The compelling debut releases of Tracy Yang's Jazz Orchestra and Sarah Hanahan, the new albums of jazz piano veterans Enrico Pieranunzi and Olli Ahvenlahti are just some of the highlights of another edition of Mondo Jazz packed with great new releases.

Enjoy an episode built along an ideal bridge between Amsterdam and New Amsterdam, with a special focus on the launch of FOOD, a new New York based label (as well as live events production company, and soon to be brick-and-mortar restaurant) inspired by the storied, artist-run cafe of 1970’s SoHo of the same name.

Enjoy an episode of Mondo Jazz full of stellar collaborations, Puerto Rican rumbles, Brazilian waves, birthday celebrations, unearthed gems, and infectious grooves.

A carnival collective and brass band's take on a Britney Spear mega-hit open the dances, literally, and set the tone for a playlist full of surprises.

A playlist made of imaginary soundtracks, electro-acoustic experiments, guitar driven alchemies and virtuosic intricacy.

The sound of Memphis propels this episode into a fascinating exploration of the interplay between modern-day poets and jazz musicians, the reimagining of archival gospel grooves, Ray Charles vibes and Michel Legrand classics, and more!

A playlist in which Brazilian Forró meets New Orleans Funk, Brazilian Choro meets Portugues Fado, and the infinite possibilities of creative jazz bring tons of surprises.

This time around we start with a rendition of "Portrait of Jennie" with strings followed by a portrait by a string player named Jenny… a portrait of Ornette Coleman by violinist Jenny Scheinman to be precise. That's followed by tributes to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Steve Lacy and Hariprasad Chaurasia, as well as a love letter to NYC.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

Guitar/bass/drum trios for the win, the endless relevance of Max Roach, Abdul Wadud and Morphine, and more in six remarkable albums!

Dynamic elegance may be the trait that the albums featured in this set have in common, so we hope you'll be elegantly surprised!