Podcast Episodes

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 4

This episode of Mondo Jazz isn’t about rankings or best-of lists. It’s about memory. Over the past six months, certain pieces of music kept calling us back. Among them, are the tunes in this playlist…

Published on 15 hours ago

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 3

In a year that often felt overwhelming, music remained a place of focus and meaning. This episode of Mondo Jazz brings together the songs from the past six months that helped make sense of the noise—…

Published on 3 days, 15 hours ago

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 2

The past six months have delivered more music than anyone could possibly absorb in real time. So this week, instead of trying to keep up, we slow things down and look back—focusing on the songs that …

Published on 5 days, 15 hours ago

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 1

Rather than looking back at the year as a whole, here we concentrate on the second half. What you’ll hear are the songs that stayed close, long after the initial listen.

The playlist features Oddjob;…

Published on 1 week ago

Bill Ware, The Jazz Passengers, Csaba Palotai, Rosa Brunello & More

Here is another dip into the river of new albums, focusing releases (and re-releases) worth holding on to.

The playlist features The Jazz Passengers, Jeff Buckley; Bill Ware, the Club Bird All Stars;…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Dayna Stephens, Emiliano D'Auria, Charles Lloyd, Jérémie Lucchese, James Newton

Here's a playlist featuring musicians paying tribute to where they come from, geographically or artistically...

The playlist features Emiliano D'Auria; Dayna Stephens; Charles Lloyd; Jérémie Lucchese…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Nicolas Genest, Raphaël Pannier, Dhafer Youssef, Clément Janinet & More

Enjoy an episode that revolves around projects that forge compelling bridges between jazz and African music, from Benin to Madagascar, Mali, Senegal and Tunisia.

The playlist features Nicolas Genest…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Lakecia Benjamin, Patrick Zimmerli, SFJAZZ Collective & Horace Silver

Enjoy a selection featuring A-listers who know how to collaborate and set their egos aside, plus an unearthed live gem from Horace Silver.

The playlist also features Lakecia Benjamin, Patrick Zimmerl…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Amirtha Kidambi, KNOBIL, Mattias Risbergs, Maria Pia de Vito & Henri Texier

Mighty albums documenting live performances of ambitious creativity, and artists that turned their interest in different, often faraway cultures are at the heart of this compelling playlist.

The pla…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Rufus Wainwright, Theo Bleckmann, Anne Mette Iversen, Terry Callier & More

Here is your weekly antidote to background music, where we lean in, listen close, and find what’s truly worth hearing. And there's plenty of gems worth hearing in here, with a special focus on remark…

Published on 1 month ago