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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ben Allison
All About Jazz is celebrating Ben Allison's birthday today! In a career that spans nearly 30 years, Ben Allison has developed his own instantly identifiable sound, solidifying an international reputation as a bassist, composer and band leader. Known for his inspired arrangements, inventive grooves and hummable melodies, Ben draws from the jazz tradition and a range ...
Sirintip, Oliphantre, Louis Cole, José James & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
We are back after a brief hiatus, during which new and upcoming albums have been piling up on our desk, so let's get right to it... We start here with a batch of genre-defying projects focusing in particular on adventurous vocalists that blend acoustic and electronic music, or that bring different music cultures together. We end ...
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Eve Risser, Shoko Igarashi, Antonio Sanchez & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Inspired by Leo Sidran's latest single, “There Was a Fire," this week we look into various threads of memory--making (or memory--keeping) that can be found in projects that bring together various cultural traditions (West-African or Cuban, Mitteleuropean or Japanese), bring new light to old repertoires, pay tribute to earlier composers or music-genres. Happy listening! ...
Beth Orton, Robin Holcomb, New Mastersounds, Harlem Gospel Travelers & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Unbridled fun, the long tail of Hal Willner's work, an all-star band that celebrates 40 years of the Jazz sous les pommiers Festival, and jazz inspired by Maurice Ravel, soul, funk, gospel blues and folk are at the heart of this week's edition of Mondo Jazz. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo ...
Resetting the Standard - Part 2
by Ludovico Granvassu
This is the second part of an edition of Mondo Jazz that explores the repertoire built over the years by countless women composers, which are in part included in New Standards, the collection of 101 compositions by women composers curated by Terri Lyne Carrington for Berklee Press. For our selection we focus on instrumental tunes by ...
Resetting the Standard - Part 1
by Ludovico Granvassu
In the wake of the recent publication of New Standards, the collection of 101 compositions by women composers curated by Terri Lyne Carrington for Berklee Press, this week we feature some of the compositions featured in the new book, and a few more that we hope may appear in a future expanded edition.Happy listening!
Cheick Tidiane Seck, Patricia Brennan, Eric Vloeimans, Will Holshouser and More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A playlist that focuses on fascinating new releases and a preview of noteworthy concerts coming to New York.Happy listening.Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jeff Denson, Brian Blade, Romain Pilon “Daily Jubilee of Dancing Herbie D." Finding Light (Ridgeway) 0:16 Host talks 5:48 Patricia Brennan ...
New Releases From Anat Cohen, Gentiane MG, Birthday Shoutouts To Lovie Austin, Vi Redd & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from vocalist Tracye Eileen, clarinetist Anat Cohen, Canadian pianist Gentiane MG plus a single from vibraphonist/marimbist Patricia Brennan, with birthday shoutouts to saxophonist Vi Redd, pianists Lovie Austin (Downhearted Blues), Kait Dunton, vocalists Catherine Russell, Norma Winstone, Sally Terrell and Rebecca Kilgore, among others. In the second hour, a set of ...
Anat Cohen, Mal Waldron, Roberto Ottaviano, Trevor Dunn & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Music by, or inspired by, Charles Mingus, Mal Waldron, Brazil, Humanity... and the Convulsionaries... To know more... click on the embedded player and happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Anat Cohen “Boa Tarde Povo" Quartetinho (Anzic) 0:16 Host talks 5:08 Roberto Ottaviano, Alexander Hawkins “Hobo Ho" ...
September Songs - Part 2
by Ludovico Granvassu
September offers an opportunity to refocus on our inner energies and start a new cycle with renewed awareness and intentions--basically back to school and beyond... This segment of the show features more songs inspired by this month, with a special focus on five masterpieces that were recorded during a magical couple of weeks in September 1962. ...
