The past four episodes were dedicated to a retrospective and a celebration of the many good things that happened in the jazz world in 2023, through a focus on our favorite songs of the last few months. This time we revert to our regular overview of recent and upcoming releases… some which could also have been included in our favorites, but we just didn't have enough space in the last four playlists.

The playlist features Jaimie Branch; Fire! Orchestra; Chief Adjuah; Mbuso Khoza, Nduduzo Makhathini; Nabou Claerhout [pictured]; Ella Zirina; Dave Meder, Isabel Crespo Pardo; Joshua Redman, Gabrielle Cavassa; Dave Douglas and Elan Mehler

The detailed playlist is at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18308128/Mondo-Jazz [up to "A Thicket of Summer Grass"].

Happy listening!