The first edition of Mondo Jazz of the new year! Judging by how the year started, it should not be difficult… we open with Jason Moran's latest fascinating project, released just hours after the new year started, dedicated to James Reese Europe. After that many recent compelling releases, from Thandi Ntuli [pictured] to Frank Zappa (newly published archival material from the legendary "Waka Jawaka" and "Grand Wazoo" sessions). The playlist also features Sarathy Korwar; Soweto Kinch with the Lond...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 225
One of the things that characterizes the New York jazz ecosystem at this time of the year is the celebrated Winter JazzFest. This year it’s back with in-person performances, and as it was our pre-pandemic tradition, we’d like to preview music by artists who are coming to New York from Europe or other parts of the country to perform at the Festival. The playlist features Daniel Villarreal; Vincent Peirani; Emile Parisien; Roxana Amed; Abraham Réunion; Yamandu Costa; Yessaï Karapetian; Jeanne Mich...
Jan 09, 2023•54 min•Ep. 225
As this is our last show in 2022, our playlist focus on the songs we’ve loved the most in the last six months of what was an incredibly prolific year for jazz. Here's to a new year that hopefully will bring us much great music as 2022 did! The playlist features Fred Pallem & Le Sacre du Tympan; Kansas Smitty’s; Oan Kim; Bill Frisell; Iggy Pop [pictured]; Avram Fefer; Maher Beauroy, Sélène Saint-Aimé; Designers; Kristin Berardi; Dan Weiss; Song Yi Jeon, Vinícius Gomes; Donald Byrd; and André ...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 224
Twelve months have gone by so fast, and so much has happened... At the beginning of the year we were still under various degrees of lockdown or social distancing, now we have a war, weather patterns and a financial situation that are crazier than ever, etc. One positive thread through these months, however, has been the relentless pace at which creative musicians have brought us album after album of gorgeous music, which confirmed once more that musicians may be the last social group that can st...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 224
Welcome to the second half of the jazz re-match between Argentina and France that we are hosting this week, inspired by the recent World Cup finals. It is a fantasy game in which the rules are a bit different with the two teams playing jazz, not football, together, rather than against each other. The playlist features Orchestre National de Jazz; Lucia Boffo; Serge Gainsbourg; Javier Girotto, Natalio Mangalavite, Peppe Servillo; Surnatural Orchestra; Gato Barbieri [pictured]; Edward Perraud; Leo ...
Dec 30, 2022•57 min•Ep. 223
Welcome to the second half of the jazz re-match between Argentina and France that we are hosting this week, inspired by the recent World Cup finals. It is a fantasy game in which the rules are a bit different with the two teams playing jazz, not football, together, rather than against each other. In jazz, unlike in sports, there are no winners or losers, and the best things come out when there’s collaboration rather than competition. So this week we host a Franco-Argentinean jazz pas-de-deux cel...
Dec 26, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 223
The funk of The Bamboos' ambitious symphonic project and The Headhunters' half-a-century pre-celebration together with Sana Nagano's pandemic soundscape bookend an episode showcasing the wide-ranging work by, and collaboration among, Dave Liebman, Adam Rudolph and Tyshawn Sorey. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16768889/Mondo-Jazz (from "Red Triangle" onwards). Happy listening!
Dec 25, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 222
Tributes to Leonard Cohen and Martin Danny, young saxophonone mavericks, unerthed gems and elegant arrangers in this week's edition of Mondo Jazz. The playlist features the Leonhart Brass Band; Marco Cappelli; Immanuel Wilkins; Oded Tzur; Rebecca Nash [pictured]; Designers; Leila Olivesi; and Elvin Jones. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16768889/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Oleo"). Photo credit: Olivier Burnside. Happy listening!
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 222
This week's edition revolves around tributes to composers, singers, songwriters, cities and... earworms! And a fascinating project by Brooklyn-based Dutch singer Vivienne Aerts celebrating jazz women and female pioneers of the cacao trade. The playlist also features Yazz Ahmed [pictured]; Kansas Smitty's; Snarky Puppy; Luigi Viva, Luigi Masciari; Brad Mehldau; Chilly Gonzales; Fabrizio Bosso; Fabrizio Bosso; and Vulfpeck. The detailed playlist is available at https://spinitron.com/RFB/dj/80823/L...
Dec 16, 2022•51 min•Ep. 221
Bands of great improvisational genius, two takes on early-Bill Frisell compositions, an album revisiting the legacy of First House, two productions by the David Breskin-Ron Saint Germain dream team, and much more in this edition of Mondo Jazz. The playlist features Billy Mohler [pictured]; Dan Weiss; Patricia Brennan; Ken Stubbs; Unscientific Italians; Bill Frisell; Frank Woeste, Ryan Keberle, Vincent Courtois; Micah Thomas; Jeon Lim Yang; Makaya McCraven. The detailed playlist is available at h...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 221
As we are quickly approaching the end of the year, here is another edition focusing on new and upcoming albums featuring some the records will inevitably end on many best of the year lists. The playlist features Stephanie Lottermoser; Franco Ambrosetti; Monica Nica Agosti; Mali Obomsawin; Tim Berne, Matt Mitchell; Géraud Portal; Jean-Paul Estiévenart, Marcel Ponseele & Il Gardellino; Hilario Durán, David Virelles; Ben LaMar Gay, Tommaso Moretti. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 220
The spirit of the masters, the roots of each music tradition, are like ghosts that accompany a musician’s creative process, with more or less awareness based on the musician’s disposition, a premise directly explored by Michael Wollny in his latest album, and indirectly explored by every other musician featured on this show, which spotlights Annette Peacock, both a musician ahead of her times and a muse to many. The playlist features Camilla George; Michael Wollny; Christina Galisatus; Robin Hol...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 220
Tributes to Abdul Wadud, Paul Motian, Albert Mangelsdorff and Johnny Hodges, the power of post-production, the music meditations of Surya Botofasina and more, in this wide-ranging edition of Mondo Jazz. The playlist features Tom Skinner; Chelsea Carmichael, Shabaka Hutchings; Petter Eldh, Savannah Harris; Esbjörn Svensson; Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano; Brûlez Les Meubles; Owen Broder; Agnas, Ståhl, Flaten, Texas; More Better; Surya Botofasina. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16663757/...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 219
Tons of new releases ahoy... We feature some that bring unbridled energy, with a focus on South Korean and North European artists, and a tribute to the French master of humor, erotism, subversion and wordplay, Serge Gainsbourg. The playlist features Donny McCaslin; Avram Fefer; Matthew Halsall; Sun-Mi Hong; Marilyn Mazur; Song Yi Jeon, Vinícius Gomes; Mikkel Ploug; Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Camille Bertault. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16663757/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Les Goemons...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 219
Plato, Mingus and Seinfeld? What could they possibly have in common? Not much; or a lot…; depending on the plasticity of your mind. You'll get the answer if you listen to this edition of Mondo Jazz, digging forward and back with a precious new compilation showcasing the Detroit Artists Workshop. The playlist features Timothy Norton; Dezron Douglas; Abel Mireles; Nadje Noordhuis; Lyman Woodard; Kirk Lightsey; Charles Lloyd; Dierk Peters. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16634147/...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 218
This week a catchy and eclectic playlist, which straddles across many stylistic lines and influences, opens in the spirit of Zappa and ends with Zappa himself and yet another gem recently uneearthed from his bottomless vault. The playlist features Fred Pallem; Flat Earth Society Orchestra; Gaia Mattiuzzi; Wojtek Mazolewski; Yosef Gutman; Jussi Reijonen; Arild Andersen; Ari Joshua, Billy Martin, Jason Fraticelli; Frank Zappa. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16634147/Mondo-Jazz (...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 218
In this set we focus on Hammond jazz, brass-heavy projects, North-European bands and a series of albums that have John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Wayne Shorter and Terri Lyne Carrington as common threads. The playlist also features Jupiter; Michael Blake; Trio Grande; Fredrik Lundin & Odense Jazz Orchestra; Marco Pacassoni, Antonio Sanchez; Dave Stryker; Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Chris McBride; Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16606019/Mondo...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 217
We are back after a brief hiatus, during which new and upcoming albums have been piling up on our desk, so let's get right to it... We start here with a batch of genre-defying projects focusing in particular on adventurous vocalists that blend acoustic and electronic music, or that bring different music cultures together. We end with two invigorating projects that bring together improvisation and hard hitting experimentation. The playlist features Shotnez; Francesco Diodati, Leïla Martial, Stefa...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 217
Inspired by Leo Sidran's latest single, "There Was a Fire", this week we look into various threads of memory--making (or memory--keeping) that can be found in projects that bring together various cultulal traditions (West-African or Cuban, Mitteleuropean or Japanese), bring new light to old repertoires, pay tribute to earlier composers or music-genres. The playlist features Eve Risser; chuffDRONE; Jamaaladeen Tacuma [pictured]; King Klavé; Shoko Igarashi; Antonio Sanchez, Dave Matthews, Pat Meth...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 216
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. The playlist features The New Mastersounds; The Harlem Gospel Travelers; Doug Wamble; Beth Orton [pictured]; Robin Holcomb; Bill Frisell; Franck Tortiller, Yves Rousseau, Bojan Z, Louis Winsberg, Andy Sheppard, Thomas De Pourquery, Airelle B...
Oct 03, 2022•58 min•Ep. 216
This is the second part of an edition of Mondo Jazz which explores the repertoire built over the years by countless women composers, which are in part included in "New Standards", the collection of 101 compositions by women composers curated by Terri Lyne Carrington for Berklee Press, and in part we hope they will be included in a near future. For our selection we focus on instrumental tunes by musicians that are alive, and possibly still young. The playlist features Susie Ibarra; Nubya Garcia; ...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 215
In the wake of the recent publication of "New Standards", the collection of 101 compositions by women composers curated by Terri Lyne Carrington for Berklee Press, this week we feature some of the compositions featured in the new book, and a few more that we hope may appear in a future expanded edition. The playlist features Jaimie Branch [pictured]; Jenny Scheinman; Dinosaur; Bria Skonberg; Rita Marcotulli; Miho Hazama; Simone Baron & Arco Belo; Caroline Davis; Arcoiris Sandoval; Marilyn Cr...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 215
A playlist that focuses on fascinating new releases and a preview of great upcoming concerts in New York. The playlist features Jeff Denson, Brian Blade, Romain Pilon; Patricia Brennan; Hermon Mehari; Eric Vloeimans, Will Holshouser; the Michael Leonhart Orchestra; Sky Creature; Enrico Rava, Fred Hersch; Omar Sosa; Cheick Tidiane Seck [pictured]. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16420871/Mondo-Jazz (from "Daily Jubilee of Dancing Herbie D." onward). Happy listening!
Sep 23, 2022•56 min•Ep. 214
Music by, or inspired by, Brazil, Charles Mingus, Mal Waldron, Humanity... and the Convulsionaries... To know more... click on the embedded player and happy listening! The playlist features also Anat Cohen [pictured]; Roberto Ottaviano, Alexander Hawkins; Cristina Mazza, Sean Bergin Daniele D'Agaro Bruno Marini Jean-Jacques Avenel Sangoma Everett; Angelica Sanchez; Matt Ulery, Zach Brock; Jasper Høiby; Trevor Dunn; Julian Lage; Jeff Parker, Eric Revis, and Nasheet Waits. Detailed playlist at htt...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 214
September offers an opportunity to refocus on our inner energies and start a new cycle with renewed awareness and intentions – basically back to school and beyond… This segment of the show features more songs inspired by this month, with a special focus on five masterpieces that were recorded during a magical couple of weeks in September 1962. The playlist features Johnnie Taylor; Dakota Staton; Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays; Mats Eilertsen; Coleman Hawkins; Quincy Jones; Duke Ellington; Chico Hamilton...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 213
September is a rather auspicious month musically, as you will hear through a playlist of songs inspired by September... or by things associated with the month of September... or featuring musicians born in September. The playlist features James Brown; Freda Payne; Itai Kriss; Earth, Wind & Fire; Chris Pattishall; Don Grolnick; Les McCann, Eddie Harris; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten; Fiona Apple; and Dave Douglas. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16393563/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Sapphire...
Sep 13, 2022•59 min•Ep. 213
It’s hard to believe but August is already over, and just like the months keep getting by at the speed of light so do new CDs and LPs… And this is why we are here with another edition of Mondo Jazz for which we have cherry-picked some of the best new albums and singles out there. The playlist features Stéphane Kerecki; Tom Harrell; Clemens Kuratle; Ernesto Jodos; John Escreet; Kristin Berardi [pictured]; Run Logan Run, Annie Gardiner; Mysteries of the Revolution; Yussef Dayes Experience. Detaile...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 212
Tributes to Miles and Mingus, Camille Bertault, Theo Croker, and the German label ACT Music are some of the threads of this playlist, which also features one of the most surprising albums of the year... but you have to listen to find out what that is... The playlist also features Chris Dave; Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker, Magnus Lindgren; Ethan Philion; David Helbock; Oan Kim; Erik Friedlander; Tigran Hamasyan; Trio Xolo. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16366777/Mondo-...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 212
One of the traits that we love most in jazz is its ability to promote encounters and mixtures… and mixtures is what this set is all about. The playlist features Leyla McCalla [pictured]; Lyle Lovett; Antares Flare; Elvin Bironien; Marco Bardoscia, Paolo Fresu, Dino Rubino, Daniele di Bonaventura; Samuel Mösching, Isaiah Collier; Peter Erskine, Alan Pasqua, Darek Oles; Alan Broadbent; Roberta Piket, Harvie S, Billy Mintz. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/16340214/Mondo-Jazz (from...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 211
Here we go again, finding a path of beauty through countless new and upcoming albums, and sharing the most memorable moments of this journey with you. As usual, we like the path less travelled, and so we hope that you’ll enjoy the surprises that we find along the way... The playlist features Flash Pig; Jeremy Rose [pictured], The Earshift Orchestra; CKRAFT; Caleb Wheeler Curtis; Steven Bernstein; Kalí Rodríguez-Peña; Laufey; Radka Toneff, Steve Dobrogosz; and Flavio Perrella. Detailed playlist a...
Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 211
