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Colin Stetson, Ches Smith, Marisa Monte, Evgeny Ponomarev & Other New Releases
Episode 160
The much-awaited return of queen Marisa Monte, and the faux-Nippo-jazz of Julien Daïan open a show which centers around the outstanding new album by Ches Smith and dives deep into the diversity of to…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Costanza Alegiani, Charlie Hunter, Christian McBride, Nicole Johänntgen & Other New Releases
Episode 160
In the two weeks since our last new releases special, so much great new music came to our attention, that today we have one of those shows that some like to define all killer, no filler, except that …
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Geri's Dance - The Geri Allen Songbook; A New Jazz Canon Vol. 6, Part 2
Episode 159
Welcome to the second part of this week's edition of Mondo Jazz dedicated to the one and only Geri Allen, the monumental pianist that would have turned 65 this year, but has left a body of work that …
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Geri's Dance - The Geri Allen Songbook; A New Jazz Canon Vol. 6, Part 1
Episode 159
This week we celebrate the legacy of a musician whose contribution to the jazz world was cut short too early, pianist Geri Allen. The fruits of her legacy, however, have already been evident for some…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Jazz Ghost Tracks and Other Ghostly Jazz - Part 2
Episode 158
If you belong to the CD generation you must be familiar with the feeling of surprise and elation that comes when you let the CD player spinning even when the music is over, just to realize suddenly t…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Jazz Ghost Tracks and other Ghostly Jazz - Part 1
Episode 158
You are all very familiar with the sense of surprise and joy that comes when you've finished playing an album, and as you thought it was over and you are about to turn off the player or start playing…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Melanie Charles, Leo Sidran, Irène Schweizer, Ofentse Moses Sebula & Other New Releases
Episode 157
Leo Sidran and Kat Edmonson's latest single introduce the Art of Conversation in jazz. Irène Schweizer and Hamid Drake, and Javier Santiago and Melanie Charles continue it as a dialogue; Keith Brown …
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Mario Pavone, Paul Jarret, Unscientific Italians, Bill Frisell, Csaba Palotai & other New Releases
Episode 157
This week we pay tribute to the late Mario Pavone, with an epic live set in which his majestic bass sound propelled the Thomas Chapin Trio into the stratosphere at the 1995 Newport Jazz Festival. The…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Erika Dohi, Moby, Wildflower, Hasan Ibn Ali Other New Releases
Episode 156
Tributes, pianists, and tributes to pianists at the core of this show, from the hommages to Paul Jackson by John Patitucci, Ennio Morricone by Stefano Di Battista, Alice Coltrane by Il Sogno and Hasa…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Maria Grand, Michel Portal, Anthony Joseph, J&F Band & Other New Releases
Episode 156
A playlist replete music that hits you hard and deep regardless the volume at which it was recorded, ranging from the compelling album marking the 85th birthday of Michel Portal to the new concept al…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago