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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Xero, Chance & Lurie [Mondo Jazz 279-1]
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.
96 min
127
Sanne Rambags, Kenneth Jimenez, Bex Burch, Tris...
Chamber jazz, field recordings, and deep deep deep interplay are at the heart of this exciting playlist.
42 min
128
Amy Aileen Wood, Rob Luft, Yilian Cañizares, Jo...
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!
43 min
129
Joel Ross, Simona Severini, Larry Goldings, Joh...
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!
49 min
130
Jazz Before the Oscars - Part 2 [Mondo Jazz 277-2]
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.
57 min
131
Jazz Before the Oscars - Part 1 [Mondo Jazz 277-1]
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).
63 min
132
Cassie Kinoshi, Dave Douglas, Dave Guy, Alon Fa...
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.
40 min
133
Sean Ono Lennon, Simon Spiess, Debby Wang, Ben ...
The gorgeous new album by Sean Ono Lennon, "Asterisms" (Tzadik), opens a set of electro-acousti otherworldly beauty.
39 min
134
Vijay Iyer, Too Many Zooz, Annie Chen, Jacky Te...
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.
43 min
135
Joe Webb, Moppa Elliott, Olivia Pérez-Collellmi...
The restless spirit of Moppa Elliott kicks off a set that illustrates the breadth and depth of today's scene.
46 min
136
Ciara Moser, Evita Polidoro, Otis Sandsjö, Roni...
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.
43 min
137
Ana Carla Maza, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Rosa Brun...
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.
39 min
138
Benjamin Herman, Janning Trumann, Ruth Goller, ...
A playlist in which edgy and calm take turn, but never at the expense of the surprise factor.
46 min
139
Alice Coltrane, Riley Mulherkar, Tima Volozh, J...
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.
39 min
140
Sean Mason, Juka Eskola, Timo Lassy, Elan Mehle...
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.
38 min
141
Amanda Gardier, Ill Considered, De Beren Gieren...
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.
36 min
142
Arnaud Dolmen, Leonardo Montana, Arve Henriksen...
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.
47 min
143
Nubya Garcia, Ches Smith, The Messthetics, Jame...
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.
40 min
144
Matt Munisteri, The EarRegulars, Roberto Ottavi...
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.
52 min
145
Kristen Lee Sergeant, Ted Nash, Russ Johnson, A...
This set focuses on Andrew Hill, Herbie Nichols, Bob Dorough and Oliver Nelson, four American originals and various generations of musicians they've inspired.
39 min
146
Anni Kiviniemi, Visions of Nar, Illegal Crowns,...
The elegance of the unforeseen might well be the core theme of this set featuring gorgeous and surprising international projects.
41 min
147
Zoe Rahman, Jason Adasiewicz, Vilhelm Bromander...
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.
32 min
148
Hedvig Mollestad, Trickster, Loren Stillman [Mo...
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.
45 min
149
Alex Hitchcock, Sylvie Courvoisier, Chris Potte...
Chris Potter's upcoming album and then two tunes which were recorded without any concerns about time limitations, either in studio or live on stage, a place where suddenly the perception of time is altered in the midst of the creative flow.
43 min
150
Reverso, Butcher Brown, Lawrence Fields, Lluc C...
At this stop we focus on up and coming pianists, Butcher Brown's eclecticism and some interesting European projects.
39 min