Jazz Not War - Part 1 [Mondo Jazz 190-1]

Published: March 7, 2022, 7:09 a.m.

b'Today it felt quite inappropriate to be upbeat and excited about all the beautiful new albums that keep coming out. After an aggressive virus has brought the world to a near halt for almost two years, we are now facing another life-threatening turn of events, this time entirely man-made. The playlist features music inspired by the eternal struggle between war and peace, from Charles Mingus\\u2019 fear of the atomic Bomb--by way of Alexis Korner--to John Coltrane\\u2019s sonic prayer for peace on earth during the tour that took him where that bomb had been dropped, Nagasaki.\\n\\nThe playlist features Sade; Conjure; Alexis Korner; Geri Allen; Emile Parisien; Grant Green; John Coltrane.\\n\\nDetailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/15450990/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Peace on Earth").'