Mondo Jazz

Enjoy an edition of Mondo Jazz, focusing on tributes to Bud Powell, Chick Corea, Bob Berg and Italian pop icon Pino Daniele, plus the gorgeous new albums by Black Diamond, Oded Tzur and Harry Skoler.

The playlist features Fabrizio Bosso [pictured], Julian Oliver Mazzariello; Gianfranco Menzella; Monday Orchestra, Luca Missiti; Dal Sasso Big Band; Black Diamond; Oded Tzur; and Harry Skoler.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19249654/Mondo-Jazz [up to "blue, mostly"].

Photo credit: Roberto Cifarelli.

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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")

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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").

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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").

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Seven days have flown by, and seven days were barely enough to go through another big pile of wonderful new and upcoming albums which we are featuring this week focusing on some captivating and forward looking projects, and several new albums that bring together jazz and the musical traditions of Cuba and Puerto Rico.

The playlist features Adrian Younge, Tony Allen; Azmari; Johnathan Blake; Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade; Elio Villafranca [pictured]; Miguel Zenón, Luis Perdomo; Sammy Figueroa; and Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/17812561/Mondo-Jazz [up to "In a Sentimental Mood"].

Happy listening!