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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 19, 2024

As continue exploring the connections between jazz and basketball, in this set we focus on compositions inspired by iconic athletes like LeBron James, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Jordan, George Gervin, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. At the top of the set a collaboration between Quincy Jones and Shaquille O'Neal.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison ...

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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 18, 2024

This time we felt like exploring the interplay of basketball and jazz, focusing in particular on a great jazz advocate like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, on the soundtrack of the HBO series The Winning Time, on an oneiric game played with a basketball fish, and on Stanley Clarke's tribute to this sport, to which he devoted as ...

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Lizz Wright, Greg Osby, Matthieu Bordenave, Nicole Glover & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 15, 2024

This time we focus on the unique voice of Lizz Wright, and the distinctive instrumental voices of Charles Lloyd, Matthieu Bordenave, Greg Osby, Nicole Glover and Jon Gordon, in a set that brings together soul, M-Base and ECM echoes, and the legacy of Seventh Avenue South, the iconic jazz club run by the Brecker Brothers in ...

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Goran Kajfes, Idit Shner, Elliott Sharp, Nicola Caminiti & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 14, 2024

As if the return of Goran Kajfes' Tropiques and Elliott Sharp's Terraplane were not enough to make you want to play this episode of Mondo Jazz, its playlist features also two fascinating releases by Idit Shner, and Michelangelo Scandroglio and an excellent debut album by Nicola Caminiti. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison ...

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How Ya Ben?

by Patrick Burnette
June 13, 2024

In the last (for a little while, at least) of our one-artist focused podcasts, the boys take a deep dive into bassist/composer/bandleader Ben Allison's latest four releases. Ben's an exact contemporary of our intrepid podcasters, if a bit better looking and more talented, and they followed his career from early days until a few years back ...

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Nicole McCabe, Herbie Nichols, John Hadfield, Layale Chaker & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 11, 2024

They say that three is the perfect number, and so we have decided to go “three-by-three," focusing on three musicians, Nicole McCabe, Herbie Nichols and John Hadfield by featuring three recent tracks associated with each one of them.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dolphin ...

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Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Andrea Grossi, Flukten & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 8, 2024

Enjoy a set featuring Wadada Leo Smith's and Amina Claudine Myers' magical collaboration, the return of Flukten plus a number of really exciting collaborations between forward-looking European and US musicians.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Flukten “Flukten" Flukten (Odin) 0:16 Host talks 5:42 The ...

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Brad Mehldau, Enrico Pieranunzi, John Ellis, Yuja Wang & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 7, 2024

A playlist mostly dedicated to the cross-pollination between jazz and classical music or opera, with jazz musicians inspired by classical music and classical music composers and pianists nodding to jazz.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 John Ellis Quartet “Gypsy Song" Bizet: Carmen in Jazz ...

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Marta Sánchez, Benoit Delbecq, Fergus McCreadie, Rob Clearfield & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 4, 2024

As if 88 keys were not enough, here are 440 keys, played by five exciting pianists featured on today's show, Fergus McCreadie, Marta Sánchez, Noam Duboille, Benoit Delbecq and Rob Clearfield [in order of appearance]. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Fergus McCreadie ...

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Alan Ferber: Up High, Down Low

Read "Up High, Down Low" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
June 3, 2024

Nel nono disco da bandleader, il trombonista Alan Ferber ritorna col suo abituale nonet, con cui ha già inciso quattro album. L'organico ha subìto qualche cambiamento con le presenze del chitarrista Nir Felder, di Chris Cheek al sax baritono e qualche altro (ma restano i fidi sassofonisti Jon Gordon, Charles Pillow e John Ellis, il ...