Mondo Jazz

This is a jazz world!

Music
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Nicole Johänntgen, Antonio Lizana, Henri Texier...
This time we try to bring you jazz that refuses to respect boundaries, or "Somethin' Else from Somewher' Else". Here is an episode illustrates how jazz may well be the most welcoming music genre there is, perfectly able to blend with musical traditions from all over the world, from Native American and Latin American roots to Fado, Flamenco, Baroque British music and more.
59 min
202
Ava Mendoza, Daniel Karlsson, Makiko Hirabayash...
From wall of sound albums to projects of sparse beauty, this week we cover the whole sonic gamut, with a special attention to the trio format, because... three is the perfect jazz number!
71 min
203
Nicholas Payton, Mareike Wiening, Arthur Kell, ...
A playlist featuring musicians paying tribute to the music that inspired them to do what they do, be it electric jazz or R&B of the 70s and 80s, the Mississippi Blues of the '40s and '50s, and the music of their mentors. The second half features three compelling albums featuring tight bands lead by forward looking bass players.
61 min
204
Mark Turner, Henry Hey, Miki Yamanaka, Legraux ...
Mark Turner is here, is there, is everywhere--both on the East Coast where he was once based and on the West Coast where he moved to. And this playlist features some of his recent recordings as leader or sideman. The rest of the playlist features remarkable medium and large size ensembles, and the beautiful album by Henry Hey and his trio of sound-wave pilots.
64 min
205
Hiromi, Mike Reed, Weave4, Astghik Martirosyan,...
Putting together an episode of Mondo Jazz feels like an experiment, requiring research and analysis leading to a synthesis of the most interesting specimens from the current world jazz flora. Here some of the most significant discoveries of the last week.
61 min
206
Carla Bley - A View from her Hill - Part 2 [Mon...
Artistically ambitious, a rare woman in a male dominated scene, taking the road less travelled, or even the road never travelled, and with her feet well on the ground business-wise side to ensure her artistic independence, Carla Bley played a key role in giving today's music scene the shape we know. This week we concentrate on some of her signature compositions, focusing on her Church side, her Big Band side, her catchy side, her electric side, and some of the musicians that embraced her work early on.
60 min
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Carla Bley - A View from her Hill - Part 1 [Mon...
We could spend hours talking about the many things that made Carla Bley unique, and made her passing a huge loss for the world of jazz. This week we decided to focus on her songbook, as interpreted by many of the peers that admired her work.
65 min
208
Per "Texas" Johansson, Marius Neset, Enemy, Suz...
Swedish saxophonists Per "Texas" Johansson and Marius Neset both have two new albums out; Swedish bassist Petter Eldh is on--at least--three new albums, including some by Johansson and Neset. This and much more on a playlist largely focusing on music from the Berlin and Scandinavian scenes.
69 min
209
Why Can't We Live Together? [Mondo Jazz - 258-1]
We look at the music we love not only as source of sonic delight, but also as a metaphor of how societies could work, in harmony and respect regardless of place of origin and without boundaries, to create something higher than themselves. So this week we focus on music that may provide either hope or relief at a time when another war has erupted.
61 min
210
Tina Raymond, Geri Allen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chu...
A mysterious new producer, Church Chords; the unearthing of a gem; jazz divinations; blood diamonds and bloody belly comb jellies... here for you a playlist that reads like a thriller story, and is as gripping as one.
61 min
211
Aaron Diehl, Federica Michisanti, Caroline Davi...
Welcome back for yet another edition of Mondo Jazz bursting at the seams with gorgeous new and upcoming albums and music about the lockdown, incarceration, reincarnation, multi-tasking, astral projections, and how beautiful it is to play with musicians of different cultural backgrounds.
63 min
212
Kavita Shah, Alabaster Deplume, Angelika Niesci...
A cosmopolitan edition of Mondo Jazz, which brings India, Cape Verde, Canada, Haiti, England, Sicily, Sardinia, the Great American Rivers, California and Germany to your headphones, wherever you might be, through Radio Free Brooklyn's digital transmitter in Bushwick! Jazz without borders!
55 min
213
Darcy James Argue, Miho Hazama, Steve Lehman, P...
Large ensembles, big bands, orchestras... A playlist replete of successful experiments in the art of more is more
66 min
214
Shuteen Erdenebaatar, James Brandon Lewis, Léon...
James Brandon Lewis' homage to Mahalia Jackson, the ongoing Eastern and microtonal adventures of Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri, Fabio Delvò's fellowship and an exciting posse of emerging artists in their twenties make this hour of Mondo Jazz a treasure trove of sonic delights.
67 min
215
Bernie Worrell, Kris Davis, Idris Ackamoor, Hel...
A playlist to travel the spaceways of Sun Ra and Bernie Worrell, but also those of Ronald Shannon Jackson and Joe Zawinul, experience the Afro Futuristic Dreams of Idris Ackamoor, the grooves of the Adam Dietch Quartet feat. John Scofield and the river streams that have inspired Helen Svoboda and Slowly Rolling Camera.
60 min
216
Curtis Fowlkes + Marike Van Dijk, Aline Homzy, ...
A playlist featuring some delicious new and upcoming releases... but this week we also want to celebrate one of the musicians we admired and respected, an artist you would always find in bands and projects that mattered and a rare gentleman with a great sense of humor, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes
58 min
217
Betty Davis' and Charles Mingus' Roaring '70s [...
A series of recent re-releases gives us the opportunity to focus on the phenomenal 1970s music of two iconic musicians like Betty Davis and Charles Mingus. Music so ahead of its time that it sounds as if it has just been recorded today.
87 min
218
Elina Duni, Veronica Swift, Maria Pia de Vito, ...
Too often we focus our attention on instrumental jazz… in this hour we will try to remedy that with special attention to jazz singers who excel at surprising and challenging expectations.
63 min
219
Elio Villafranca, Azmari, Wolfgang Muthspiel, G...
Seven days have flown by, and seven days were barely enough to go through another big pile of wonderful new and upcoming albums which we are featuring this week focusing on some captivating and forward looking projects, and several new albums that bring together jazz and the musical traditions of Cuba and Puerto Rico.
62 min
220
Rachel Eckroth, Céline Bonacina, Csaba Palotai,...
The transatlantic partnership between Céline Bonacina, John Hadfield and Rachel Eckroth opens an edition of Mondo Jazz which also focuses on drummer-driven projects and piano trios.
48 min
221
Jeremy Dutton, Laurent Cugny, Peter Epstein, Ak...
The Fender Rhodes is back (actually, it never left)! And so is Peter Epstein almost a decade after his acclaimed album "Polarities", and with a new sextet!
68 min
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Joni Mitchell, Daniel Villareal, Anthony Wilson...
Unexpected returns, B-sides that sound as good as the A-sides, tributes to rock and folk heroes, Impulse! signing another key band of today's scene, Colorfield Records establishing itself even more as the label to follow... this and more on this week's edition of Mondo Jazz!
53 min
223
Chris Potter, Kait Dunton, Funkwrench Blues, An...
This week we focus on the reissue of a seminal project bridging acid jazz and trip-hop, the soundtrack to a film without pictures, a trip east bound and down fusion lane, a great crop of guitarists deserving wider recognition, and saxophonists of well-deserved recognition.
68 min
224
Simona Premazzi, Will Bernard, Beth Custer, Tan...
A revelation of an album, "Sky" by Will Bernard, Beth Custer open a playlist which explores three piano jazz formats, solo, duo and trio, through a number of impressive recent releases.
54 min
225
A Hip-Hop Jazz Thing @50 - Part 2 [Mondo Jazz 2...
This week take a look back at decades of productive and progressive relationship between jazz and hip-hop, with a focus on international projects and collaborations between jazz and hip-hop artists. Our way to celebrate half a century of hip-hop.
87 min