Mondo Jazz

A retrospective built around the adventurous spirit that ran through Cassandra Wilson’s music, from her formative years in the M-Base orbit to her later work at the crossroads of jazz, blues, soul, R&B and beyond.

The playlist also features Courtney Pine; Terri Lyne Carrington; Steve Coleman; and Wynton Marsalis.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/22994093/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Lady's Lament"].

Tributes to Miles Davis, essential reissues, and compelling new releases come together in a set full of sonic adventures, surprises, and soul-searching.

The playlist features Nicholas Payton, Butcher Brown; Nduduzo Makhathini, Keenan Ahrends; Ayumi Tanaka [pictured]; Billy Childs; Mick Goodrick.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/22925000/Mondo-Jazz [from "So What" to "Summer Band Camp"].

Happy listening!

Photo: Erika Habbert

Enjoy another installment in that living, shape-shifting conversation stretching from Brooklyn basements to festivals around the globe—which we like to call jazz.

The playlist features Sullivan Fortner; Ben Wolfe; Daniel Garcia; Siril Malmedal Hauge, Kjetil Mulelid [picutred]; Álvaro Torres; Nate Wooley, Columbia Icefield.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/22925000/Mondo-Jazz [up to "You Taste"].

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A selection of recent gems where seasoned improvisers and adventurous new voices meet at the crossroads of groove, abstraction and lyrical invention.

The playlist features Marc Benham; Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart; Argot Lunaire; Florian Arbenz, Bill Frisell, Greg Osby; Loren Stillman; Antonio Farao, Stephan Belmondo.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/22891072/Mondo-Jazz [up to "The Hump"].

Happy listening!

A collection of newly released gems in which jazz goes rock and baroque, modern and traditional, political and existential.

The playlist features Cindy Blackman Santana; Jacques Schwarz-Bart; Tuva Halse; Bernd Lhotzky; Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana [pictured]; Brad Goode Quintet, Ernie Watts.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/22891072/Mondo-Jazz [from "Blue Whale" to "I Miss Missing You"].

Happy listening!