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Kala Jula, Gangbé Brass Band, Rudy Royston, Samuele Strufaldi & More

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
June 6, 2023
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From projects inspired by African traditions to jazz spiked with hard-rock, passing through some fascinating chamber influences, this episode showcases the creativity, breadth and depth of today's international jazz scene.

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Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00

Kala Jula, Gangbé Brass Band "Asro" Asro (Buda Musique) 0:16

Host talks 8:44

Peter Somuah

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Somuah feat. Stevo Atambire "The Sky" Letter to the Universe (ACT) 10:22

Host talks 14:30

Samuele Strufaldi "Davorio" Davorio (Música Macondo) 16:10

Ze in the Clouds feat.

Paolo Fresu

trumpet
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Paolo Fresu,

Uri Caine

piano
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Uri Caine "Fame Usque Mortem" Oportet 475 (Tuk) 21:39

Host talks 24:19

Rudy Royston

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy "A.M Hours" Day (Greenleaf) 27:35

Sam Bardfeld

violin
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Sam Bardfeld "On the Seat of Which" Refuge (BJU) 31:50

Vincent Peirani

accordion
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Vincent Peirani "Black Hole Sun" Black Hole Sun—Single (ACT) 37:05

Host talks 41:23

Francesco Bearzatti

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Francesco Bearzatti "Intro to Heaven / Stairway to Heaven" Post Atomic Zep (doKumenta) 42:51

Brass Against "End" End—Single (Self-released) 51:04

Host talks 54:42/li>

Ingrid Laubrock

saxophone
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Ingrid Laubrock "Grammy Season" The Last Quiet Place (Pyroclastic) 57:15

Brandon Seabrook

guitar
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Brandon Seabrook "The Perils of Self-Betterment" brutalovechamp (Pyroclastic) 1:05:41

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