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.
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Jihye Lee, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Andy Milne, Giovan...
A playlist about connections lost and found, family connections, artistic connections, connections with musical heroes, and with former band-mates through archival recordings that announce much anticipated reunions... Is this a bit too cryptic? Play this episode of Mondo Jazz and find out more!
46 min
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Get the Blessing, Staples Jr. Singers, Emil de ...
The return of the Staples Jr. Singers, almost half a century after their debut, followed by the first album of Summer Camargo; the duet of drummer Emil de Waal with saxophonist Cecilie Strange followed Get the Blessing featuring Portishead's bassist and drummer; and then an unearthed gem recorded 20 years ago by Tomasz Stanko followed Sebastien Ammann socio-environmental manifesto should give you lots to listen to and tons to think about.
39 min
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Deron Johnson, Enrico Rava, Star Rover, Jake Lo...
The extended sonic explorations of Enrico Rava and Jake Long, and the otherwordly sonic alchemy of Deron Johnson & Sam Gendel, with the support of producer and engineer Pete Min, Andrew Bird and Star Rover make for a compelling set that should engage both your brain and your heart.
40 min
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Paolo Fresu, Qwalia, Mark Guiliana, Yelena Ecke...
This time around our special focus is Paolo Fresu who is celebrating 40 years of activity with his historic Quartet, 20 years with his electric Devil Quartet, and 22 years with pianist Uri Caine
45 min
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Janel Leppin, Erik Friedlander, Filippo Vignato...
A playlist focusing on leading cello cello players of today's creative scene and the psychedelic cinematic atmospheres of Boris Boublil, the Hermanos Gutiérrez and the Sandman Project.
51 min
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Amy Gadiaga, Ayumi Ishito, Obed Calvaire, Linda...
If you want to make the case of jazz as a musical esperanto spoken all around the world, in countless accents, the music on this week's playlist should offer you with some great sounding evidence!
45 min
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Fabrizio Bosso, Oded Tzur, Black Diamond, Harry...
Enjoy an edition of Mondo Jazz, focusing on tributes to Bud Powell, Chick Corea, Bob Berg and Italian pop icon Pino Daniele, plus the gorgeous new albums by Black Diamond, Oded Tzur and Harry Skoler.
48 min
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A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far) ...
For the past couple of weeks we have been sharing some of our favorite songs from the first six months of the year. We have reached the final installment, so enjoy the rest of the best. In six months, we’ll do this all over again!
51 min
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A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far) ...
Last week we started looking back at albums released this year that we have been fascinated by. From these albums we have been cherry picking the songs that struck us the most. Enjoy the fifth installment.
44 min
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A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far) ...
You know how rewarding it can be to approach a menu leaving the most delicious treats for last? Well that is how we like to approach our daily search for new music, selecting great tunes for our weekly programming, but saving for later the very best of them, so that twice a year we can organize retrospective on the best of the best. Here are some of these delicious sonic treats.
43 min
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A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far) ...
Welcome to the third part of our retrospective on some of the tunes we have loved the most in the first half of the year. We hope you do too!
49 min
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A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far) ...
Here is an edition of Mondo Jazz dedicated to the cream of the crop among the songs we have had the pleasure of listening to this year, so far!
45 min
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A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far) ...
It’s July already! And so here is the first installment of Mondo Jazz in which we start sharing some of our favorite tunes from the first six months of a 2024 that has been quite generous with jazz fans!
44 min
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Byron Asher, New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, Tay...
Taylor Eigsti opens the set with his exciting new album, and then a focus on large and medium ensembles from New York and New Orleans.
41 min
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Ivanna Cuesta, Phillip Golub, Tony Moreno, 9 Ho...
A compelling playlist thanks to two generations of drummers who get themselves in very good trouble addressing politics, the environment, and our cultural past, plenty of strings, and young talents.
50 min
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Joy Guidry, Álvaro Torres, Tom Skinner, The Ear...
Guitar/bass/drum trios for the win, the endless relevance of Max Roach, Abdul Wadud and Morphine, and more in six remarkable albums!
42 min
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Roxana Amed, Jasper Høiby, Angelica Sanchez, Ch...
Dynamic elegance may be the trait that the albums featured in this set have in common, so we hope you'll be elegantly surprised!
37 min
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Stephan Crump, Josh Johnson, Julien Knowles, To...
"Two" is the thread running through this episode of Mondo Jazz, two albums of rare depth by Stephen Crump, two members of the Koppel family, two remarkable musicians at the center of the new LA scene, Josh Johnson and Julien Knowles, and two trumpeter player to keep an eye, and ear, on: Knowles and Tomasz Dabrowski
52 min
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Etienne Charles, Jacky Terrasson, Isaiah Collie...
Four musicians, Jacky Terrasson; Etienne Charles; Brent Birckhead; Isaiah Collier, and their individual takes on how to both celebrate the canon and innovate it.
42 min
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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation -...
In our final look into the basketball & jazz interconnectedness, we focus on several jazz, or funk-jazz soundtracks for movies dedicated to the game, on jazz musicians with a basketball career, like Cab Calloway and Wayman Tisdale, a composition inspired by the elegant and creative crossover dribble known as the Shammgod, and more...
51 min
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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation -...
This time we focus on compositions inspired by iconic athletes like LeBron James, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Jordan, George Gervin, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. At the top of the set a collaboration between Quincy Jones and Shaquille O'Neal.
44 min
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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation -...
This time we felt like exploring the interplay of basketball and jazz, focusing in particular on a great jazz advocate like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, on the soundtrack of "The Winning Time", on an oneiric game played with a basketball fish, and on Stanley Clarke's tribute to this sport
44 min
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Lizz Wright, Greg Osby, Matthieu Bordenave, Nic...
This time we focus on the unique voice of Lizz Wright, and the distinctive instrumental voices of Charles Lloyd, Matthieu Bordenave, Greg Osby, Nicole Glover and Jon Gordon, in a set that brings together soul, M-Base and ECM echoes, and the legacy of Seventh Avenue South, the iconic jazz club run by the Brecker Brothers in Greenwich Village
45 min
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Goran Kajfes, Idit Shner, Elliott Sharp, Nicola...
As if the return of Goran Kajfes' Tropiques and of Elliott Sharp's Terraplane were not enough to make you want to play this episode of Mondo Jazz, its playlist features also two fascinating releases by Idit Shner, Michelangelo Scandroglio and the excellent debut album by Nicola Caminiti.
34 min
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Nicole McCabe, Herbie Nichols, John Hadfield, L...
They say that three is the perfect number, and so we have decided to go "three-by-three", focusing on three musicians, Nicole McCabe, Herbie Nichols and John Hadfield, and featuring three recent tracks associated with each one of them.
53 min