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Brad Mehldau, Sarah Tandy, Billy Mohler & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A catching-up session with gorgeous new and upcoming releases, featuring tons of fascinating debut albums that reassure us about the future of jazz (special mention for Billy Mohler's Focus, Sarah Tandy's Infection in the Sentence, Terraza Big Band's One Day Wonder and the Heartland Trio's eponymous album) hand in hand with new works by established masters ...
Jazz Crescendos Galore!
by Ludovico Granvassu
When creating a radio playlist one always has to make sure to sequence songs in a meaningful way. The dynamics of their interaction is critical. There should be not too many fast pieces played back to back, nor too many ballads one after the other. Fast and slow, soft and loud should be sequenced in a ...
Michael Blake - The Restless Adventures of a World Awakening Artist
by Ludovico Granvassu
An enduring presence for the last 30 years, saxophonist, composer and bandleader Michael Blake has built his reputation playing jazz and creative music in New York City. The visionary composer and arranger has built a discography that impresses for depth and range, from his hard-hitting projects Hellbent and Blake Tartare, to the soul and R&B tinged ...
Art Ensemble of Chicago, Marilyn Mazur, Echoes of Zoo and More
by Ludovico Granvassu
New releases keep coming at an exciting place and Mondo Jazz obliges, sharing tons of exicting new releases, in particular celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and its spiritual offspring as well as some great European projects. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 ...
An Embarrassment of Riches
by Ludovico Granvassu
It's a great time to be a jazz lover, with so many fantastic new releases that it's almost overwhelming. To quote Shakespeare, it's an embarrassment of riches! This week we have handpicked some of the most exciting new music, from giants like Bill Frisell and Chris Potter to indie upstarts and international artists like Theon Cross ...
Steve Argüelles: Melody in Rhythm - A Musical Portrait
by Ludovico Granvassu
This week we focus our attention British drummer, composer, arranger, producer, label manager and all around creative soul, Steve Arguelles, an artist that has kept himself busy listening to a wide range of sources of inspiration for almost four decades. So in these two hours we'll look into the eclectic output, which ranges from folk infused ...
Jazz & Soundtracks
by Ludovico Granvassu
Jazz has had a very close relationship with cinema and TV. To be perfectly frank in this relationship cinema and TV have not as generous as jazz has been towards cinema. Jazz has been only sporadically covered by quality movies. When that has happened the quantity of stereotypies and clichés about jazz spoiled them ...
Ben Allison: Quiet Revolution
by Angelo Leonardi
A due anni dall'esclusiva uscita in vinile della Newvelle Records, Ben Allison rende disponibile Quiet Revolution a un pubblico più vasto, pubblicandolo in CD e nei consueti formati digitali. L'incisione è stata remixata e rimasterizzata con l'aggiunta di due brani inediti. La cosa farà piacere agli estimatori del bassista di New Haven, che ...
Thelonious Monk Revisited
by Ludovico Granvassu
Thelonious Monk once said “play what you want and let the public pick up on what you are doing even if it does take them 15, 20 years." Luckily, he lived long enough to become fully embraced and celebrated before his passing. However, it's after his death that his music has really become central to the ...
2019 Starts with a Jazz Blast! Part 2
by Ludovico Granvassu
Last week we dived deep in some of the best new releases of 2019. Two hours were not enough so this week we continue our quest for fascinating new jazz out there... and we'll branch out a bit going into releases that came out at the end of 2018 as well. Many of the albums we're ...
