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![Palle Mikkelborg, NO(w) Beauty, Kris Davis, Vitor Araújo & More [Mondo Jazz 356-2]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a6f83914-0570-11f1-a283-abd207e50129/image/3d2ba5ddb269df519ab85568d0e585b3.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Palle Mikkelborg, NO(w) Beauty, Kris Davis, Vitor Araújo & More [Mondo Jazz 356-2]")
Here's a playlist focusing on Orchestras, Big Bands and String Quartets, at the intersection of jazz, classical, folk and Brazilian music.
The playlist features Vitor Araújo, Metropole Orkest, Jacomo Bairos; Kurt Elling, WDR Big Band; Thomas Clausen Trio, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Jean Thorel; Palle Mikkelborg [pictured]; Francesco Bearzatti; NO(w) Beauty; Vision String Quartet; Kris Davis, and The Lutosławski Quartet.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21926939/Mondo-Jazz [from "Toque N. 6 up to "The Known End"].
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![Tomeka Reid, Marco Mezquida, ALA.NI, Craig Taborn & More [Mondo Jazz 356-1]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/268a2684-0570-11f1-a080-43f0ff49db68/image/468954debfd74d70874d0de23d04fc67.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Tomeka Reid, Marco Mezquida, ALA.NI, Craig Taborn & More [Mondo Jazz 356-1]")
1Enjoy another playlist dedicated to recent and upcoming releases, where curiosity still rules, and the music often comes from just around the corner… or halfway across the world, Madrid to New York; Amsterdam to London; Brussels to Melbourne.
The playlist features Marco Mezquida; Julian Lage; Fabio de Almeida; ALA.NI; Manolo Cabras; Jeremy Rose; Tomeka Reid [pictured]; and Craig Taborn.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21926939/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Feeding Maps to the Fire"].
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![Sheldon Agwu, Nabou, I Hold the Lion's Paw, SML, TL;DR, Kalia Vandever [Mondo Jazz 355-3]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b722725e-ffea-11f0-bc02-6b98c68c2b3d/image/0a450d392d03f564711a6fd1a475c6ec.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Sheldon Agwu, Nabou, I Hold the Lion's Paw, SML, TL;DR, Kalia Vandever [Mondo Jazz 355-3]")
This playlist explores electro-acoustic projects shaped by atmosphere, texture, and studio-driven imagination, many of them drawing from the muddy, ambient legacy of Jon Hassell’s “Fourth World.” The journey then shifts focus to the next generation, closing with two emerging trombonists.
The playlist features SML; I Hold the Lion's Paw; Sheldon Agwu [pictured]; TL;DR; Nabou Claerhout; and Kalia Vandever.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21891572/Mondo-Jazz [from "How You Been" onward]
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![Stéphane Kerecki, Michael Leonhart, Rebecca Trescher, Shake Stew, Matthieu Donarier [Mondo Jazz 355-2]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2c94b868-ffea-11f0-b344-5b83b8667b2f/image/231379568798f8767ffb3110dd275a15.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Stéphane Kerecki, Michael Leonhart, Rebecca Trescher, Shake Stew, Matthieu Donarier [Mondo Jazz 355-2]")
Enjoy a playlist that showcases a series of tributes connecting today’s European scene with the legacy of American jazz masters—from Don Cherry to Charlie Haden and Steve Lacy—alongside the remarkable work of established and up-and-coming composer-arrangers such as Michael Leonhart and Rebecca Trescher.
The playlist features Shake Stew; Michael Leonhart; Rebecca Trescher; Stéphane Kerecki [pictured]; Matthieu Donarier.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21891572/Mondo-Jazz [from "Cherry Pie" to "Peebles"]
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Photo: Eric Garault
![Thomas Strønen, Tortoise, Britta Virves, Seb Rochford, Dishwasher_, Beiggja [Mondo Jazz 355-1]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d573f8c2-ffe0-11f0-9ad1-0bca74caa63e/image/e1bb6660cf4d18fcaa971401058490fb.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Thomas Strønen, Tortoise, Britta Virves, Seb Rochford, Dishwasher_, Beiggja [Mondo Jazz 355-1]")
This episode -- bookended by drummers who are also adventurous composers and bandleaders -- explores the evolving landscape of contemporary jazz. The playlist unfolds as a sonic journey, moving seamlessly from introspection to collective energy and reflecting the dynamic, genre-defying nature of today’s scene.
The playlist features Sebastian Rochford; Tortoise; Dishwasher_; Britta Virves; Beiggja; and Thomas Strønen [pictured].
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21891572/Mondo-Jazz [up to "In Awe of Stillness"]
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![Shai Maestro, Frank Kimbrough, Antonio Faraò, Keith Jarrett & More [Mondo Jazz 354-3]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9f2ea0c2-fa4b-11f0-9371-2fba5df5ff97/image/06918883e337a007e3f7296bdae74b35.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Shai Maestro, Frank Kimbrough, Antonio Faraò, Keith Jarrett & More [Mondo Jazz 354-3]")
A set for piano lovers, with a particular focus on recent and newly issued solo recordings which explore spontaneity, lyricism, and the quiet intensity of unaccompanied playing, from Antonio Faraò’s balanced mix of freedom and structure to the poetic restraint and emotional clarity of Frank Kimbrough, Bugge Wesseltoft, and Shai Maestro, before arriving at one of Keith Jarrett’s late solo concert statements. Fred Hersch's Trio wraps up the playlist.
The playlist features Antonio Faraò; Frank Kimbrough; Bugge Wesseltoft; Shai Maestro [pictured]; Keith Jarrett; and Fred Hersch.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21792586/Mondo-Jazz [from "MT" onwards].
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Photo: Gabriel Baharlia
![Gard Nilssen, Shoko Nagai, Aaron Parks, Maryanne de Prophetis & More [Mondo Jazz 354-2]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/cd5e2c84-fa4a-11f0-b706-bbff9db6d57f/image/1661fb5063e1c3308e8f276c81fb854a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Gard Nilssen, Shoko Nagai, Aaron Parks, Maryanne de Prophetis & More [Mondo Jazz 354-2]")
Enjoy a playlist that brings together energy, intimacy, and creative identity, moving across projects that blur boundaries between electric and acoustic, structure and freedom. From the personal, groove-inflected vision of Maurício Fleury’s debut to the explosive collective force of Gard Nilssen’s expanded Acoustic Unity, the music thrives on momentum and risk. This set also focuses on Aaron Parks and Shoko Nagai, each featured in two contrasting settings.
The playlist features Mauricio Fleury; Gard Nilssen [pictured]; Tom Ollendorff; Aaron Parks; Shoko Nagai; and Maryanne de Prophetis.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21792586/Mondo-Jazz [from "Banhado" to "Come O Light"].
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![Miho Hazama, Simon Jermyn, Dan Rosenboom, Deadeye & More [Mondo Jazz 354-1]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d6934006-fa49-11f0-b002-8f585c5f6ca7/image/a0ea8b646ad33a80cf1e3c502f0b52f7.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Miho Hazama, Simon Jermyn, Dan Rosenboom, Deadeye & More [Mondo Jazz 354-1]")
Large ensembles are the guiding thread of this segment, approached not as monuments but as flexible, expressive forces shaped by strong compositional voices. From a landmark Sonny Criss reissue with arrangements by Horace Tapscott to Miho Hazama’s stunning reimagining of Thad Jones’ legacy, Dan Rosenboom’s genre-blurring large-ensemble work, and a freshly restored, richly orchestrated album by Carlos Garnett. Along the way—offering contrast without breaking the flow—intensity is reframed through Deadeye’s latest album and Simon Jermyn’s two recent projects.
The playlist features Sonny Criss; Miho Hazama [pictured], Danish Radio Big Band, Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Dan Rosenboom; Deadeye; Simon Jermyn; Luke Marantz; and Carlos Garnett.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21792586/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Saxy"]
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Photo: Dave Stapleton.
![A Winter JazzFest 2026 Preview: Out-of-Towners & More Part 3 [Mondo Jazz 353-3]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4cd267b8-e773-11f0-aba8-4f5fd678292b/image/52ce17e94a48623b0684c4c578ac8c7b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "A Winter JazzFest 2026 Preview: Out-of-Towners & More Part 3 [Mondo Jazz 353-3]")
Enjoy the final playlist previewing the upcoming edition of the Winter JazzFest: a compressed, high-voltage snapshot of what jazz sounds like right now, and a rare chance to hear musicians who are not based in New York.
The playlist features David Binney, Louis Cole, Pera Krstajic; AMG; Kassa Overall; Celia Kameni [pictured]; Hamilton de Holanda; Sam Gendel, Nate Mercerau.
Detailed playlist at [from "Outer Moat" onwards].
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Photo: Eric Meurice
![A Winter JazzFest 2026 Preview: Out-of-Towners & More Part 2 [Mondo Jazz 353-2]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bc912d10-e772-11f0-8103-3bd2065a3103/image/541c84ba19bc1294bbf95becee2e2e46.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "A Winter JazzFest 2026 Preview: Out-of-Towners & More Part 2 [Mondo Jazz 353-2]")
Here's playlist previewing projects and bands that will help the upcoming Winter JazzFest to launch the new jazz year.
The playlist features ARMO; Nels Cline; Either/Orchestra; MAE.SUN [pictured]; daoud; Cochemea; and Hanging Hearts.
Detailed playlist at [from "The Visit" to "Rise"].
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![A Winter JazzFest 2026 Preview: Out-of-Towners & More Part 1 [Mondo Jazz 353-1]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ae9fe9b0-e76f-11f0-a881-53775e78d4eb/image/81b76f2d038c30b1e2c4383c4f251ca1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "A Winter JazzFest 2026 Preview: Out-of-Towners & More Part 1 [Mondo Jazz 353-1]")
With the 2026 edition of Winter JazzFest just around the corner, here we focus on some of the artists arriving in New York from elsewhere to briefly reshape the city’s soundscape.
The playlist features Amy Gadiaga; Corey Fonville, Sam Fribush, Morgan Burrs; The Getdown; Mario Canonge; Brandon Woody; and Bex Burch.
Detailed playlist at [up to "You Thought You Were Free?"].
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![The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 6 [Mondo Jazz 352-3]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bf2d7022-e760-11f0-a17e-7305178d99fd/image/026c31708d19f38420473764c4908fd7.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 6 [Mondo Jazz 352-3]")
Enjoy the last installment of our retrospective dedicated to the songs discovered over the past six months that left a lasting impression.
The playlist features The Five Corners Quintet; Makiko Hirabayashi; Rufus Wainwright, Pacific Jazz Orchestra; Brad Mehldau; Anthony Wilson [pictured]; and Roberto Ottaviano.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21722582/Mondo-Jazz [from "Lighthouse" onward].
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![The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 5 [Mondo Jazz 352-2]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/22ef3c8c-e60b-11f0-bbf4-8fa80ac46d7a/image/29bf4007fca348387670775c69daac5a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 5 [Mondo Jazz 352-2]")
As we come to the end of another year, it feels like a good moment to pause—not to summarize everything, but to listen back. This episode is built around songs that lingered, resurfaced, and quietly insisted on being remembered.
The playlist features Jérémie Lucchese; Chaerin Im [pictured]; Emiliano D'Auria; Ron Blake; James Brandon Lewis; Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano, Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan, Anders Christensen, Joey Baron, and Jorge Rossy.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21722582/Mondo-Jazz [from "L'Ogre" to "Mumbo Jumbo"].
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![The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 4 [Mondo Jazz 352-1]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3a4177dc-e46d-11f0-ae33-8f1995e55361/image/1a623b40a3b90eeddb8710965b61f663.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 4 [Mondo Jazz 352-1]")
This episode of Mondo Jazz isn’t about rankings or best-of lists. It’s about memory. Over the past six months, certain pieces of music kept calling us back. Among them, are the tunes in this playlist.
The playlist features Luca Curcio; Bram De Looze, Hank Roberts, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron; Trond Kallevåg; Wojtek Mazolewski; Louis Sclavis; Charles Lloyd [pictured], Jason Moran, Marvin Sewell.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21722582/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Figure in Blue, Memories of Duke"]
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![The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 3 [Mondo Jazz 351-3]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d0a186e4-e199-11f0-bcdc-ef7e5c4e097a/image/05acd70f3983cc5d0a5bfbeeb166143f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 3 [Mondo Jazz 351-3]")
In a year that often felt overwhelming, music remained a place of focus and meaning. This episode of Mondo Jazz brings together the songs from the past six months that helped make sense of the noise—or at least gave us a reason to lean in and listen.
The playlist features Funkwrench Blues [pictured]; Anne Drummond; Donny McCaslin; Vincent Peirani; SFJAZZ Collective; and Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21689299/Mondo-Jazz [from "Drowning Man" onwards].
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![The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 2 [Mondo Jazz 351-2]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7ad2bec2-e086-11f0-ae75-13f4df5900f2/image/0976aec0c8d5a446e9187247c1aeca29.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 2 [Mondo Jazz 351-2]")
The past six months have delivered more music than anyone could possibly absorb in real time. So this week, instead of trying to keep up, we slow things down and look back—focusing on the songs that earned repeat listens and slowly made a home in our ears.
The playlist features Charlie Hunter, Ella Feingold; Craig Taborn, Nels Cline, Marcus Gilmore; Saha Gnawa; Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet; Zé Ibarra; Ryan Keberle; Anna Webber & Angela Morris [pictured] Big Band.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21689299/Mondo-Jazz [from "Housatonic" to "Habitual"].
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![The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 1 [Mondo Jazz 351-1]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2af6c166-def4-11f0-af93-6b9c8e9551e0/image/e8596def3eb43f27047ede992df3e871.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 1 [Mondo Jazz 351-1]")
Rather than looking back at the year as a whole, here we concentrate on the second half. What you’ll hear are the songs that stayed close, long after the initial listen.
The playlist features Oddjob; Nicholas Payton, Esperanza Spalding, Karriem Riggins; Flea (pictured); Carmen Staaf; Max Nagl; Jason Moran, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra; Amir ElSaffar.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21689299/Mondo-Jazz [up to "10:23 AM"]
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![Bill Ware, The Jazz Passengers, Csaba Palotai, Rosa Brunello & More [Mondo Jazz 350-3]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9e0ad254-d8fb-11f0-b038-9b56cd07c416/image/74eb8ffb8e55b965e5ff3e2ef3f9d6c9.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Bill Ware, The Jazz Passengers, Csaba Palotai, Rosa Brunello & More [Mondo Jazz 350-3]")
Here is another dip into the river of new albums, focusing releases (and re-releases) worth holding on to.
The playlist features The Jazz Passengers, Jeff Buckley; Bill Ware, the Club Bird All Stars; Patricia Brennan; Csaba Palotai; Rosa Brunello; Pharos.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21657081/Mondo-Jazz [from "Jolly Street" onwards].
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Photo: Mariagrazia Giove.
![Dayna Stephens, Emiliano D'Auria, Charles Lloyd, Jérémie Lucchese, James Newton [Mondo Jazz 350-2]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e35bb720-d8fa-11f0-8348-8b9dee2fde63/image/a9066052d4358cd752faf63eebf4efbd.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Dayna Stephens, Emiliano D'Auria, Charles Lloyd, Jérémie Lucchese, James Newton [Mondo Jazz 350-2]")
Here's a playlist featuring musicians paying tribute to where they come from, geographically or artistically...
The playlist features Emiliano D'Auria; Dayna Stephens; Charles Lloyd; Jérémie Lucchese; James Newton.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21657081/Mondo-Jazz [from "Chasing the Flicker" to "Reincarnation of a Lovebird"].
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Photo: Evan Goldstein.
![Nicolas Genest, Raphaël Pannier, Dhafer Youssef, Clément Janinet & More [Mondo Jazz 350-1]](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0b5e09a4-d8fa-11f0-a9f1-83722f4f1841/image/ce66fea5062efde988b5d30726610c2b.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress "Nicolas Genest, Raphaël Pannier, Dhafer Youssef, Clément Janinet & More [Mondo Jazz 350-1]")
Enjoy an episode that revolves around projects that forge compelling bridges between jazz and African music, from Benin to Madagascar, Mali, Senegal and Tunisia.
The playlist features Nicolas Genest, Chris Potter; Raphaël Pannier, Khadim Niang; Aka Moon, Doudou N'Diaye Rose; Clément Janinet, Mah Damba; Dhafer Youssef; Bobo & Behaja.
Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/21657081/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Rafoza Manday Tandra"].
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