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Ennio Morricone + Betty LaVette, Gordon Grdina, Billy Martin & New Releases

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
July 21, 2020
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This week we pay tribute to the late

Ennio Morricone

composer / conductor
1928 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Ennio Morricone the way we often do, through renditions of his memorable soundtracks performed by contemporary creative jazz artists like

John Zorn

saxophone, alto
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">John Zorn,

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

Marco Cappelli

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Marco Cappelli, Guano Padano, and

Oddjob

" data-original-title="" title="">Oddjob. We then check out some great new releases that cross borders, stylistic definitions and generations.

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Jeff Cosgrove
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Cosgrove,
John Medeski
organ, Hammond B3
b.1965
" data-original-title="" title="">John Medeski,
Jeff Lederer
woodwinds
" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Lederer "O'Neal's Porch" History Gets Ahead of the Story (Grizzley) 0:16
Host talks 7:07
Billy Martin
drums
b.1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Martin "Home Beat Home" Guilty (Amulet) 8:57
Guano Padano "El Divino" Guano Padano (Important) 12:35
Oddjob "Ecstasy of Gold" Clint (ACT) 17:08
Host talks 21:23
Marco Cappelli's Italian Surf Academy "Deep Deep Down" The American Dream (Mode Avant) 23:42
John Zorn "The Sicilian Clan" Naked City (Elektra Nonesuch) 28:12
Bill Frisell "Farewell to Cheyenne" When You Wish Upon a Star (Okeh) 31:43
Host talks 36:15
Songs of Tales "Traure" Life Is a Gong Show (Roots2Boot) 37:50
McCoy Tyner
piano
1938 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">McCoy Tyner, Bill Frisell "Boubacar" Guitars (Telarc) 43:20
Gordon Grdina
oud
b.1977
" data-original-title="" title="">Gordon Grdina's The Marrow "Convergence" Safar -E -Daroon (Songlines) 45:40
Lucian Ban
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Lucian Ban,
John Surman
saxophone
b.1944
" data-original-title="" title="">John Surman,
Mat Maneri
viola
b.1969
" data-original-title="" title="">Mat Maneri "The Dowry Song" Transylvanian Folk Songs -The B��la Bart��k Field Recordings (Sunnyside) 52:37
Host talks 1:00:03
Bettye LaVette
vocals
b.1946
" data-original-title="" title="">Bettye LaVette "Strage Fruit" Blackbirds (Verve) 1:01:27
Felice Clemente
saxophone
b.1974
" data-original-title="" title="">Felice Clemente "Moods (Recorded Live at Montecalvo Versiggia Church)" Solo (Recorded Live at Montecalvo Versiggia Church) (Crocevia di Suoni) 1:05:38
Host talks 1:10:21
Gabriel Chakarji
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Gabriel Chakarji "Melod��a De Agradecimiento" New Beginning (Self-released) 1:11:16

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