Podcast Episodes

Antibalas, Oddjob, Pharoah Sanders, Jim Black, Danilo Gallo & Other New Releases

Episode 99

We start 2020 where we left off in 2019, exploring great new releases.

During the first hour we feature music ranging from the upcoming release of the Afrobeat ambassadors Antibalas, who are turning 2…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

2020 Winter JazzFest: New Projects and Out-of-Towners

Episode 98

The 2020 edition of the Winter JazzFest has just begun. This week we feature music by some of the most interesting bands from out of town who will be at the JazzFest, and new or unreleased material t…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Lisa Hoppe, Antoine Berjeaut, Jeff Parker, Rita Marcotulli & More New Releases

Episode 97

Mondo Jazz's final stash of new releases of 2019 is the perfect way to end a year that has been generous and full of surprises. During this first hour we'll sample the music of many 'bands without bo…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

A Herbie Nichols' Centennial

Episode 96

Herbie Nichols was a master of the piano which has inspired generations of musicians after his passing, despite the little commercial success that his albums obtained when first released.

2019 marks t…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Michael Jackson: Man in a Jazz Mirror

Episode 95

This week let's pay homage to the musical legacy of Michael Jackson. It's been 10 years since Michael Jackson passed away and lots of things have emerged since then, but the popularity of his music r…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Hanksgiving: A Tribute to Hank Roberts

Episode 94

Traditions are traditions... For this year's Hanksgiving episode we celebrate the work of a truly original artist, Hank Roberts. The Indiana-born, upstate New York-based, cellist, jazzaphone fiddler …

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Céline Bonacina, Keith Jarrett, Carla Marciano, Mopo, Kneebodyy & Other New Releases

Episode 93

Another week replete with deliciuos new releases, from those of European jazz queens Céline Bonacina, Yazz Ahmed and Carla Marciano, to the Pan-African manifesto of Russell Gunn's Royal Krunk Jazz Or…

Published on 6 years ago

Shake Stew, Louis Sclavis, John Zorn, Alice Ricciardi, Moon Hooch, Matt Ulery and More New Releases

Episode 92

Published on 6 years ago

Enrico Rava: Five Decades of Jazz [The co-leader and sideman]

Episode 91

After focusing on Enrico Rava's discography as leader, this week we explore his more than five decades of work as co-leader & sideman.

The statuture of an artist can be measured not only through the a…

Published on 6 years ago

Enrico Rava: Around the Jazz World in 80 Years [The leader]

Episode 90

Enrico Rava turned 80 this year and has had a five-decade long artistic path that paralleled and often intersected that of the label founded by Manfred Eicher. To mark this double anniversary this we…

Published on 6 years ago