Mondo Jazz

A slew of gorgeous new albums on the NY-LA express is at the core of this episode which also takes to Switzerland and Australia, for good measure! The playlist features Billy Mohler; Nels Cline [pictured]; Sophie Lüssi; Koi Kingdom; Nicole McCabe; and Jeong Lim Yang. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20350038/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Salad for Lunch"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Nath...

A tribute to the late Bunky Green through his music and that of the musicians he has inspired. The playlist features also Steve Coleman, Dave Holland; Alex LoRe; Ben Sidran; Ernesto Cervini; and Rudresh Mahantappa. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20316344/Mondo-Jazz [from "What I Can Do" onwards].

Tons of music continues to orbit around Sun Ra. Here some fascinating new and archival recordings. The playlist features James Brandon Lewis; Sun Ra Arkestra; Michael Sarian, Matthew Putman, Ledin Mola, Federico Ughi; Hamid Drake & Pasquale Mirra [pictured]. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20316344/Mondo-Jazz [from "Remember Brooklyn and Moki" to "Love in Outer Space/Brown Rice"]...

A playlist featuring music inspired by New Orleans, Gaza and Africa, and then an unearthed live gem. The playlist features Sullivan Fortner; Randal Despommier; Anouar Brahem [pictured], Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland; Joona Toivanen; Serge Lazarevitch, Ben Sluijs, Nicolas Thys, Teun Verbruggen; Claudio Filippini. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20316344/Mondo-Jazz [Up t...

Mark Turner is so busy as leader, co-leader and special guest on countless new albums, that he--literally--seems to be here, and there, and everywhere (pretty much like Ted Lasso's Roy Kent!). Here is a quick guide to enjoy his ubiquitousness! The playlist features Mark Turner; Billy Hart; The Fury, Lage Lund, Matt Brewer, Tyshawn Sorey; Steve Lehman; M.T.B., Brad Mehldau, Peter Bernstein; Jason P...

A playlist focusing on recent outstanding guitar albums, with two cherrys on top, the latest releases by Kjetil Mulelid and Ambrose Akinmusire. The playlist features Mikkel Ploug; Thomas Naïm; Tal Yahalom [pictured]; Kjetil Mulelid; and Ambrose Akinmusire. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20281925/Mondo-Jazz [from "Chant" to "Bloomed (the ongoing processional of nighas in hoodies)...

From our studio in Bushwick, NY, here is--for the 321st time--Mondo Jazz bringing you delightful recent and upcoming releases! The playlist features Butcher Brown; Rachel Eckroth, John Hadfield; Believers, Brad Shepik, Sam Minaie, John Hadfield; Misha Mullov-Abbado; John Zorn, Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, Ches Smith; Marie Krüttli [pictured]; and Cecilie Strange. Detailed playlist at https://spin...

Some of today's most compelling European players in a playlist which is topped off with Takuya Kuroda's latest album for the newborn PPK record label co-founded by legendary bassist Pino Palladino. The playlist features Matteo Bortone [pictured]; Simon Spiess; Marius Neset; David Ferris; and Takuya Kuroda. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20247670/Mondo-Jazz (from "Tosh" onwards).

Enjoy a playlist featuring heartfelt and original tributes to Carla Bley, and projects enriched by Arabic, West-African and Indian music traditions. The playlist features Mortelle Randonnée; Arturo O'Farrill, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Yazz Ahmed; Kinan Azmeh [pictured], CityBand; Piers Faccini, Ballaké Sissoko; Dawda Jobarteh, Stefan Pasborg; Brian Molley, The Asin Langa Ensemble. Detailed pl...

A playlist featuring music that makes you travel--in space and in time--while you stand still. The playlist features Anton Goudsmit; Eleonora Strino; Perceptions Trio; Marton Juhasz; Claire Cope [pictured]; Geraldine Laurent, Noé Huchard, Francois Moutin and Louis Moutin. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20247670/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Everybody Loves My Babe"). Photo credit: Rob Blac...

A tribute to Abbey Lincoln and gems from the 1970s bookend an episode which also features mesmerizing releases by The Young Mothers, Clemens Kuratle and Travis Laplante. The playlist features Jowee Omicil; The Young Mothers; Clemens Kuratle Ydivide; Travis Laplante; Roy Haynes; Charles Tolliver. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20210955/Mondo-Jazz [from "Throw It Away" onwards]. H...

From Brazil to Korea, with a few European stops, a journey into today's jazz world. The playlist features Nomade Orchestra; Renee Rosnes; Julia Hülsmann; Petros Klampanis [pictured]; Elisabetta Antonini, Alessandro Contini, Nils Petter Molvaer, Michele Rabbia, Alessandro Gwis; Eugenia Choe, feat. Yuhan Su, Song Yi Jeon. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20210955/Mondo-Jazz [from "R...

Brooklyn, Brussels, Copenhagen and Paris, are the stations this playlist stops at before ending into zero gravity orbits with Wayne Shorter. The playlist features NIKARA presents Black Wall Street; Alex Koo, Ambrose Akinmusire; Jakob Bro; Jesper Zeuthen; Guillaume de Chassy, Géraldine Laurent, André Minvielle; John Patitucci, Chris Potter, Brian Blade; Wayne Shorter. Detailed playlist at https://s...

Here is a playlist mostly devoted to releases that, explicitly or implicitly, remind of us of the importance of Kenny Wheeler for today's jazz. The playlist features Erik Jekabson; Kenny Wheeler Legacy; Jason Keiser; Gautier Garrigue; Elise Vassallucci; John Daversa; Benjamin Lackner. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20115121/Mondo-Jazz [from "Jane Wants to Tell You Something " on...

Allison Miller front and center in a playlist which features her new Big Band album and her contribution to the new records by ARTEMIS and Allegra Levy, as well as the architectural jazz of GOGODUCKS, the music without borders of An Pierlé and a heartfelt tribute to Joni Mitchell. The playlist features Allegra Levy; Allison Miller [pictured], One O'Clock Lab Band; ARTEMIS; Hejira; GOGODUCKS; and A...

This week we focus on a most auspicious debut album, which offers a welcome opportunity to appreciate Marshall Allen for being more than the flamekeeper of the Sun Ra legacy, and the launch of the Year of Women in Jazz with a groovy single by Rosa Brunello. The playlist also features Massimiliano Cignitti's tribute to Edda Dell'Orso, the mesmerizing singer on many Ennio Morricone soundtracks, and...

Around the jazz world in seven songs, and forty-five minutes! The playlist features Christophe Marguet; Gilad Hekselman; Greg Ward, Ziv Ravitz, Matthew Stevens, Leo Genovese; Henriette Eilertsen, OJKOS "Springer; Snorre Kirk; and Tomin [pictured]. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20078452/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Lore"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Alejandro Ayala.

Enjoy a playlist featuring music which can be seen as the elaborate confluence of many sources of inspiration. The playlist features Ed Neumeister; Karl Latham; Médéric Collignon [pictured]; Steve Coleman; Hasse Poulsen, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Fredrik Lundin; and Jon Irabagon. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20078452/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Lore"]. Happy listening!

Today's scene is so deep, and wide! Here's a playlist that offers you some samples to pique your appetite for more music from all corners of the globe. The playlist features Audrey Powne; Roy Hargrove; Emilio Reyna; Jan Lundgren, Yamandu Costa; Rebecca Trescher [pictured]; Peggy Lee, Cole Schmidt; Julien Wilson, Theo Carbo, and Dylan van der Schyff. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/p...

This is the very final batch of our favorite songs of 2024... Fully charged with all this beauty we are ready to dive into 2025, knowing that no matter how crazy this year will be, it will also bring more great music! The playlist features Joe Tatton; Orrin Evans [pictured], The Captain Black Big Band; Antonio Faraò, John Patitucci, Jeff Ballard; Walter Smith III; Nacka Forum; Haoung Lyou; Immanue...

2024 was a tough year! It may be hard to be nostalgic about it. It will be much easier to be nostalgic about the amazing music that it brought to us and so, for our first show of 2025, we are looking back at some of the many gems that we have discovered in the past months. The playlist features Mulatu Astatke, Hoodna Orchestra; Josephine Davies; Kika Sprangers; Federico Casagrande, Francesco Bearz...

Here is our seasonal playlist featuring the songs we have loved the most in the past few months. The playlist features Kresten Osgood; Francesco Bearzatti, Stefano Risso, Mattia Barbieri; Mark Lockheart; Luzia von Wyl [pictured], This Is Pan; Patricia Brennan; Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis Sextet; Lucien Johnson; Elin Forkelid; and Miles Okazaki. Detailed playlist at  Happy listening! Photo credit: Fa...

Enjoy the second part of our preview of the upcoming Winter JazzFest, with a special focus on the musicians who will be coming to New York from out of town. The playlist features Salin [pictured]; Monsieur MÂLÂ; Michael Leonhart; Flash Pig; Dominique Fils-Aimé; Amaury Faye; Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille; Jenny Scheinman; Josh Johnson; Theon Cross;...

This time we focus on the upcoming edition of Winter JazzFest. As usual, it will bring to Manhattan and Brooklyn its annual extravaganza, which this year will consist of a gargantuan program with more than 100 concerts and north of 500 musicians. Here is a playlist that features musicians coming to the festival from abroad, or at the very least, from out of town. The playlist features Emma-Jean Th...

For the last round of recent releases of the year, we bring you an engaging selection that ranges from the groovy and loungey, to the firey and fun!  The playlist features Copa Salvo; Les Hommes; Kresten Osgood [pictured]; The Fury, Mark Turner, Lage Lund, Matt Brewer, Tyshawn Sorey; M.T.B. Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner, Peter Bernstein, Larry Grenadier, Billy Stewart; AuB, Alex Hitchcock, Tom Barford...