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Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Chop Wood And Carry Water: Ben And Leo Sidran On The Election

by Leo Sidran
November 14, 2024

When everything you thought you knew turns out to be mistaken, when your compatriots let you down, when your neighborhood is on fire and your friends are drowning, when even Quincy Jones decides he's checking out, it helps to have someone to talk to, to help make sense of it all. For me, it's ...

Jazz on Soul, Pop, Rock, Folk, and other intangible territories - Part 2

by Artur Moral
November 7, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 James Carter soloing on a song by Sting? A prolific French guitarist and producer, approaching his thousandth album, deconstructing one of Billy Joel's most candid love songs? A Spanish trumpeter translating the Bee Gees into the jazz language? Yes, all this will happen in this second installment of a ...

We The People

Featuring the music of Ben Sidran
Duration: 3:40
October 31, 2024

Ben Sidran: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing State

by Dean Nardi
October 28, 2024

Beyond Ben Sidran's appreciable talents as an accomplished composer and performer in jazz, blues, ragtime and several other styles, he is also a highly proficient producer (Richie Cole, Phil Upchurch, Lee Konitz, Georgie Fame, Michael Franks, Rickie Lee Jones, Mose Allison), an author, podcaster, radio and television host and a historian. He was part of the ...

Milton Nascimento, Esperanza Spalding, Joe Tatton, Benjamin Koppel & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 27, 2024

Enjoy an episode of Mondo Jazz full of stellar collaborations, Puerto Rican rumbles, Brazilian waves, birthday celebrations, unearthed gems, and infectious grooves.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Joe Tatton Trio “Double Take" Galáctico (Rodina) 0:16 Host talks 3:38 George Benson feat. The Robert Farnon ...

Gunhild Carling, Catherine Russell , Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Tracy Yang Jazz Orchestra, Celebrating Lyricist Iola Brubeck, Vibist Terry Pollard & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 26, 2024

This broadcast includes new releases from Lake Street Dive, Gunhild Carling, Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding, Tracy Yang Jazz Orchestra and Laura Camara, with birthday shoutouts to lyricist Iola Brubeck, vibraphonist Terry Pollard, Mary Stallings, Noa Fort, Fostina Dixon, Naomi Moon Siegel, Amy Engelhardt, Ben Sidran and Michael Mayo, among others. ...

Louis Armstrong, Bobby Broom, Ayumi Ishito and Jonathan Barber

by Cheryl K.
August 1, 2024

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music--vocalists Zack Foley and Ben Sidran, guitarists Miles Okazaki and Bobby Broom, saxophonists Ayumi Ishito and Oded Tzur, clarinetist Harry Skoler, and drummer Jonathan Barber. Playlist Louis Armstrong “The Bare Necessities" from Louis in London (Verve) 3:20 Norma Winstone & Kit Downes “Out of the ...

Alex Sipiagin, Jared Hall, Eric Alexander, Amber Weekes and more

by Benjamin Boddie
July 18, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Alex Sipiagin, Jared Hall, Eric Alexander, Amber Weekes, Eyal Vilner, Jihee Heo, Clarence Penn, Anthony Branker, Antonio Adolfo, Greg Chako, Scott Gilman, Mariah Parker, Yelena Eckmoff, Benn Gillece, Alexander Claffy, Ben Sidran, Conrad Herwig, Lisa Rich, Bobby Broom, Troy Roberts and more. Playlist Alex Sipiagin “Lost" from ...

Bobby Broom, Eric Alexander, Amina Figarova, Jeremy Pelt and more

by Benjamin Boddie
July 3, 2024

It's All About the Music ... Fantastic music by Bobby Broom, Eric Alexander, Zaccai Curtis, Amina Figarova, Ray Obiedo, Gabriel Genest, Jon Gordon, Ben Sidran, Stuart Mack, Queen Esther, Allen Dennard, Rachel Z, Radam Schwartz, Tony Monaco, Dayna Stephens, The Jazz Defenders, Dave Bass, Nicole Glover, Jeremy Pelt and more. Playlist Bobby Broom “Superstition" ...