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Jazz Before the Oscars: Part 1

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
March 7, 2024
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In a few days the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood will host the Academy Awards, and so we thought that it would be a lot of fun to come up with an episode of Mondo Jazz featuring exclusively tunes inspired by, dedicated to, or titled after movie stars (regardless of whether or not they have won any Oscar awards).

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
The Stance Brothers "Steve McQueen" Kind Soul (Ricky-Tick) 0:16
Host talks 3:34
Vienna Art Orchestra "Josephine Baker—She Need Never Regret" 3—American Dreams: Portraits of 13 American Women (EmArcy) 5:44
Vienna Art Orchestra "Marilyn Monroe Meets Stephen Hawking" 3—Visionaries & Dreams: Portraits of 13 Couples (EmArcy) 10:29
Host talks 15:44
Exploding Pig "Trentin Quarantino" Jazz Futura (Planet Arts) 17:55
Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days "Kurosawa at Berghain" Visions of Your Other (Biophilia) 20:55
Steinar Raknes "Almodovar" Tangos, Ballads & More (Park Grammofon) 28:32
Host talks 33:30
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra "Mambo Bardot" Behind Brigitte Bardot (Warner Bros.) 36:14
Dave Brubeck "Audrey" Brubeck Time (Columbia) 40:11
Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra "Blues for Brando" The Wild One (RCA Victor) 43:44
Host talks 46:33
Wergeld "Ida Lupino" Achtung! (El Gallo Rojo) 48:03
Miles Davis "Star on Cicely" Star People (Columbia) 54:03
Host talks 58:28
Rachelle Garniez "Jean Claude Van Damme" Sad-Dead-Alive-Happy (Real Cool) 59:17

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