Podcast Episodes

Tomeka Reid, Ghost Horse, Gerald Cleaver, David Sánchez & Other New Releases

Episode 89

Another remembrance, this week of a musician with a magic touch which has left us too early, Larry Willis, followed by the perusal of a pile of exciting new releases and re-relases building jazz brid…

Published on 6 years ago

Ginger Baker + Youn Sun Nah, Brahja, Junius Paul, Piero Bittolo Bon and Other New Releases

Episode 88

A remembrance of Ginger Baker, the jazziest drummer rock music ever had, and a stack of new releases for this week's edition of Mondo Jazz, featuring ensembles that bridge musical cultures - from the…

Published on 6 years ago

Do the Jazz Shuffle

Episode 87

This week we have have decided to do the jazz shuffle, and by shuffle we don't mean the jazz rhythm, but the randomized play. A perfect approach to revel through unexpected pairings, daring juxtaposi…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Jaimie Branch, Kris Davis, Kneebody, The Bad Plus & More New Releases

Episode 86

September, what a month! The summer is over... so are the summer festivals. But that's also when record labels start churning out some of their best releases to bring the temperature up in advance of…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

The (Jazz) Police

Episode 85

September 2019 will mark the 40th anniversary of "Message in a Bottle", an auspicious opportunity to look back at the seminal work of The Police. With Sting and Andy Summers coming to The Police with…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Michael Mwenso, Uri Caine, Nérija, Tenor Triage & Other New Releases

Episode 84

Two hours of genre-defying, global, music, with a special focus on socially engaged projects, Finnish bands, and charismatic artists whose music has a higher than average density of ideas, like Micha…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Dave Holland, Louis Moholo, Ben Van Gelder, Emma Frank & Other New Releases

Episode 83

After three weeks of thematic episodes, we have to get back to checking what's new and what's coming up... The piles of new and upcoming releases have been building up and we could not wait any longe…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

All-Female Bands Are a Riot!

Episode 82

As much as we favor a complete integration of the jazz sexes, this week we feature twenty-four bands or projects with not a single man in sight, actually in hearing. After all, how much jazz radio ha…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

On Miles' (not so) Silent Way

Episode 81

On 30 July 1969 Miles Davis released "In a Silent Way". After influencing generations of musicians, its tracks continue to sound as modern 50 years later as when they were first recorded.

This week we…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Jazz on the Moon

Episode 80

On 20 July 1969, while Herbie Mann was over the figurative moon, because his "Memphis Underground" was the best selling jazz album in the country, the man was landing on the actual moon (apologies fo…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago