Mondo Jazz

Mark Turner is so busy as leader, co-leader and special guest on countless new albums, that he--literally--seems to be here, and there, and everywhere (pretty much like Ted Lasso's Roy Kent!). Here is a quick guide to enjoy his ubiquitousness! The playlist features Mark Turner; Billy Hart; The Fury, Lage Lund, Matt Brewer, Tyshawn Sorey; Steve Lehman; M.T.B., Brad Mehldau, Peter Bernstein; Jason Palmer; Benjamin Lackner. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20281925/Mondo-Jazz [from "Just" onwards]. Happy listening!

A playlist focusing on recent outstanding guitar albums, with two cherrys on top, the latest releases by Kjetil Mulelid and Ambrose Akinmusire. The playlist features Mikkel Ploug; Thomas Naïm; Tal Yahalom [pictured]; Kjetil Mulelid; and Ambrose Akinmusire. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20281925/Mondo-Jazz [from "Chant" to "Bloomed (the ongoing processional of nighas in hoodies)"]. Happy listening!

From our studio in Bushwick, NY, here is--for the 321st time--Mondo Jazz bringing you delightful recent and upcoming releases! The playlist features Butcher Brown; Rachel Eckroth, John Hadfield; Believers, Brad Shepik, Sam Minaie, John Hadfield; Misha Mullov-Abbado; John Zorn, Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, Ches Smith; Marie Krüttli [pictured]; and Cecilie Strange. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20281925/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Skrova Fyr"]. Happy listening!

Some of today's most compelling European players in a playlist which is topped off with Takuya Kuroda's latest album for the newborn PPK record label co-founded by legendary bassist Pino Palladino. The playlist features Matteo Bortone [pictured]; Simon Spiess; Marius Neset; David Ferris; and Takuya Kuroda. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20247670/Mondo-Jazz (from "Tosh" onwards).

Enjoy a playlist featuring heartfelt and original tributes to Carla Bley, and projects enriched by Arabic, West-African and Indian music traditions. The playlist features Mortelle Randonnée; Arturo O'Farrill, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Yazz Ahmed; Kinan Azmeh [pictured], CityBand; Piers Faccini, Ballaké Sissoko; Dawda Jobarteh, Stefan Pasborg; Brian Molley, The Asin Langa Ensemble. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20247670/Mondo-Jazz (from "Musique Mecanique I" to "Journeys in Hand in Hand"). Photo credit: Liudmila Jermeis.

A playlist featuring music that makes you travel--in space and in time--while you stand still. The playlist features Anton Goudsmit; Eleonora Strino; Perceptions Trio; Marton Juhasz; Claire Cope [pictured]; Geraldine Laurent, Noé Huchard, Francois Moutin and Louis Moutin. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20247670/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Everybody Loves My Babe"). Photo credit: Rob Blackham.

A tribute to Abbey Lincoln and gems from the 1970s bookend an episode which also features mesmerizing releases by The Young Mothers, Clemens Kuratle and Travis Laplante. The playlist features Jowee Omicil; The Young Mothers; Clemens Kuratle Ydivide; Travis Laplante; Roy Haynes; Charles Tolliver. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20210955/Mondo-Jazz [from "Throw It Away" onwards]. Happy listening!

From Brazil to Korea, with a few European stops, a journey into today's jazz world. The playlist features Nomade Orchestra; Renee Rosnes; Julia Hülsmann; Petros Klampanis [pictured]; Elisabetta Antonini, Alessandro Contini, Nils Petter Molvaer, Michele Rabbia, Alessandro Gwis; Eugenia Choe, feat. Yuhan Su, Song Yi Jeon. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20210955/Mondo-Jazz [from "Revolução Dos Cocos" to "Nabiya"]. Happy listening!

Brooklyn, Brussels, Copenhagen and Paris, are the stations this playlist stops at before ending into zero gravity orbits with Wayne Shorter. The playlist features NIKARA presents Black Wall Street; Alex Koo, Ambrose Akinmusire; Jakob Bro; Jesper Zeuthen; Guillaume de Chassy, Géraldine Laurent, André Minvielle; John Patitucci, Chris Potter, Brian Blade; Wayne Shorter. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20210955/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Orbits"]. Happy listening!

Here is a playlist mostly devoted to releases that, explicitly or implicitly, remind of us of the importance of Kenny Wheeler for today's jazz. The playlist features Erik Jekabson; Kenny Wheeler Legacy; Jason Keiser; Gautier Garrigue; Elise Vassallucci; John Daversa; Benjamin Lackner. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20115121/Mondo-Jazz [from "Jane Wants to Tell You Something " onward]. Happy listening!

Allison Miller front and center in a playlist which features her new Big Band album and her contribution to the new records by ARTEMIS and Allegra Levy, as well as the architectural jazz of GOGODUCKS, the music without borders of An Pierlé and a heartfelt tribute to Joni Mitchell. The playlist features Allegra Levy; Allison Miller [pictured], One O'Clock Lab Band; ARTEMIS; Hejira; GOGODUCKS; and An Pierlé. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20115121/Mondo-Jazz [from "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" to "The Lid"] Happy listening!

This week we focus on a most auspicious debut album, which offers a welcome opportunity to appreciate Marshall Allen for being more than the flamekeeper of the Sun Ra legacy, and the launch of the Year of Women in Jazz with a groovy single by Rosa Brunello. The playlist also features Massimiliano Cignitti's tribute to Edda Dell'Orso, the mesmerizing singer on many Ennio Morricone soundtracks, and much more! The playlist features Ludivine Issambourg; Rosa Brunello; Marshall Allen [pictured], Neneh Cherry; Michel Jonasz; Massimiliano Cignitti; Adam Baldych; Achim Kaufmann, Michael Moore. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20115121/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Snake Hip Waltz"]. Happy listening!

Around the jazz world in seven songs, and forty-five minutes! The playlist features Christophe Marguet; Gilad Hekselman; Greg Ward, Ziv Ravitz, Matthew Stevens, Leo Genovese; Henriette Eilertsen, OJKOS "Springer; Snorre Kirk; and Tomin [pictured]. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20078452/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Lore"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Alejandro Ayala.

Enjoy a playlist featuring music which can be seen as the elaborate confluence of many sources of inspiration. The playlist features Ed Neumeister; Karl Latham; Médéric Collignon [pictured]; Steve Coleman; Hasse Poulsen, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Fredrik Lundin; and Jon Irabagon. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20078452/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Lore"]. Happy listening!

Today's scene is so deep, and wide! Here's a playlist that offers you some samples to pique your appetite for more music from all corners of the globe. The playlist features Audrey Powne; Roy Hargrove; Emilio Reyna; Jan Lundgren, Yamandu Costa; Rebecca Trescher [pictured]; Peggy Lee, Cole Schmidt; Julien Wilson, Theo Carbo, and Dylan van der Schyff. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20078452/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Lore"]. Photo credit: Dovile Sermokas.

This is the very final batch of our favorite songs of 2024... Fully charged with all this beauty we are ready to dive into 2025, knowing that no matter how crazy this year will be, it will also bring more great music! The playlist features Joe Tatton; Orrin Evans [pictured], The Captain Black Big Band; Antonio Faraò, John Patitucci, Jeff Ballard; Walter Smith III; Nacka Forum; Haoung Lyou; Immanuel Wilkins; Jenny Scheinman; Jasper Blom, Pablo Held. Detailed playlist at Happy listening!

2024 was a tough year! It may be hard to be nostalgic about it. It will be much easier to be nostalgic about the amazing music that it brought to us and so, for our first show of 2025, we are looking back at some of the many gems that we have discovered in the past months. The playlist features Mulatu Astatke, Hoodna Orchestra; Josephine Davies; Kika Sprangers; Federico Casagrande, Francesco Bearzatti; Allison Russell [pictured], Ahya Simone; Kit Downes; Peter Evans; Sol Sol; Godwin Louis; Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado. Detailed playlist at Happy listening!

Here is our seasonal playlist featuring the songs we have loved the most in the past few months. The playlist features Kresten Osgood; Francesco Bearzatti, Stefano Risso, Mattia Barbieri; Mark Lockheart; Luzia von Wyl [pictured], This Is Pan; Patricia Brennan; Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis Sextet; Lucien Johnson; Elin Forkelid; and Miles Okazaki. Detailed playlist at Happy listening! Photo credit: Falk Neumann

Enjoy the second part of our preview of the upcoming Winter JazzFest, with a special focus on the musicians who will be coming to New York from out of town. The playlist features Salin [pictured]; Monsieur MÂLÂ; Michael Leonhart; Flash Pig; Dominique Fils-Aimé; Amaury Faye; Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille; Jenny Scheinman; Josh Johnson; Theon Cross; Mike Reed; and Nout. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19986948/Mondo-Jazz (from "Si Chomphu" onward). Happy listening!

This time we focus on the upcoming edition of Winter JazzFest. As usual, it will bring to Manhattan and Brooklyn its annual extravaganza, which this year will consist of a gargantuan program with more than 100 concerts and north of 500 musicians. Here is a playlist that features musicians coming to the festival from abroad, or at the very least, from out of town. The playlist features Emma-Jean Thackray; Sophye Soliveau [pictured]; Yilian Cañizares; Amaro Freitas, Jeff Parker; Dom Salvador; Natalie Cressman, Ian Faquini; Pedro Martins, Thundercat, Jd Beck; Josefine Opsahl; and Photons. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19986948/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Folk Devils"). Happy listening!

For the last round of recent releases of the year, we bring you an engaging selection that ranges from the groovy and loungey, to the firey and fun! The playlist features Copa Salvo; Les Hommes; Kresten Osgood [pictured]; The Fury, Mark Turner, Lage Lund, Matt Brewer, Tyshawn Sorey; M.T.B. Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner, Peter Bernstein, Larry Grenadier, Billy Stewart; AuB, Alex Hitchcock, Tom Barford feat. Maria Chiara Argirò. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19986948/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Folk Devils"). Happy listening!

Revelations and confirmations in a playlist that mixes new releases and reissues bridging tradition and innovation. The playlist features Ezra Collective; Patrice Rushen; Joe Webb; Alice Zawadzki [pictured], Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado; Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau, Al Foster, Vicente Archer; Giuseppe Cucchiara, Andrea Domenici, Andrea Niccolai and Francesco Patti. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19955005/Mondo-Jazz [from "Expensive" onward]. Happy listening!

From the poetry of Anthony Joseph to the storytelling in music of Emiliano D'Auria, enjoy a set characterized by music with a strong narrative quality. The playlist features New Jazz Underground; Anthony Joseph; Billy Mohler; Emiliano D'Auria [pictured]; Sun-Mi Hong. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19955005/Mondo-Jazz [from "oney one's one" to "Love Hymn"]. Happy listening!

Your cyber-dial is tuned on the digital frequencies of Radio Free Brooklyn and our playlist is full of gorgeous new jazz for you… which means that you’re listening to Mondo Jazz, coming to you with another truckload of gorgeous new releases. The playlist features Alexi Tuomarila; Patricia Brennan; Walter Smith III [pictured]; Matt Slocum; Nacka Forum; Arthur Baker and Pharaoh Sanders. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19955005/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Love Hymn"]. Happy listening!

Another week, another bonanza of releases, some brand new, some recent, and some dating back a few months which allow us to make sure we do not miss anything remarkable released in 2024! The playlist features Mike Stern; Rachel Eckroth, John Hadfield; Jim Hart, Leo Genovese; Kjetil Mulelid; Daniel Sommer, Arve Henriksen, Johannes Lundberg; Ben Wolfe.. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19920422/Mondo-Jazz (from "Connections" onwards). Happy listening! Photo credit: Derek Clark

The many facets of prolific French guitarist Paul Jarret are at the heart of a playlist focusing on European artists. The playlist also features Fred Pallem, Le Sacre du Tympan; New Cool Collective; Flock; Julien Soro, Ariel Tessier, Emilie Lesbros, Catherine Delaunay; Karin Johansson and Donovan von Martens. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19920422/Mondo-Jazz (from "Batman Theme" up to "La murmuration des oiseaux"). Happy listening! Photo credit: Sylvain Gripoix

Enjoy a set that revolves around the beauty of ensemble work. The playlist features Mark Lockheart; Kit Downes; Immanuel Wilkins [pictured]; Kenny Barron; Out Of/Into; and Miguel Zenón. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19920422/Mondo-Jazz (up to "SRO"). Happy listening!

Enjoy this playlist featuring a recently discovered live performance by Emily Remler, a live re-imagining of the music of The Headhunters, a trio of trombonists, the Sliders, two emerging vibraphonists, Simon Moullier and Marco Ullstein, as well as the socially engaged compelling music of Asher Gamedze. The playlist features Mama Terra; Marco Ullstein; Emily Remler [pictured]; Filippo Vignato, Federico Pierantoni, Lorenzo Manfredini; Simon Moullier; and Asher Gamedze. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19891908/Mondo-Jazz (from "Chameleon" onward). Happy listening!

Tributes to Thelonious Monk, Dutch novelist A.F.Th. van der Heijden, the Portuguese city of Guimarães, and much more in this intriguing playlist. The playlist features Funkwrench Blues, Grant Green Jr., Hamid Drake; Jamie Saft [pictured], Brad Jones; Xhosa Cole; Leiba Trio; Quispel Quintet; Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19891908/Mondo-Jazz (from "Indelicate Balance" to "Guimarães"). Happy listening! Photo credit: Ziga Koritnik

As the weather temperatures keep dropping we have to rely on music to get the heat we need. Enjoy a playlist that should bring you a welcome degree of warmth and introspection. The playlist features Peter Somuah; Pete Rodriguez; Eric Person; Kika Sprangers; Hayoung Lyou [pictured]; Caroline Davis; Rouge. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19891908/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Feu"). Happy listening!

To wrap up this week's dispatch of new and upcoming releases, enjoy a groovy and cinematic playlist! The playlist features Calibro 35; Butcher Brown [pictured], Nicholas Payton; Boom Collective; Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin; Cassie Kinoshi; Loke Risberg; and Mikael Máni.. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19824668/Mondo-Jazz (from "Lunedì Cinema" onwards). Happy listening!

This time we great vocalists, and poignant chamber-like projects, and renditions of tunes by Curtis Mayfield, Astor Piazzolla by way of Grace Jones, Stevie Wonder (mashed-up with Pete Rugolo). The playlist features Dave Stryker; Youn Sun Nah [pictured], Jon Cowherd; Ran Blake, Dave "Knife" Fabris; Vanisha Gould; Guy Klucevsek, Volker Goetze; Louis Sclavis and Benjamin Moussay. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19859432/Mondo-Jazz (from "Theme from Shaft" to "Unfolding"). Happy listening!

Enjoy a playlist featuring musicians that make their vocal cords, or their instruments, or their ensembles, sing (or scream). The playlist features Al Jarreau; NDR Bigband; Peter Lenz; Jenny Scheinman; Camilla Battaglia; and Spinifex. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19859432/Mondo-Jazz (from "You Don't See Me" onwards). Happy listening!

Here is a playlist that comes out when one puts a vast range of musical styles in a blender a blender, from Malian music to folk, from krautrock and post-punk, to the manic energy of James Chance or early Talking Heads. A special focus on the recent projects of musicians that are about to come to Brooklyn for an International Anthem showcase at Public Records: Anna Butterss, Jeff Parker, Josh Johnson, Jeremiah Chu, Gregory Uhlmann, and more. The playlist features also Pédro Kouyaté and the Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19859432/Mondo-Jazz (from "Tissu" onwards). Happy listening! Photo credit: Zach Caddy.

Here is a segment of Mondo Jazz located somewhere between French and Frank... French as in the jazz scene Airelle Besson, Oan Kim and Yonathan Avishai hail from, and Frank as in Frank Zappa. The playlist features a tribute to Zappa's genius by Valentina Ciardelli, Anais Drago, Riccardo Angelo Strano, as well as two of the countless gems unheated by the "50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition" series of luxury re-issues of his music. The playlist also features Sebastian Sternal and Jonas Burgwinkel. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19789477/Mondo-Jazz (from "J.T." onwards). Happy listening!

A recording at Slugs featuring McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Henry Grimes and Jack DeJohnette is an unearthed live gem for the ages that tops a playlist featuring inspiring recent and upcoming releases. The playlist also features Bill Laurance, Michael League; Jacky Terrasson; Johane Myran, Red Star Orchestra; Oan Kim & The Dirty Jazz; James Brandon Lewis. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19824668/Mondo-Jazz (from "How Does It Feel" to "Taking Off"). Happy listening!

A playlist characterized by remarkable guitar-centric duos, leading into the existential dephts of Das Kapital and a live tour-de-force by Devin Daniels. The playlist features Lionel Loueke, Dave Holland; Enzo Pietropaoli, Adriano Viterbini; Reinier Baas, Ben van Gelder; Francesco Bearzatti, Federico Casagrande; Das Kapital; and Devin Daniels [pictured]. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19789477/Mondo-Jazz (from "Celebration" to "Spiral"). Happy listening!

A preview of the musicians that FourOneOne will present during with "Transatlantik" a two-day of performances and conversation with diasporic artists engaged with the artistic and political concepts of negritude and créolité. The playlist features Cassie Watson Francillon; Sélène Saint-Aimé; Aruan Ortiz, Andrew Cyrille, Mauricio Herrera; Anais Maivel; Kris Davis, Val Jeanty, Terri Lyne Carrington; Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19824668/Mondo-Jazz Happy listening!

Another delicious slew of new albums, this week with a definite Scandinavian bent. The playlist features Mulatu Astatke, Hoodna Orchestra; Sandman Project; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten; Scheen Jazzorkester, Cortex; Hedvig Mollestad, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra; Mette Rasmussen [pictured], Ches Smith, Craig Taborn. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19789477/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Wolf Cry"). Happy listening!

Yes, Jimi Hendrix was a rock guitar god, but he inspired scores of jazz players, and fans. After all, he is the first non-jazz musician to enter the Down Beat Hall of Fame, back in 1970 (the year of his passing). Enjoy our third and final segment of this week's tribute to Jimi Hendrix, and yet more jazz renditions of Jimi Hendrix classics. The playlist features World Saxophone Quartet; Idris Muhammad; Mac Gollehon, Lester Bowie; Jay Anderson; Robert Dick; Mina Agossi, Archie Shepp; Triad, Geri Allen, Mark Batson, Scott Batson; Kamikaze Ground Crew; Liro Rantala, Lars Danielsson, Peter Erskine; Bugge Wesseltoft. Happy listening!

As we are exploring how Jimi Hendrix has inspired the jazz world, this segment focuses on the connections between Hendrix and Miles Davis and musicians close to him. The playlist features, Gil Evans, Laurent Cugny; Mike Stern; Lonnie Smith, John Abercrombie, Marvin "Smitty" Smith; Daniele Sepe, Hamid Drake, Dean Bowman; Miles Davis; and Francis Lockwood Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19759068/Mondo-Jazz (up "1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"). Happy listening!

November is Jimi Hendrix's birth month and so we decided to focus this week's edition on jazz renditions of the Jimi Hendrix songbook. The playlist features Jimi Hendrix; Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra; Booker T. & the M.G.'s; Thomas Naïm; Lizz Wright; Joachim Kühn; Rickie Lee Jones; Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren; and the Electric Lady Big Band. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19759068/Mondo-Jazz (up "1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"). Happy listening!

The prolific Argentinean pianist Leo Genovese, and various tributes (to Shetland, but also to masters like McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington and Bud Powell) are at the heart of this playlist. The playlist features Josephine Davies; Antonio Faraò, John Patitucci, Jeff Ballard; Geoffrey Keezer; Brian Landrus; Leo Genovese [pictured], Demian Cabaud, Marcos Cavaleiro; John Lockwood and Nat Mugavero. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19726016/Mondo-Jazz (from "Part 1" onward). Happy listening!

Mondo Jazz is back on its path of discovery of the finest new jazz releases which are found off the beaten path... and there's plenty to enjoy in this playlist! The playlist features Stefano Risso, Francesco Bearzatti, Mattia Barbieri; Peter Evans [pictured], Petter Eldh, Jim Black; Orrin Evans, Bilal; Godwin Louis; Or Bareket; and Rahsaan Barber. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19726016/Mondo-Jazz (from "Lee's Dance" to "The Long Wait for Justice"). Happy listening! Photo credit: Peter Gannushkin

Enjoy a playlist featuring blending jazz and the musical traditions of Mali, Suriname, Cuba and Argentina. The playlist features A Plane to Catch; Ballake Sissoko, Nicole Mitchell; Ronald Snijders [pictured]; Dafnis Prieto; Michael Sarian and Tomás Kidd. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19726016/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Primo"). Happy listening!

Enjoy the third installment of our "fall edition" of favorite tunes from the past few months. The playlist features Ben Wendel [pictured]; Ayumi Ishito; Jake Long; Søren Skov Orbit; Meshell Ndegeocello; Parlor Greens; and Wolfgang Muthspiel. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19693022/Mondo-Jazz (from "I Saw You Say" onwards). Happy listening!

We took a look back to the last few months of music, during which we have beeting setting aside some of our favorite songs with the idea of then compiling them for one of our periodic “best of the year” set-lists. Here's part two of our fall favorites playlist. The playlist features Fabrizio Bosso, Julian Oliver Mazzariello; Anat Cohen [pictured]; Kathrine Windfeld; Lucy Woodward; Jimmy Villotti; and Harry Skoler. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19693022/Mondo-Jazz (from "Je so' pazzo" up to "Last Star, Last Night (epilogue)"). Happy listening!

From time to time, we take stock of the most exciting releases that have landed on our desks, and hard drives. Usually, we do it twice a year, in June and in December. However, we have already accumulated so much great material since June that there was no point in waiting until December to start sharing some of the songs we have been putting aside for our ‘favorites' playlist’. So, here we go... The playlist features Amy Gadiaga; Chris Jennings; Milton Nascimento, Esperanza Spalding; KNOBIL [pictured]; Aaron Parks; Ella Zirina; Jihye Lee Orchestra; Franco Ambrosetti and John Scofield. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19693022/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Soul Eyes"). Happy listening! Photo credit: Anatholie

Master saxophonists of yesterday and today, piano trios from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and a piano-bouzouki duo exploring uncharted territories should give you plenty of pleasure and surprises in this week's Mondo Jazz set. The playlist features Ben Wendel; Alden Hellmuth [pictured]; Joel Lyssarides, Georgios Prokopiou; Gato Barbieri; Franco D'Andrea; and Kris Davis. Happy listening! Photo credit: Pete Agraan.

Enjoy a set focusing on guitar players, Italian cult musicians at the intersection of jazz and many other genres, Northern European rising stars and poets trapped in the bodies of musicians. The playlist features AHL6; Ella Zirina [pictured]; Giancarlo Tossani; David Preston; Jimmy Villotti; Paolo Conte; and Robin Holcomb. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19662601/Mondo-Jazz [from "Party" to "Blood in My Eyes for You"]. Happy listening!