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Hiromi, Mike Reed, Weave4, Astghik Martirosyan, Todd Clouser & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 18, 2023

Putting together an episode of Mondo Jazz feels like an experiment, requiring research and analysis leading to a synthesis of the most interesting specimens from the current world jazz flora. Here some of the most significant discoveries of the last week.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng ...

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Carla Bley: A View from her Hill, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 14, 2023

Artistically ambitious, a rare woman in a male dominated scene, taking the road less travelled, or even the road never travelled, and with her feet well on the ground business-wise to ensure her artistic independence, Carla Bley played a key role in shaping today's music scene. This week we concentrate on some of her signature compositions, ...

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Carla Bley: A View from her Hill, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 8, 2023

We could spend hours talking about the many things that made Carla Bley unique, and made her passing a huge loss for the jazz world. This week we decided to focus on her songbook, as interpreted by many of the peers that admired her work. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash ...

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Per "Texas" Johansson, Marius Neset, Enemy, Suzanne, Aruan Ortiz & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 7, 2023

Swedish saxophonists Per Texas" Johansson and Marius Neset both have two new albums out; Swedish bassist Petter Eldh is on--at least--three new albums, including some by Johansson and Neset. This and much more on a playlist largely focusing on music from the Scandinavian and Berlin scenes.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme ...

Article: 72 Jazz Thrillers

The Most Exciting Jazz Albums since 1969: 2001-2005

by Robert Middleton
November 6, 2023

These six jazz thrillers from the first years of the 21st-century journey to wonderful and exotic locations with music that moves and grooves. All six albums feature influences from Middle Eastern, African, and Asian traditional music. They are all very visual in that they conjure up exotic vistas and locations, such as caravans and oases in ...

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More Fall Releases, Jazz Birthdays, A Celebration of Carla Bley & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 6, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Angelica Sanchez, Nabou Claerhout Trombone Ensemble, Ramona Horvath, the Affinity Trio (Eric Jacobson, Clay Shaub, Pamela York), with birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dory Previn, Andy Bey, Emily Braden, Dame Cleo Laine, Magos Herrera, Amanda Monaco, Beat poet Fran Landesman (Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most), Dianne Reeves and ...

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Why Can't We Live Together?

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 4, 2023

We explore the music and bands we love not only for a source of sonic delight, but also as a metaphor of how ideal societies can work, in harmony and respect, regardless of place of origin and without boundaries, to create something higher than themselves. So this week we focus on music that may provide either ...

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Tina Raymond, Geri Allen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Church Chords, Arch & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 31, 2023

A mysterious new producer, Church Chords; the unearthing of a gem; jazz divinations; blood diamonds and bloody belly comb jellies... here for you a playlist that reads like a thriller story, and is as gripping as one.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Billy Valentine ...

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Aaron Diehl, Federica Michisanti, Caroline Davis, Xavi Torres & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 28, 2023

Welcome back for another edition of Mondo Jazz--today's program is bursting at the seams with gorgeous new and upcoming albums and music about the lockdown, incarceration, reincarnation, multi-tasking, astral projections, and how beautiful it is to play with musicians of different cultural backgrounds. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. ...

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Kavita Shah, Alabaster Deplume, Angelika Niescier, Tomeka Reid, Savannah Harris & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 24, 2023

A cosmopolitan edition of Mondo Jazz, which brings India, Cape Verde, Canada, Haiti, England, Sicily, Sardinia, the Great American Rivers, California and Germany to your headphones, wherever you might be, through Radio Free Brooklyn's digital transmitter in Bushwick, NY! Let's call it “jazz without borders!" Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison Mondo Jazz ...