Podcast Episodes

Mali Obomsawin, Tim Berne, Monica Agosti, Jean-Paul Estiévenart & More New Releases

Episode 220

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 playli…

Published on 3 years ago

Annette Peacock, Christina Galisatus, Paul Bley, Michael Wollny & Other New Releases

Episode 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 …

Published on 3 years ago

Surya Botofasina, Tom Skinner, More Better, Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano & More New Releases

Episode 219

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 Ja…

Published on 3 years ago

Sun-Mi Hong, Avram Fefer, Song Yi Jeon, Vinícius Gomes & More New Releases

Episode 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…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Dezron Douglas, Nadje Noordhuis, Kirk Lightsey, Timothy Norton & More New Releases

Episode 218

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, …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Gaia Mattiuzzi, Wojtek Mazolewski, Flat Earth Society, Ari Joshua & More New Releases

Episode 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 …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

John Patitucci, Michael Blake, Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Marco Pacassoni & Other New Releases

Episode 217

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 thread…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Sirintip, Oliphantre, Louis Cole, José James & Other New Releases

Episode 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 pa…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Eve Risser, Shoko Igarashi, Antonio Sanchez & More New Releases

Episode 216

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 cul…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Beth Orton, Robin Holcomb, New Mastersounds, Harlem Gospel Travelers & More New Releases

Episode 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 …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago