Mondo Jazz

Taylor Eigsti opens the set with his exciting new album, and then a focus on large and medium ensembles from New York and New Orleans. The playlist features Taylor Eigsti; Mike Holober; Christopher Zuar; Byron Asher; New Orleans Klezmer All Stars. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19158303/Mondo-Jazz [from "Happy Feet" to "Loss of Love" ]. Happy listening!

A compelling playlist thanks to two generations of drummers who get themselves in very good trouble addressing politics, the environment, and our cultural past, plenty of strings, and young talents. The playlist features Matt Wilson; Ivanna Cuesta; Phillip Golub; 9 Horses; Ryan Truesdell; Tony Moreno. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19158303/Mondo-Jazz [from "Happy Feet" to "Loss of Love" ]. Happy listening!

Guitar/bass/drum trios for the win, the endless relevance of Max Roach, Abdul Wadud and Morphine, and more in six remarkable albums! The playlist features The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis; Morphine; The Early Planets; Álvaro Torres; Joy Guidry; and Tom Skinner. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19158303/Mondo-Jazz [up to "The Journey"]. Happy listening!

Dynamic elegance may be the trait that the albums featured in this set have in common, so we hope you'll be elegantly surprised! Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19127036/Mondo-Jazz [from "The Long Haul" onward]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Omar Cruz

"Two" is the thread running through this episode of Mondo Jazz, two albums of rare depth by Stephen Crump, two members of the Koppel family, two remarkable musicians at the center of the new LA scene, Josh Johnson and Julien Knowles, and two trumpeter player to keep an eye, and ear, on: Knowles and Tomasz Dabrowski. A set that is pairful and suspensful! Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19127036/Mondo-Jazz [from "Time Again" to "Commerce Sunrise" ]. Happy listening!

Four musicians, Jacky Terrasson; Etienne Charles; Brent Birckhead; Isaiah Collier, and their individual takes on how to both celebrate the canon and innovate it. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19127036/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Duality Suite"]. Happy listening!

In our final look into the basketball & jazz interconnectedness, we focus on several jazz, or funk-jazz soundtracks for movies dedicated to the game, on jazz musicians with a basketball career, like Cab Calloway and Wayman Tisdale, a composition inspired by the elegant and creative crossover dribble known as the Shammgod, and more! The playlist also features The Leonhart Brass Band [Michael Leonhart pictured]; The Rongetz Foundation; Billy Preston, Syreeta; Ben Sidran, Mavis Staples, Pop Staples; Donald Byrd, The Blackbyrds; Bill Frisell; Eddie Harris; Jeff Beal and Robert Glasper. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19064879/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Basketball") Happy listening!

As we have been exploring the connections between jazz and basketball, in this set we focus on compositions inspired by iconic athletes like LeBron James, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Jordan, George Gervin, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. At the top of the set a collaboration between Quincy Jones and Shaquille O'Neal [pictured]. The playlist features Quincy Jones, Shaquille O'Neal [pictured]; Mads Tolling; Leonhart Brass Band; Tobias Meinhart; Steve Coleman; Max Graef, Glen Astro; Robert Glasper. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19064879/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Basketball") Happy listening! Photo credit: Stephen Bondio

This time we felt like exploring the interplay of basketball and jazz, focusing in particular on a great jazz advocate like Kareem Abdul Jabbar [pictured], on the soundtrack of the HBO series "The Winning Time", on an oneiric game played with a basketball fish, and on Stanley Clarke's tribute to this sport, to which he devoted as many hours as he did to the study of the bass, while growing up in Philly. The playlist features Nicholas Britell, Robert Glasper; Jeff Beal; Poncho Sanchez, Tito Puente; Steve Lacy, Don Cherry; Freddie Hubbard; Kris Allen; The Jazz Passengers; and Stanley Clarke. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19064879/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Basketball") Happy listening!

This time we focus on the unique voice of Lizz Wright, and the distinctive instrumental voices of Charles Lloyd, Matthieu Bordenave, Greg Osby, Nicole Glover and Jon Gordon, in a set that brings together soul, M-Base and ECM echoes, and the legacy of Seventh Avenue South, the iconic jazz club run by the Brecker Brothers in Greenwich Village. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19033914/Mondo-Jazz (from "No More Will I Run" onward). Happy listening!

As if the return of Goran Kajfes' Tropiques and of Elliott Sharp's Terraplane were not enough to make you want to play this episode of Mondo Jazz, its playlist features also two fascinating releases by Idit Shner, Michelangelo Scandroglio and the excellent debut album by Nicola Caminiti. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19033914/Mondo-Jazz (from "For Now" to "Twenty Dollar Bill"). Happy listening!

They say that three is the perfect number, and so we have decided to go "three-by-three", focusing on three musicians, Nicole McCabe [pictured], Herbie Nichols and John Hadfield, and featuring three recent tracks associated with each one of them. The playlist also features Dolphin Hyperspace, Louis Cole, Logan Kane; Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash; Fay Victor; Enrique Heredia; Layale Chaker, Sarafand; and Rachel Eckroth. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19033914/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Improvisation 1"). Happy listening!

Enjoy a set featuring Wadada Leo Smith's and Amina Claudine Myers' [pictured] magical collaboration, the return of Flukten and a number of really exciting collaboration between forward looking European and US musicians. The playlist features also The Beat Freaks, Ralph Alessi; Andrea Grossi, Jim Black; Natsuki Tamura; John Escreet; Alex Sipiagin. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19003066/Mondo-Jazz [from "Flukten" onward]. Happy listening!

A playlist dedicated to the cross-pollination between jazz and classical music or opera, with jazz musicians inspired by classical music and classical music composers and pianists nodding to jazz. The playlist features John Ellis; Yuja Wang; Brad Mehldau [pictured]; Enrico Pieranunzi; Marcella Carboni. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19003066/Mondo-Jazz [from "Gypsy Song" to "Canto Nascosto"]. Happy listening!

As if 88 keys were not enough, here are 440 keys, played by the five exciting pianists featured on today's show, Fergus McCreadie, Marta Sánchez, Noam Duboille, Benoit Delbecq and Rob Clearfield [in order of appearance]. The playlist also David Murray; VERB; Etienne Renard and Guilhem Flouzat. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19003066/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Lento"] Happy listening! Photo credit: ©️Kimberly M Wang | eardog.com | @eardogfoto

New releases and re-releases to remember Harold Land open this episode which then continues with a tribute to Paul Auster, a writer admired by many musicians who wrote music with him, for him, to accompany some of his writings, or inspired by him. The playlist also features Lily White; Harold Land; Nathalie Loriers; John Lurie National Orchestra; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Lisa Mezzacappa; Tobias Meinhart; Jeff Gardner; Sébastien Ammann, Soraya Berent; Michael Mantler Paul Auster, Robert Wyatt, Susi Hildegaard Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18973930/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Further On Up the Road"]. Photo credit: Ulf Andersen

This week we pay tribute to David Sanborn selecting projects from his extensive discography, which showcase both his versatility and his signature, sweetly blistering, sound. In this hour we will hop back and forth between some of his more forward looking projects and some of his best collaborations with pop, funk and rock stars. The playlist also features David Bowie; Django Bates; Tim Berne; John Zorn, Philippe Saisse, Marcus Miller, Omar Hakim; Michael Franks; Dr. John'; Miles Davis; Gil Evans Orchestra; James Brown. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18973930/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Further On Up the Road"].

Enjoy a set spotlighting fascinating South African projects and artists, and their new albums which do a really great job at showing both where they are coming from and how they experiment with their roots in unconventional ways. The playlist features Spirits Rejoice; McCoy Mrubata, Siyabulela; Abdullah Ibrahim [pictured]; Nduduzo Makhathini; Karl-Martin Almqvist Ababhemu Quartet; Steve Dyer, Andile Yenana; Malcolm Jiyane. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18954736/Mondo-Jazz [from "Emakhaya" onward]. Happy listening!

Here is an edition of Mondo Jazz featuring tributes and rembrances of Curtis Fowlkes, Ron Miles and Johnny Hodges, Bill Frisell in an orchestral duo with Wayne Horvitz and with an actual orchestra, the exciting new albums by Rosa Brunello [pictured] and Kenny Wollesen and more. The playlist also features Snarky Puppy; Sam Fribush; Latrala; Owen Broder; Brussels Philarmonic; The Jazz Passengers; Brian Blade. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18954736/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Queen B"]. Happy listening!

More un-earthed gems and special edition re-issues released for Record Store Day in this set, which also focuses on two wonderful Sun Ra tribute albumss produced by the Red Hot Organization. The playlist features Lettuce; Kenny Garrett, Svoy; Brother Jack McDuff; Dave Pike; Shelly Manne and His Men; Jack Sheldon, Chet Baker; Sun Ra [pictured]; Meshell Ndegeocello; Kronos Quartet, Laraaji. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18910139/Mondo-Jazz [from "Vibe" onwards]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Baron Wolman

This is a special edition of Mondo Jazz focusing on soon-to-be collector's items which were released on the occasion of the first Record Store Day of 2024. The playlist features Cannonball Adderley [pictured]; Omar Sosa, NDR Big Band; Bill Evans; Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy; and Yusef Lateef. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18910139/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Yusef's Mood"]. Photo credit: Roberto Polillo. Happy listening!

The live magnetism of Roy Hargrove and Julie Sassoon enrich a playlist which is bookended by the lush new project by British pianist Bill Laurance with the The Untold Orchestra and the latest, ambitious album by Australian bassist Sam Anning. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18875252/Mondo-Jazz (from "NYC Man" to "The Lost One"). Happy listening! Photo credit: David Beecroft

Enjoy a playlist featuring a tribute to Lou Reed, two projects featuring British guitarist Rob Luft and the masterful exercises in noir by Oan Kim & Dirty Jazz, Max Nagl, and Flat Earth Society. The playlist also features The Leaping Fish Trio, Arild Andersen and Daniel Sommer. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18875252/Mondo-Jazz (from "NYC Man" to "The Lost One"). Happy listening!

Creative takes on Django Reinhardt and George Gershwin open a show which then spotlights three emerging and compelling musicians: Hillai Govreen, Nicole McCabe and Eva Novoa. The playlist also features Edouard Pennes and Béla Fleck. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18875252/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Face Down in the Dirt"). Happy listening!

A playlist built along a Latin American trail that takes us from Chile to Colombia, Brazil and Argentina, with a couple of side trips to France and Italy. The playlist features Melissa Aldana [pictured]; Diana Arias; Dora Morelenbaum; Fred Soul, Zé Luis Nascimento; Ana Frango Elétrico; Julieta Eugenio; Gianmarco Ferri, David Kikoski. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18842335/Mondo-Jazz (from "The Solitary Seeker" onwards). Happy listening! Photo credit: Ebru Yildiz

An enriching mix of United Statesian and European projects in a fascinating set of creative new jazz. The playlist features Bévort 3; Willy Rodríguez; Dave Douglas; Cotonete; Jake Long; and Gilles Coronado Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18842335/Mondo-Jazz (from "Strolling in June" to "114"). Happy listening! Photo credit: John Abbott.

The return of Madeleine Peyroux [pictured], the narrative qualities of modern guitar players, hypnotic violins, and an unepxected John Zorn--Nino Rota--Ennio Morricone astral alignment are some of the reasons which make this playlist very intriguing. The playlist also features Mikael Máni; Janick Martin; Trio Vier; Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin; Marco Tiraboschi; Adam Baldych, Leszek Mozdzer; and Andrew Bird. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18842335/Mondo-Jazz (up to "I Fall in Love Too Easily”). Happy listening!

From the merciless funk Ghost-Note and Prince & The New Power Generation all the way to the Mitteleuropean cool of Franz Koglmann, here for you is a playlist of music that is as eclectic as it is compelling. The cherry on its top: Queen Esther's [pictured] tribute to Billie Holiday. The playlist also features Huntertones, Cory Wong; Yann Jankielewicz, Jason Lindner, Josh Dion; Jeremy Rose, The Earshift Orchestra. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18809727/Mondo-Jazz [from "Phatbacc" onwards]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Amy Arbus.

Enjoy a playlist thick with music about the times we live in--courtesy of Jamie Baum, Black Lives and Ben Sidran--, the new album by Italian singer Gegè Telesforo [pictured], and two album by, and featuring, Dayna Stephens. The playlist also features Kokayi, Aubrey Johnson; Christian Mascetta; Clark Terry, Jon Hendricks; Alexis Valet Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18809727/Mondo-Jazz [from "Sorrow Song" to "Ups and Downs"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Gianluca di Santo.

The return of Don Was [pictured], tributes to Tony Williams and Leonard Bernstein and much more in another energizing edition of Mondo Jazz. The playlist also features The Jazz Defenders; Lucy Woodward; The Pan-Detroit Ensemble; Roberto Gatto; divr; Peter Erskine & JAM Music Lab All-Stars. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18809727/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Cool"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Miryam Ramos

This time we are focusing on jazz-infused soundtracks that received nominations for Best Original Score in a Feature Film at the latest Academy Awards... because jazz does a great job a propelling a movie story forward. Kudos to Laura Karpman, the composer of the soundtrack for "American Fiction" and Branford Marsalis for the soundtrack of "Rustin", two scores that have a life of their own even without the images they were was meant to accompany. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18746259/Mondo-Jazz [from "Bookstore" onwards]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Eric Ryan Anderson

Julian Lage's latest album--possibly his best to date--opens a playlist of recent releases spanning many styles and cultural influences. The playlist also features Adam Levy, Larry Grenadier, Joey Baron; Julieta Eugenio; Hugues Mayot; Amirtha Kidambi; Daniel Herskedal; Matthew Sheens Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18746259/Mondo-Jazz [from "76" to "Written in the Dark: Part I, II, III"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Alexx Duvall

A playlist showcasing the interesting new releases by Christopher Hoffman [pictured], the Liv Andrea Hauge Trio, Travis Reuter, Geoffrey Dean plus a number of recent albums we already featured in the past, but were too good not to get back to one more time. The playlist also features Hiromi; Timo Lassy, Juka Eskola; Riley Mulherkar; and Nitai Hershkovits. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18746259/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Nardis"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Stephanie McNiel

A soulful rendition of Curtis Fuller's "Mini Mama", and two recent albums featuring Vinnie Sperrazza open an edition of Mondo Jazz which then features three projects at the intersection of jazz and classical music. The playlist features Luke Carlos O'Reilly [pictured]; Vinnie Sperrazza; The Choir Invisible; Brad Mehldau; Franck Tortiller, Debussy String Quartet; Jean-Christophe Cholet, Matthieu Michel, Diagonal. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18712354/Mondo-Jazz (from "Mini Mama" onwards). Photo credit: Ernest Stuart.

The New York residency of Graham Haynes at FourOneOne offers an opportunity to look back at his seminal album "The Griot's Footsteps" and at his recent collaboration with Brandon Ross. Before that, a playlist rich in remarkable new releases! The playlist features Chief Keegan; Triad; Raffi Garabedian; Rodrigo Recabarren, Pablo Menares, Yago Vazquez; Brandon Ross Phantom Station; and Graham Haynes [pictured]. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18712354/Mondo-Jazz [from "Shallow Gander" to "Enlightenment"].

The mighty organ trio of Sam Fribush opens a set mostly devoted to post-bossa nova Brazilian projects. The playlist features Sam Fribush Organ Trio; Ricardo Dias Gomes; Haroldo Bontempo; Amaro Freitas, Jeff Parker; Vinícius Cantuária [pictured]; Natalie Cressman, Ian Faquini, Guinga; Hermon Mehari; and Anna Gréta. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18712354/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Imaginary Unit"].

Here's the long and short of it: Bill Frisell goes orchestral, Emile Parisien is cookin', Nout goes live, Kamasi Washington is back with a prologue to his new album, producer Church Chords channels his inner Hal Willer, and Toine Thys's Orlando sounds better then ever. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18680724/Mondo-Jazz (from "Quartography" onwards). Happy listening! Photo credit: Sylvain Gripoix

Three new releases by John Lurie, Benjamin Herman and Fergus Quill give us the opportunity to pay tribute to three musicians whose no-holds-barred attitude significantly marked the scenes in New York and the UK in the 1980s... and now: Xero Slingsby, James Chance and Lurie. The playlist also features: The Works, The Contortions, The Lounge Lizards, Michael Blake, Marc Ribot, Stefan Pasborg Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18680724/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Melt Yourself Down"). Happy listening!

Chamber jazz, field recordings, and deep deep deep interplay are at the heart of this exciting playlist. The playlist features Ethan Iverson; Bex Burch; Sanne Rambags [pictured], Vincent Courtois, Julian Sartorius; Trish Clowes, Ross Stanley; Kenneth Jimenez; Sharel Cassity, Colleen Clark - Alliance. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18648961/Mondo-Jazz (from "Victory Is Assured (Alla Breve)"). Happy listening!

The remarkable debut album by Amy Aileen Wood [pictured] and other genre-defying gems by Alexander Claffy and Yilian Cañizares, three albums featuring Rob Luft and more "Monk by Carlberg" should give you plenty to enjoy in this playlist! The playlist also features John Surman, Elina Duni and Frank Carlberg. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18648961/Mondo-Jazz (from "Strut Like Jagger" to "Elegy for Thelonious"). Happy listening!

Billy Valentine's new single, three albums that will end up on our best of the year list, and more, make it for a thoroughly enjoyable ride! The playlist features Laurent de Wilde; Billy Valentine; Larry Goldings, John Sneider; Simona Severini, Daniele Richiedei, Giulio Corini, Peo Alfonsi, Fulvio Sigurtà; Joel Ross [pictured]; and Lorenzo Di Maio. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18648961/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Buenos Aires"). Happy listening!

There has always been plenty of interplay between jazz and movies: jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Harry Connick Jr. turned actors; or actors like Jeff Goldblum or Cybill Shepherd turned jazz musicians; jazz soundtracks for movie; or movies about jazz musicians… However, in anticipation of Oscars Night, here we are focusing on songs inspired by or dedicated to movie stars. The playlist features Vienna Art Orchestra; Supergenerous; Black Art Jazz Collective; Herb Geller, Brian Kellock; Leith Stevens, Chet Baker; Salvatore Bonafede; Enrico Pieranunzi; Henri Texier; and Till Brönner. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18614498/Mondo-Jazz (from “Jayne Mansfield: Rises and Falls” onward). Happy listening!

In a few days the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood will host the Academy Awards, and so we thought that it would be a lot of fun to come up with an episode of Mondo Jazz featuring exclusively tunes inspired by, dedicated to, or titled after movie stars (regardless of whether or not they have won any Oscar awards). The playlist features The Stance Brothers; Vienna Art Orchestra; Exploding Pig; Adam O'Farrill; Steinar Raknes; Pete Rugolo; Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond; Shorty Rogers; Wergeld; Miles Davis; and Rachelle Garniez. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18614498/Mondo-Jazz (up to “Jean Claude Van Damme”). Happy listening!

Cassie Kinoshi's stunning new album, "Gratitude", new releases featuring Dave Douglas, Dave Guy, James Brandon Lewis, Alon Farber and Fredrik Nordström will bring you a high-density set of rewarding new music. The playlist features Dave Guy; Cassie Kinoshi; Alon Farber Hagiga; Dave Douglas, James Brandon Lewis, Ian Chang, Rafiq Bhatia; and Fredrik Nordström. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18582410/Mondo-Jazz (from "Footwork" onward). Happy listening!

The gorgeous new album by Sean Ono Lennon, "Asterisms" (Tzadik), opens a set of electro-acousti otherworldly beauty. The playlist features Sean Ono Lennon; Simon Spiess; Ben Lumsdaine; Debby Wang; YES! Trio, Ali Jackson, Aaron Goldberg, Omer Avital; Paul Dunmall, Ed Puddick and The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Big Band. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18582410/Mondo-Jazz (from "Acisalia" to "Sacred Hymn"). Happy listening!

Welcome to your weekly fix of recent and upcoming releases, from the seismic brasshouse of Too Many Zooz, to the re-imagining of Sun Ra's "The Magic City" by Meshell Ndegeocello, and a whole lot in between. The playlist features Too Many Zooz; Jonathan Suazo; Meshell Ndegeocello; Antti Lötjönen; Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey; Gordon Grdina, Christian Lillinger; Annie Chen; Jacky Terrasson and Camille Bertault. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18582410/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Est-ce que tu me suis ?"). Happy listening!

The restless spirit of Moppa Elliott kicks off a set that illustrates the breadth and depth of today's scene. The playlist features Moppa Elliott; Adam Baldych, Leszek Możdżer; Zach Brock, Bob Lanzetti, Keita Ogawa; Joe Webb [pictured]; Reinier Baas; Félix Zurstrassen Nova; and Olivia Pérez-Collellmir. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18554293/Mondo-Jazz (from "Delaware Water Gap" onward). Happy listening!

This time we focus on a number of emerging artists and their search for a personal synthesis of the many influences that have shaped them for a set bookended by deep grooves and avant-funk. The playlist features Ari Joshua, John Medeski, Billy Martin; The Sextones; Otis Sandsjö; Michele Bonifati Emong; Evita Polidoro; Ciara Moser [pictured]; Roni Kaspi; Bernie Worrell, Cindy Blackman Santana and John King. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18554293/Mondo-Jazz (from "Elephant Walk" to "Auguries). Happy listening!

A set with countless flavors and colors from all around the world featuring songs about travelling to the Moon, or traveling sustainably; Afrobeat songs; songs of low simmering groove; songs by cellists; and more. The playlist features Ghost Funk Orchestra; Rosa Brunello; Louis Matute; Jahari Massamba Unit; Newen Afrobeat; Ana Carla Maza [pictured]; and Leyla McCalla. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18554293/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Tree"). Happy listening!

A playlist in which edgy and calm take turn, but never at the expense of the surprise factor. The playlist features Benjamin Herman [pictured]; Oan Kim; John Scofield; Janning Trumann, Brandon Seabrook; Fiona Grond; Guido Spannocchi; Ruth Goller and Tom Skinner. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18521847/Mondo-Jazz (from "Hornin’ Out"). Happy listening!