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The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 4
by Ludovico Granvassu
This episode of Mondo Jazz isn't about rankings or best-of lists. It's about memory. Over the past six months, certain pieces of music kept calling us back. Among them, are the tunes in this playlist. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Luca Curcio “Fisk" La Bomba (Boomslang) 0:16 Host talks 4:16 Bram De Looze, Hank Roberts, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron “Flagey Blues Edition X (Live)" Live at ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd and Steve Tibbetts: Inner Directed and Independent
by Doug Collette
Perhaps not surprisingly, independent thinkers are invariably self-motivated and both those virtues apply to saxophonist Charles Lloyd and guitarist Steve Tibbetts. But while the former has roamed far and wide in a series of musical adventures involving the disparate likes of Keith Jarrett and the Beach Boys, the latter has chosen to go deep rather than broad in working with percussionist Marc Anderson for upwards of fifty years. In a similar reflection of their respective approaches, Tibbetts has mostly recorded ...
Continue ReadingNew Music from Lloyd, Haynes, Robertson, Lumpert And More
by Bob Osborne
Three double albums start a musical journey which includes, amongst other things, experimentation, a celebration of the legacy of Herb Robertson, a statement on the environment, previously unreleased material from a jazz legend, and a dip into the archives of British Jazz.Playlist Charles Lloyd “The Ghost of Lady Day" from Figure In Blue (Blue Note) 00:00 Phil Haynes & Free Country “Simple Gifts" from Liberty Now! (Corner Store Jazz) 10:17 Herb Robertson, Christopher Dell, Christian Ramond, Klaus Kugel ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd: Figure In Blue
by Jack Kenny
Jazz listeners with long memories will remember that Charles Lloyd was not always as revered as he is today. In the 1960s, his association with the “Summer of Love" and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury scene led some to question his seriousness, seeing him as flirting with commercialism. Six decades on, that perception has aged away. Lloyd's work in 2025 is almost comparable to Beethoven's late quartets--music of depth, reflection, and spiritual weight. He has passed beyond being a national treasure; he ...
Continue ReadingDavid Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, UNLV Jazz Ensemble, Josie Falbo, Leslie Odom, Jr., Steve Houghton, Nicholas Payton, Mike Clark, Rin Seo, Jamile, Nat Adderley Jr., JD Allen, Mark Sherman, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Jerry Weldon, Affinity Trio, Margherita Fava, Charlie Porter, Jason Charos, Ledisi, Brandon Suarez, Marc Seales, and more. Playlist David Sneider “The Music Is The Bandleader" from Introducing (Cellar Music ...
Continue ReadingLet's Take A Breath, New Tunes For Reflection And Contemplation
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Muriel Grossmann, Charles Lloyd, Margherita Fava, Theo Bleckmann, J.D. Allen and Laura Ann Singh. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Muriel Grossmann “Already Here" from Breakthrough (rrgemsrecords) 1:54 Charles Lloyd “Black Butterfly" from Figure In Blue (Blue Note) 11:20 Host Speaks 20:23 Margherita Fava “Alter Ego" from Murrina (Self-Produced) 21:27 Theo Bleckmann “Teardrop" from Love and Anger (Sunnyside) 27:02 Midori Takada/Jakob Bro “あなたに出会うまで / Until I Met You" from Until I Met You (Loveland) 34:17 Host Speaks ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd and Branford Marsalis at The Blue Note Jazz Festival
by Paul Reynolds
Charles Lloyd Big Sky Quartet and the Branford Marsalis Quartet Town Hall The Blue Note Jazz Festival New York City June 28, 2025 Both Charles Lloyd and Branford Marsalis are saxophonists who lead classic quartets and share a similar position slightly left of center within the jazz world--comfortable with hopping genres but grounded in tradition. Yet their sets at a double bill at The Town Hall were strikingly different in tone and feeling.
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