The mighty organ trio of Sam Fribush opens a set mostly devoted to post-bossa nova Brazilian projects.

Here's the long and short of it: Bill Frisell goes orchestral, Emile Parisien is cookin', Nout goes live, Kamasi Washington is back with a prologue to his new album, producer Church Chords channels his inner Hal Willer, and Toine Thys's Orlando sounds better then ever.

Three new releases by John Lurie, Benjamin Herman and Fergus Quill give us the opportunity to pay tribute to three musicians whose no-holds-barred attitude significantly marked the scenes in New York and the UK in the 1980s... and now: Xero Slingsby, James Chance and Lurie.

Chamber jazz, field recordings, and deep deep deep interplay are at the heart of this exciting playlist.

The remarkable debut album by Amy Aileen Wood [pictured] and other genre-defying gems by Alexander Claffy and Yilian Cañizares, three albums featuring Rob Luft and more "Monk by Carlberg" should give you plenty to enjoy in this playlist!

Billy Valentine's new single, three albums that will end up on our best of the year list, and more, make it for a thoroughly enjoyable ride!

There has always been plenty of interplay between jazz and movies: jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Harry Connick Jr. turned actors; or actors like Jeff Goldblum or Cybill Shepherd turned jazz musicians; jazz soundtracks for movie; or movies about jazz musicians… However, in anticipation of Oscars Night, here we are focusing on songs inspired by or dedicated to movie stars.

In a few days the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood will host the Academy Awards, and so we thought that it would be a lot of fun to come up with an episode of Mondo Jazz featuring exclusively tunes inspired by, dedicated to, or titled after movie stars (regardless of whether or not they have won any Oscar awards).

Cassie Kinoshi's stunning new album, "Gratitude", new releases featuring Dave Douglas, Dave Guy, James Brandon Lewis, Alon Farber and Fredrik Nordström will bring you a high-density set of rewarding new music.

The gorgeous new album by Sean Ono Lennon, "Asterisms" (Tzadik), opens a set of electro-acousti otherworldly beauty.

Welcome to your weekly fix of recent and upcoming releases, from the seismic brasshouse of Too Many Zooz, to the re-imagining of Sun Ra's "The Magic City" by Meshell Ndegeocello, and a whole lot in between.

The restless spirit of Moppa Elliott kicks off a set that illustrates the breadth and depth of today's scene.

This time we focus on a number of emerging artists and their search for a personal synthesis of the many influences that have shaped them for a set bookended by deep grooves and avant-funk.

A set with countless flavors and colors from all around the world featuring songs about travelling to the Moon, or traveling sustainably; Afrobeat songs; songs of low simmering groove; songs by cellists; and more.

A playlist in which edgy and calm take turn, but never at the expense of the surprise factor.

An episode bookended by two albums destined to be in the "best of 2024" lists under the categories "new releases" (Riley Mulherkar's) and "Unearthed Gems" (Alice Coltrane's). In between, various ways to infuse jazz with Brazilian music - and the odd library music tune for good measure.

If the episodes of a radio show could have a capital, the capital of this episode would have to be New Orleans, where almost all the roads coming out of the songs in this playlist lead, one way or another.

Today we focus on the new albums by two revered European bands De Beren Gieren and Ill Considered, and a peculiar case of artistic synchronicity: two intriguing albums of music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson, which have been independently but almost simultaneously concocted by Amanda Gardier and Marty Isenberg in 2022 and recently released.

With this playlist we focus on deep listening as a mindset for musicians who wish to achieve successful recording sessions, through a number of albums of seamless interplay.

Nubya Garcia returns; Impulse! Records further syncs itself to today's scene; Ches Smith finds catharsis in laughter; Ken Stubbs pays tribute to Sonny Rollins... These are only some of the interesting things in this episode of Mondo Jazz.

Straight to you from Bushwick, NY--from where Mondo Jazz broadcasts--here is music rooted in Amsterdam and New Amsterdam, Sydney and Munich and other places in between.

This set focuses on Andrew Hill, Herbie Nichols, Bob Dorough and Oliver Nelson, four American originals and various generations of musicians they've inspired.

The elegance of the unforeseen might well be the core theme of this set featuring gorgeous and surprising international projects.

Zoe Rahman opens the show with the beautiful writing and arrangements of her latest album, followed by two remarkable recent releases by Jason Adasiewicz. At the end of the set the compelling music of Vilhelm Bromander.

At a time when music producers have been seriously entertaining the thought of promoting one minute-long songs to deal with the short attention span of today's online music listeners, we want to celebrate musicians who are unfazed by this trend, and instead they follow their internal muse. At the top of the hour the remarkable new album by Loren Stillman.