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Etienne Charles, Jacky Terrasson, Isaiah Collier & Brent Birckhead

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 2, 2024

Four musicians, Jacky Terrasson, Etienne Charles, Brent Birckhead and Isaiah Collier, and their individual takes on how to both celebrate and innovate the jazz canon.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jacky Terrasson R&B" Moving On (naïve) 0:16 Host talks 3:10 Etienne Charles “Poison" Creole ...

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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation, Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 25, 2024

In our final look into the basketball & jazz interconnectedness, we focus on several jazz, or funk-jazz soundtracks for movies dedicated to the game, on jazz musicians with a basketball career like Cab Calloway and Wayman Tisdale, a composition inspired by the elegant and creative crossover dribble known as the Shammgod, and more!Happy listening!

Article: Profile

Mauro Bardusco, ovvero: della passione per la musica

by Neri Pollastri
June 24, 2024

Sabato 8 giugno 2024 ci ha lasciato a soli settant'anni Mauro Bardusco, da sempre Direttore Artistico del festival Jazz&Wine of Peace di Còrmons, del quale era stato tra gli ideatori, così come era stato tra i fondatori dell'associazione che lo gestisce, il Circolo Controtempo. Ma Mauro era molto di più di un organizzatore e ...

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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 19, 2024

As continue exploring the connections between jazz and basketball, in this set we focus on compositions inspired by iconic athletes like LeBron James, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Jordan, George Gervin, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. At the top of the set a collaboration between Quincy Jones and Shaquille O'Neal.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison ...

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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 18, 2024

This time we felt like exploring the interplay of basketball and jazz, focusing in particular on a great jazz advocate like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, on the soundtrack of the HBO series The Winning Time, on an oneiric game played with a basketball fish, and on Stanley Clarke's tribute to this sport, to which he devoted as ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lizz Wright, Greg Osby, Matthieu Bordenave, Nicole Glover & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 15, 2024

This time we focus on the unique voice of Lizz Wright, and the distinctive instrumental voices of Charles Lloyd, Matthieu Bordenave, Greg Osby, Nicole Glover and Jon Gordon, in a set that brings together soul, M-Base and ECM echoes, and the legacy of Seventh Avenue South, the iconic jazz club run by the Brecker Brothers in ...

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Goran Kajfes, Idit Shner, Elliott Sharp, Nicola Caminiti & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 14, 2024

As if the return of Goran Kajfes' Tropiques and Elliott Sharp's Terraplane were not enough to make you want to play this episode of Mondo Jazz, its playlist features also two fascinating releases by Idit Shner, and Michelangelo Scandroglio and an excellent debut album by Nicola Caminiti. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison ...

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Nicole McCabe, Herbie Nichols, John Hadfield, Layale Chaker & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 11, 2024

They say that three is the perfect number, and so we have decided to go “three-by-three," focusing on three musicians, Nicole McCabe, Herbie Nichols and John Hadfield by featuring three recent tracks associated with each one of them.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dolphin ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Giulia Cianca: quattro album in pochi mesi

by Neri Pollastri
June 10, 2024

Proveniente dal pop e folgorata dall'improvvisazione dopo la quasi casuale esperienza a Siena Jazz, la giovane artista romana Giulia Cianca ha realizzato negli ultimi anni un cospicuo numero di album, di alcuni dei quali ci occuperemo in quest'articolo. La cantante, che ci racconta quest'esperienza nell'intervista appena pubblicata, vi sperimenta molteplici modalità espressive per improvvisare vocalmente, in ...

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Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Andrea Grossi, Flukten & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 8, 2024

Enjoy a set featuring Wadada Leo Smith's and Amina Claudine Myers' magical collaboration, the return of Flukten plus a number of really exciting collaborations between forward-looking European and US musicians.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Flukten “Flukten" Flukten (Odin) 0:16 Host talks 5:42 The ...