cross-generational and cross-genre journey from raw soul and classic jazz storytelling to contemporary experimentation, tracing unexpected connections across today’s global jazz landscape.

Enjoy the fragrant aromas, vivid textures and evocative soundscapes of a handful of remarkable new albums that illustrate the richness of today's transnational jazz scene.

From intimate reflection to expansive improvisation, here is a string of new albums connecting Jobim to Bartz, Olatunjii to Roach, Paris to London, through artists who balance compositional craft, exploratory spirit, and a commitment to jazz as a living art form.

From less-is-more to more-is-more—and all the shades of creativity in between—this playlist unfolds under the approving eye of Geri Allen, whose enduring legacy continues to resonate on both sides of the Atlantic.