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Jazz Not War: Part 2

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
March 19, 2022
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This time we'll let music do all the talking because it's hard to find words that can channel what's going on. If anything it's in times like this that we are reminded about the power of music. If anything it's in times like these that we are reminded about the power of music. And jazz, in particular, has a long history of being inspired by challenging events and human struggles, distilling beauty out of the harshest circumstances.

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Bill Evans "Peace Piece" Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Fantasy) 0:16
Dave Douglas "Strange Liberation" Strange Liberation (RCA Bluebird) 6:58
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels "Masters of War" I Long to See You (Blue Note) 14:58
Shai Maestro "They Went to War" Human (ECM) 22:57
Marianne Faithfull, Chris Spedding "The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife" Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill (A&M) 28:08
Ivano Fossati "Il Disertore" Lindbergh (Lettere da sopra la pioggia) (Epic) 32:27
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble "War" Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon's Records) 34:10
Tino Tracanna, Giovanni Falzone, Paolino Dalla Porta, Vittorio Marinoni "No War" Stylus Q (Abeat) 37:00
Don Cherry "There Is the Bomb" Where Is Brooklyn? (Blue Note) 45:05
Duck Baker "Peace" Everthing That Rises Must Converge (Mighty Quinn) 49:52
Ernst Reijseger "La Madre di Tutte le Guerre" Colla Parte (Versioni per Violoncello solo) (Spring Music) 54:20
Misha Alperin, Arkady Shilkloper, Anja Lechner "A New Day" Her First Dance (ECM) 57:47

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