Michael Leonhart, Marta Sanchez, Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Alabaster Deplume & More New Releases [Mondo Jazz 187-1]

It’s Cold. The Winter Olympics are well under way, we’ve not yet reached mid-February and there are already so many new and upcoming releases in 2022 that we can almost fill the whole show with them… Starting and ending with two Orchestras: Michael Leonhart's mighty ensemble and their upcoming stunner, "The Normyn Suites", and Paul Wacrenier's Healing Orchestra, a band with a mission: bringing Free Jazz to the People! The playlist features Michael Leonhart Orchestra; Mostly Other People Do the Killing; Marta Sanchez; Emile Parisien; Sylvain Rifflet; Kokoroko; Alabaster Deplume; Carate Urio Orchestra; Federico Calcagno, Stefano Grosso, Filippo Rinaldo; Onze Heures Onze Orchestra; Ståhls Trio; Healing Orchestra. Happy listening! Photo credit: Shervin Lame