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Hal Willner
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Hal Willner was an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley). His first tribute album was Amarcord Nino Rota in 1981. In the late 1970s he worked under record producer Joel Dorn, credited as Associate Producer on Leon Redbone's albums Double Time and Champagne Charlie, and The Neville Brothers' Fiyo on the Bayou. Willner has been the sketch music producer of Saturday Night Live since 1981. He was also a producer of the TV program Sunday Night hosted by David Sanborn. Willner has produced albums for Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, William S
Marc Ribot, Nicolò Ricci, Mary Halvorson, Shake Stew & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy a set full of surprises and delights, with a special mention for Marc Ribot's latest album, a 9-song collection bearing the mark of Hal Willner, and a quarter century in the making!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Shake Stew “Wake Up and Be ...
Roberto Ottaviano su "Live Lugano 1984" di Steve Lacy
by Roberto Ottaviano
Steve Lacy Three Live Lugano 1984 -First Visit ezz-thetics 2025 In attesa che qualcuno tiri fuori dal cassetto una registrazione inedita del Dicembre 1983 di Lacy con Bill Frisell e Paul Motian sulle musiche per “Il Padrino" di Nino Rota, prodotta da Hal Willner per la Deep Creek, becchiamoci questa interessante ...
David Sanborn: First Song
by Ludovico Granvassu
There are many ways to remember David Sanborn and we decided to turn to the album that, in our conversation about his collaboration with Hal Willner, the legendary saxophonist described as his favorite, and also happens to be our favorite, Another Hand (Elektra Musician, 1991). It dates back to the time when Sanborn and Willner worked ...
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 ...
Meditations on Crime, Miles Okazaki, Kurt Elling, Maggie Jean Martin
by Ludovico Granvassu
A mystery project bearing the DNA of the late Hal Willner and Sun Ra, a project inspired by the poetry of that same Herman Poole Blount, tributes to Carla Bley and Lars Gullin, saxophonists on the rise, and a teenage sensation.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" ...
Mingus Centennial: The Composer + new releases
by David Brown
Celebrating the centennial of the birth of composer, bandleader and bassist Charles Mingus. We'll feature Mingus compositions as performed by Henry Threadgill, Chuck D, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Harry Skoler, Yoko Miwa, Joe Henderson, Anthony Braxton and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Then we'll spin Mingus last major work, Cumbia Jazz & Fusion. We'll start and end the ...
When Jazz Pops, Part 2
by Ludovico Granvassu
Ornette Coleman playing for Lou Reed? Or the Sun Ra Arkestra together with Steven Bernstein's Sexmob Orchestra backing U2 courtesy of Hal Willner? And Kenny Wheeler collaborating with both David Sylvian and Joni Mitchell? This and many more fascinating collaborations between jazz masters and pop and rock musicians in this playlist.Happy listening!Playlist ...
Free Association, Vol. 4 with Stephanie Byrne
by Ludovico Granvassu
Free Association is a series of collaborative mix-tapes curated by Mondo Jazz in association with musicians and selectors of various backgrounds. Free Association mix-tapes develop as a conversation. The first selector sends a tune cherry-picked to suit, and ideally surprise, the second selector who then, in turn, returns the favor. An hour or so ...
The Bill Frisell Songbook: Part 2
by Ludovico Granvassu
Bill Frisell's instrumental voice is instantly recognizable, whether displaying its skronky side in John Zorn's Naked City or his sublime and delicate voicings infused of high-end Americana. Equally distinctive are his compositions which more and more of his peers have been incorporating into their repertoires, in a process of metabolization that goes back to the 1990s ...
