This is the very final batch of our favorite songs of 2024... Fully charged with all this beauty we are ready to dive into 2025, knowing that no matter how crazy this year will be, it will also bring more great music!

The playlist features Joe Tatton; Orrin Evans [pictured], The Captain Black Big Band; Antonio Faraò, John Patitucci, Jeff Ballard; Walter Smith III; Nacka Forum; Haoung Lyou; Immanuel Wilkins; Jenny Scheinman; Jasper Blom, Pablo Held.

Detailed playlist at 

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2024 was a tough year! It may be hard to be nostalgic about it. It will be much easier to be nostalgic about the amazing music that it brought to us and so, for our first show of 2025, we are looking back at some of the many gems that we have discovered in the past months.

The playlist features Mulatu Astatke, Hoodna Orchestra; Josephine Davies; Kika Sprangers; Federico Casagrande, Francesco Bearzatti; Allison Russell [pictured], Ahya Simone; Kit Downes; Peter Evans; Sol Sol; Godwin Louis; Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado.

Detailed playlist at 

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Here is our seasonal playlist featuring the songs we have loved the most in the past few months.

The playlist features Kresten Osgood; Francesco Bearzatti, Stefano Risso, Mattia Barbieri; Mark Lockheart; Luzia von Wyl [pictured], This Is Pan; Patricia Brennan; Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis Sextet; Lucien Johnson; Elin Forkelid; and Miles Okazaki.

Detailed playlist at 

Happy listening!

Photo credit: Falk Neumann

Enjoy the second part of our preview of the upcoming Winter JazzFest, with a special focus on the musicians who will be coming to New York from out of town.

The playlist features Salin [pictured]; Monsieur MÂLÂ; Michael Leonhart; Flash Pig; Dominique Fils-Aimé; Amaury Faye; Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille; Jenny Scheinman; Josh Johnson; Theon Cross; Mike Reed; and Nout.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19986948/Mondo-Jazz (from "Si Chomphu" onward).

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This time we focus on the upcoming edition of Winter JazzFest. As usual, it will bring to Manhattan and Brooklyn its annual extravaganza, which this year will consist of a gargantuan program with more than 100 concerts and north of 500 musicians. Here is a playlist that features musicians coming to the festival from abroad, or at the very least, from out of town.

The playlist features Emma-Jean Thackray; Sophye Soliveau [pictured]; Yilian Cañizares; Amaro Freitas, Jeff Parker; Dom Salvador; Natalie Cressman, Ian Faquini; Pedro Martins, Thundercat, Jd Beck; Josefine Opsahl; and Photons.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19986948/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Folk Devils").

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For the last round of recent releases of the year, we bring you an engaging selection that ranges from the groovy and loungey, to the firey and fun! 

The playlist features Copa Salvo; Les Hommes; Kresten Osgood [pictured]; The Fury, Mark Turner, Lage Lund, Matt Brewer, Tyshawn Sorey; M.T.B. Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner, Peter Bernstein, Larry Grenadier, Billy Stewart; AuB, Alex Hitchcock, Tom Barford feat. Maria Chiara Argirò.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19986948/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Folk Devils").

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Revelations and confirmations in a playlist that mixes new releases and reissues bridging tradition and innovation.

The playlist features Ezra Collective; Patrice Rushen; Joe Webb; Alice Zawadzki [pictured], Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado; Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau, Al Foster, Vicente Archer; Giuseppe Cucchiara, Andrea Domenici, Andrea Niccolai and Francesco Patti.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19955005/Mondo-Jazz [from "Expensive" onward].

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From the poetry of Anthony Joseph to the storytelling in music of Emiliano D'Auria, enjoy a set characterized by music with a strong narrative quality.

The playlist features New Jazz Underground; Anthony Joseph; Billy Mohler; Emiliano D'Auria [pictured]; Sun-Mi Hong.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19955005/Mondo-Jazz [from "oney one's one" to "Love Hymn"].

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Your cyber-dial is tuned on the digital frequencies of Radio Free Brooklyn and our playlist is full of gorgeous new jazz for you… which means that you’re listening to Mondo Jazz, coming to you with another truckload of gorgeous new releases.

The playlist features Alexi Tuomarila; Patricia Brennan; Walter Smith III [pictured]; Matt Slocum; Nacka Forum; Arthur Baker and Pharaoh Sanders.

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19955005/Mondo-Jazz [up to "Love Hymn"].

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Another week, another bonanza of releases, some brand new, some recent, and some dating back a few months which allow us to make sure we do not miss anything remarkable released in 2024!

The playlist features Mike Stern; Rachel Eckroth, John Hadfield; Jim Hart, Leo Genovese; Kjetil Mulelid; Daniel Sommer, Arve Henriksen, Johannes Lundberg; Ben Wolfe..

Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19920422/Mondo-Jazz (from "Connections" onwards).

Happy listening!

Photo credit: Derek Clark