Mondo Jazz Ludovico Granvassu
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This is a jazz world! …all the international jazz you always wanted to hear and nobody ever played for you!
Mondo Jazz is dedicated to the proposition that jazz is a language that originated in the US but is now spoken all over the world in various, at times very strong, accents and dialects, which make it a rich resource for rewarding sonic explorations.
Needless to say there will be plenty of US jazz on my program, in an attempt to show the continuity that exists between the US and the international jazz scenes.
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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation - Part 3
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")
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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation - Part 2
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!
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Basketball and Jazz: The Art of Improvisation - Part 1
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! -
Lizz Wright, Greg Osby, Matthieu Bordenave, Nicole Glover & More
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! -
Goran Kajfes, Idit Shner, Elliott Sharp, Nicola Caminiti & More
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").
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Nicole McCabe, Herbie Nichols, John Hadfield, Layale Chaker & More
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!