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Tina Turner + Selma Savolainen, Ben Van Gelder, Rajna Swaminathan & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 13, 2023

A tribute to Tina Turner opens a show featuring music characterized by a deliberate desire to blur the lines between jazz and other genres, be it pop, R&B, world music or church music, and to do so with the most wonderful arrangements. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & ...

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Kala Jula, Gangbé Brass Band, Rudy Royston, Samuele Strufaldi & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 6, 2023

From projects inspired by African traditions to jazz spiked with hard-rock, passing through some fascinating chamber influences, this episode showcases the creativity, breadth and depth of today's international jazz scene.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Kala Jula, Gangbé Brass Band “Asro" Asro (Buda Musique) ...

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Mariasole De Pascali, Lucia Cadotsch, Petter Eldh, Carlo Mombelli & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 3, 2023

This week we focus on two of the most vibrant scenes in Northern Europe, Amsterdam and Berlin. Along the way we hop from Copenhagen to New York with a few more stops on the way. Enjoy some of the freshest jazz projects out there.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted ...

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Samuel Blaser, Aka Moon, Michael Blake, La Marmite Infernale & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 30, 2023

Around the world in a playlist, which features Latin and Caribbean influeces, touches of Indian music, spiritual jazz, Brazilian aromas, microtonal atmospheres, and visceral electro-acoustic outbursts. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme" 0:00 The Kevin Fingier Collective “Latin Dynamite" Latin Dynamite--Single (Acid Jazz) 0:16 Host talks 3:04 Samuel Blaser “Chronicles" ...

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Mark Guiliana, Chet Baker, Rachel Eckroth, Dorian & Nayanna Holley & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 27, 2023

A special focus on the deep, eclectic and exciting LA scene in this hour of Mondo Jazz, which then concludes with an unearthed gem by Chet Baker from the late '70s.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mark Guiliana “Carbon Dating App" Mischief--EP (Edition) 0:16 ...

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Hamid Drake, Michael Formanek, Francesco Bearzatti, Vinnie Sperrazza & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 23, 2023

This week we focus on three fascinating releases which celebrate the genius and legacy of Don Cherry, after starting with a tribute to Led Zeppelin, Emma Rawicz's new project, one of the best piano trios I've heard in a long time, lead by drummer Vinnie Sperrazza, and new music by Michael Formanek.Happy listening!

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Miku Yonezawa, Wayne Tucker, Yumi Ito, Izo FitzRoy & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 19, 2023

Welcome to an edition of Mondo Jazz under the sign of groove and high energy feelgood releases.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" Mondo Jazz Theme 0:00 Jakob Manz “Soul Tiger" Groove Connection (ACT) 0:16 Host talks 2:20 Leon Lee Dorsey “Bumpin' on Sunset" Cantaloupe Island ...

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Cyro Baptista, Felipe Salles, Gianluigi Trovesi, Ben Rosenblum & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 16, 2023

Here is our weekly merry-go-round of recent and upcoming albums, which this time will feature great saxophonists, up and coming composers, and various projects showing that jazz is the most inclusive genre out there, welcoming any source of inspiration from Baroque to Brazilian to Flamenco.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. ...

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Brandee Younger, Clovis Nicolas, Guillaume Vierset, Mariusz Sobanski & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 13, 2023

Strings, strings and more strings in this episode... from those of Brandee Younger's and Dorothy Ashby's harps, to those of the Ulysses String Quartet; from those of the guitars of Marc Ribot, Mariusz Sobanski and Guillaume Vierset, to those of the basses of Meshell Ndegeocello and Clovis Nicolas.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo ...

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Kurt Rosenwinkel, Angel Bat Dawid, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Next.Ape & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 9, 2023

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ben Wendel and Kurt Rosenwinkel are the threads bridging the various sections of this week's show which, in turn, is like a bridge between Europe and the US.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jacques Schwarz-Bart “Sun Salutation" The Harlem Suite (Ropeadope) ...