Mondo Jazz

Just two months have passed and 2018 is already replete with amazing new music. In this episode we interview Bobby Previte about his new album "Rhapsody", the second part of his "Travel Trilogy", and sample the exciting new or upcoming releases by Camille Bertault, The Michael Leonhart Orchestra, Ben LaMar, Alicia Hall Moran, Owen Broder, Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella, Nubya Garcia, The Recycle...

When interpreting music from the past should contemporary musicians focus on its form or its spirit? We look into this question through two new projects that focus on the legacy of Dizzy Gillespie and Lead Belly, with interviews to Dave Douglas about his latest project, "Dizzy's Atmosphere", and to Adam Nussbaum about his brand new album "The Lead Belly Project". Playlist includes: Manu Codjia, Ge...

More dopamine enhancing jazz after last week's episode. Music that should turn a grey day into a shiny one. Playlist includes: Joe Jackson, Miles Davis & Gil Evans, Joe Lovano, Sun Ra, Dave Douglas, Gerald Clayton, Leo Parker, Rodney Kendrick, Kevin Eubanks, Stephan Crump, Duck Baker, Vana Gierig, Antonio Zambrini, Avion Travel, Nico Morelli & Mauro Negri, Tuck & Patti, Stevie Wonder, Stanley Jord...

Joy, something that all need more of, especially on days like these with such lousy weather. We are all familiar with the fact that music can greatly contribute to such state, and neuroscience has proved that when pleasurable music is heard, dopamine is released. Let's then focus on music that has a very positive vibe and hopefully will help you release tons of dopamine! Plus an interview to Amir...

More music that could work well as soundtrack of an imaginary film noir, with some spaghetti-western variations. The first part of this noir investigation is at https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioFreeBrooklyn/mondo-jazz-ep-11-film-noir-a-jazz-investigation-interview-previews-frank-woeste-paolo-angeli/ Playlist includes Guano Padano, Bobby Previte, Giancarlo Vulcano, John Zorn, George Lewis, Bill Frisel...

Film Noir: a Jazz Investigation. In search of clues about the key components that make it possible to build the mood, the suspense, the intrigue, the build-up of tension, the adrenaline rush, the release in a good film noir with a jazz soundtrack, or in the soundtrack of an imaginary film noir. Plus an interview to German-born, Paris-based, pianist Frank Woeste and a preview of the Carnegie Hall d...

2018 album previews; Swiss, Finnish, and French approaches to quintessentially United Statesian music genres like Hip-Hop, Jazz and Americana, which traveled to Europe and got local; tributes to Martin Luther King and a preview of the Ned Rothenberg, Erik Friedlander, Ami Yamasaki trio. PLAYLISTS INCLUDES Raoul Bjorkenheim, Adam Nussbaum, Danny Fox, Yellow Bird, Sylvie Courvoisier, Weird Beard, Ni...

This is the second part of Mondo Jazz dedicated to previewing some of the international artists that will be performing at the 2018 Winter Jazz Festival and play some of the gems of 2017. It features interviews with Lucia Cadotsch, Yazz Ahmed, Yacine Boularès and Guilhelm Flouzat who will perform at the festival. PLAYLIST INCLUDES James Brandon Lewis, Lucia Cadotsch, Yazz Ahmed, Yacine Boularès, A...

The first episode of 2018. A great opportunity to look back at some of the great releases of 2017 and to look forward at the festival that, every January, brings the New York jazz year into full gear, the Winter Jazz Festival, with previews of some of the international artists that will be performing there. PLAYLIST INCLUDES Matteo Pastorino, Marvin Pontiac, Lucia Cadotsch, Thelonious Monk, Guilhe...

The holiday season continues and so does the gift-giving. Here’s the second of a two part series featuring some of my favorite tunes as my holiday gift to end a challenging year on a positive note. PLAYLIST INCLUDES Alicia Hall Moran, Toots Thielemans, Quincy Jones, Manhattan Brothers, Bheki Mseleku, The Gaturs, The Dickens Campaign, Sifter, Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Oliver Nelson, Chico...

Holidays are the season of gift-giving. And music makes the perfect gift. So here’s the first of a two part series featuring some of my favorite tunes as my holiday gift to end a challenging year on a positive note. PLAYLISTS INCLUDES Donald Fagen, Sonny Rollins, George Benson, Kresten Osgood, Jaga Jazzist, Don Byron, Krystle Warren, Marisa Monte, Jimmie Rowles, Tony Bennett, Marc Ribot, Ernst Rei...

The Road. A place that inspires music and inspires to listen to music. In this episode of Mondo Jazz we’ll focus on music about roads to Timbuktu, French and Italian streets, being “on the road” and the road as a metaphor for a jazzist’s necessary openness to the unexpected. And some jazz inspired by the soundtrack of Federico Fellini's "La Strada" [The street, in Italian]. PLAYLIST INCLUDES: Thie...

Orange and Blue are the colors of Radio Free Brooklyn gorgeous new studio. And orange and blue, two complimentary colors that go especially well together, are the colors that have inspired the music featured in this episode of Mondo Jazz. In addition: an exclusive interview with the leaders of The Microscopic Septet, The Jazz Passengers, and the Kamikaze Ground Crew who speak about music, friendsh...

Jazz and Travel, what a natural fit. In this installment of Mondo Jazz we’ll continue exploring music that was inspired by the relentless travels that jazz musicians have to do to share their music with their audience, their departures and arrivals, trips in the spaceways and the subways, journeys on trains and other means of transportation, in space and time, and... latin for travellers. PLAYLIST...

Jazz and Travel, what a natural fit! In this installment of Mondo Jazz we’ll explore music that was inspired by the relentless travels that jazz musicians have to do to share their music with their audience, their departures and arrivals, their adventures and misadventures using trains and planes and the places and the people they encounter as they travel, in space and in time... THE PLAYLIST INCL...

It’s the first episode, the first steps of Mondo Jazz. So let’s start this show with some music about walking and moving forward, strolling and strutting, leaping and loping, going through life and death? PLAYLIST INCLUDES Herbie Nichols, Joe Harriott, Honi Gordon, Clusone Trio, Michael Blake, Benny Carter, Leo Parker, Jimmy Giuffre, Louis Armstrong, The Meters, Frank Zappa, Jackie McLean, Danilo...