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Spoken Jazz & New Releases

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
August 17, 2018
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Spoken word is performance art that goes hand in hand with jazz because words often sound great and notes can speak loud and clear. In this episode we will explore the best of it, together with outstanding new releases that are making our summer even hotter than it already is!

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Playlist

Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

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

Ted Nash

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Ted Nash &
Pyeng Threadgill
vocals
" data-original-title="" title="">Pyeng Threadgill) (self-released) 0:00

Gil Scott-Heron

vocals
1949 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Gil Scott-Heron "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" from The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (RCA) 0:17

Host talks 3:18

Terry Callier

guitar and vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Terry Callier "Fix the Blame" from Lifetime (PolyGram) 4:40

Elio Villafranca

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Elio Villafranca "Cinque -Narration -The Capture" from Cinque -Narration -The Capture (ArtistShare) 10:54

Don Byron

clarinet
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron "Tuskegee Experiment" from Tuskegee Experiments (Nonesuch) 23:08

Host talks 29:31

Emile Parisien

saxophone, soprano
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Emile Parisien Quintet "Transmitting" from Sfumato Live in Marciac (ACT) 32:13

William Tatge

piano
b.1978

" data-original-title="" title="">William Tatge Trio "Illegal Machines" from General Cargo (BJU) 44:37

Host talks 52:30

Steve Coleman

saxophone, alto
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman & Five Elements "twf" from Live at Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets) (Pi) 54:13

Maria Grand

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Maria Grand "Ejes y Deseos" from Magdalena (Biophilia) 1:01:24

Branford Marsalis

saxophone
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Branford Marsalis "Momma Said" from Upward Spiral (Okeh) 1:05:20

Jason Moran

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Moran "Artists Ought to Be Writing" from Artist In Residence (Blue Note) 1:08:01

Matt Wilson

drums
b.1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Wilson "Fog" from Honey and Salt (Palmetto) 1:11:48

Hermeto Pascoal

multi-instrumentalist
1936 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Tiruliruli" from Lagoa da Canoa Municipio de Arapiraca (Melopea) 1:14:42

Hermeto Pascoal

multi-instrumentalist
1936 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo "Papalaio Alegr" from Lagoa da Canoa Municipio de Arapiraca (Melopea) 1:15:39

Sean Khan

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Sean Khan Palmares Fantasy feat.

Hermeto Pascoal

multi-instrumentalist
1936 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Hermeto Pascoal "Palmares Fantasy" from Palmares Fantasy (Far Out) 1:21:04

Host talks 1:26:48

Brad Mehldau

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Brad Mehldau Trio "Great Day" from Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch) 1:30:13

Jason Lindner

keyboards

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Lindner "Far" from Gives You Now vs Now (Anzic) 1:36:05

Ursula Rucker

poet / spoken word

" data-original-title="" title="">Ursula Rucker "What A Woman Must Do (feat. Jazzanova)" from Silver or Red (Studio K7) 1:44:05

Host talks 1:50:52

Gerald Clayton

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerald Clayton "Dimensions: Interwoven (feat. Aja Monet & Carl Hancock Rux)" from Tributary Tales (Motema) 1:52:21

David Murray

saxophone, tenor
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">David Murray & the Infinity Quartet with Saul Williams "Citizens (The River Runs Red)" from Blues for Memo (Mot��ma) 1:58:03

Ginger Baker

drums
1939 - 2019

" data-original-title="" title="">Ginger Baker Trio "East Timor" from Going Back Home (Atlantic) 2:05:50

Michael Lowenstern

clarinet
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Lowenstern "1985" from 1985 (Capstone) 2:10:30

Host talks 2:16:05

Caroline Davis

saxophone
b.1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Caroline Davis Quartet "Doors" from Doors: Chicago Storylines (Ears & Eyes) 2:18:55

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