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Spoken Jazz & New Releases

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
August 17, 2018
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Spoken word is performance art that goes hand in hand with jazz because words often sound great and notes can speak loud and clear. In this episode we will explore the best of it, together with outstanding new releases that are making our summer even hotter than it already is!

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" from Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill) (self-released) 0:00
Gil Scott-Heron "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" from The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (RCA) 0:17
Host talks 3:18
Terry Callier "Fix the Blame" from Lifetime (PolyGram) 4:40
Elio Villafranca "Cinque -Narration -The Capture" from Cinque -Narration -The Capture (ArtistShare) 10:54
Don Byron "Tuskegee Experiment" from Tuskegee Experiments (Nonesuch) 23:08
Host talks 29:31
Emile Parisien Quintet "Transmitting" from Sfumato Live in Marciac (ACT) 32:13
William Tatge Trio "Illegal Machines" from General Cargo (BJU) 44:37
Host talks 52:30
Steve Coleman & Five Elements "twf" from Live at Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets) (Pi) 54:13
Maria Grand "Ejes y Deseos" from Magdalena (Biophilia) 1:01:24
Branford Marsalis "Momma Said" from Upward Spiral (Okeh) 1:05:20
Jason Moran "Artists Ought to Be Writing" from Artist In Residence (Blue Note) 1:08:01
Matt Wilson "Fog" from Honey and Salt (Palmetto) 1:11:48
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Tiruliruli" from Lagoa da Canoa Municipio de Arapiraca (Melopea) 1:14:42
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Papalaio Alegr" from Lagoa da Canoa Municipio de Arapiraca (Melopea) 1:15:39
Sean Khan Palmares Fantasy feat. Hermeto Pascoal "Palmares Fantasy" from Palmares Fantasy (Far Out) 1:21:04
Host talks 1:26:48
Brad Mehldau Trio "Great Day" from Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch) 1:30:13
Jason Lindner "Far" from Gives You Now vs Now (Anzic) 1:36:05
Ursula Rucker "What A Woman Must Do (feat. Jazzanova)" from Silver or Red (Studio K7) 1:44:05
Host talks 1:50:52
Gerald Clayton "Dimensions: Interwoven (feat. Aja Monet & Carl Hancock Rux)" from Tributary Tales (Motema) 1:52:21
David Murray & the Infinity Quartet with Saul Williams "Citizens (The River Runs Red)" from Blues for Memo (Motéma) 1:58:03
Ginger Baker Trio "East Timor" from Going Back Home (Atlantic) 2:05:50
Michael Lowenstern "1985" from 1985 (Capstone) 2:10:30
Host talks 2:16:05
Caroline Davis Quartet "Doors" from Doors: Chicago Storylines (Ears & Eyes) 2:18:55

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