Ennio Morricone + Bettye LaVette, Gordon Grdina, Billy Martin & New Releases [Mondo Jazz 119-1]

This week we pay tribute to the late Ennio Morricone the way we often do, through renditions of his memorable soundtracks performed by contemporary creative jazz artists like John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Marco Cappelli, Guano Padano, and Oddjob. We then check out some great new releases that cross borders, stylistic definitions and generations.

The playlist also features: Jeff Cosgrove, John Medeski, Jeff Lederer, Billy Martin, Songs of Tales, McCoy Tyner, Gordon Grdina, Lucian Ban, John Surman, Mat Maneri, Bettye LaVette, Felice Clemente, Gabriel Chakarji

Detailed playlist available at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/11212684/Mondo-Jazz (up to Gabriel Chakarji)