95bFM: The 95bFM Jazz Show

Blind Mango Chutney takes you on a journey through the jazz universe. Joining him in the studio this week is evergreen vocalist local legend Linn Lorkin, telling stories and painting colours from a whole lifetime in music—and *singing* her newest book: Linn Lorkin's Song Book, lyrics referencing life from Grey Lynn to K Rd. DJ Sassy pops in to fix microphones and deliver the Gig Guide and general sunniness. And Blind Mango continues the tribute to Frank Gibson Jr., because there's so much to play, and to others to whom the Grim Reaper has been unkind this week: Sly Stone, who needs no introduction, and trumpeter Al Foster, best known for his work with Miles Davis. The 95bFM Jazz Show is sponsored by San Ray on Ponsonby Rd, eulogised earlier by Linn Lorkin

It's called The Jazz Show. It happens every Sunday from noon thru 2 pm on Radio bFM. It's been going for years and we're all very proud of it. The hosts rotate and every few weeks it's Def Jim's turn. As usual, today he played various selections from his recent listening that he thought you'd all really like, including artists such as Adam O'Farrill, James Brandon Lewis and Creative Construction Company. Plus he spoke a tribute to the great Anthony Braxton, who turned 80 last Wedneday. It's a great podcast - enjoy!

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Dr. Mark & Miss Dom - Host a rammed-packed-tight show - in celebration of #NZMM2025 -  with 2 hours of 100% Aotearoa Jazz Vibes. Cheers to our gorgeous Guest  [

Blind Mango Chutney delivers a Sunday afternoon of righteous jazz tunes on a semi-tropical afternoon. Mostly local tunes again for New Zealand Music Month, starting with the Lahaar, with Julien Dyne on drums. Guest this afternoon is Tom Rodwell, bluesman from the band "Storehouse," to talk about an upcoming show and a scintilating recent album, and DJ Sassy delivers the Jazz Gig Guide.

Frances Chan celebrates NZ Music Month, Mother's Day and the birthdays of Carla Bley, Julian Joseph and Freddie Roach, plus the latest London sounds, an Italian guitar wunderkind and a tour to the Middle East to round out the show. Setlist: Clear Path Ensemble – Best Life Carla Bley – Song Sung Long Julian Joseph – The Other Side of Town Freddie Roach – On Our Way Up Etta James – Something's Got a Hold of Me (live)  Charles Mingus – Track A – Solo Dancer Mike Nock & Frank Gibson Jr – Phaedra's Lullaby   Julian Joseph – Hard Cash Carla Bley Trio – Life Goes On: and On Brandi Younger ft. Ravi Coltrane – Soulris Emma-Jean Thackray – Save Me Joe Armon-Jones – The Citadel Matteo Mancuso – Open Fields  Nautilus – La Ritournelle Genevieve Artadi with the Norbotten Big Band – Life Exploder Aziza Mustafa Zadeh – Always Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut  

New or new-ish releases from Jeff Parker, Tim Berne, Julian Lage and John Zorn's New Masada Quartet feature in Def Jim's latest Jazz Show. Mr. Parker is back with another set from the band that recorded Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy a while back, this time on a better-distributed label (and available from Real Groovy on vinyl at last check). Otherwise the Show is graced with the usual miscellany of carefully-chosen album tracks new and old from the modern jazz canon. Don't miss it!

The Jazz Show takes a side-step this long weekend from its usual programming, Host Blind Mango Chutney calling a Rock Jazz theme. Blind Mango invites local vinyl collector Johnny Dambuster as special guest Selector —with the Rock Jazz theme being a much talked about concept between Blind Mango & the Dambuster for quite some time. The pair have a blast taking a deep dive & a somewhat wild ride into the Rock-Jazz milieu. First selections come from the early Rock' n' Roll period with key vocalists Big Mama Thornton & Big Maybelle. Things get a tad trippy with psychedelic selections from Hendrix, Les Paul, & Blood Sweat & Tears, unfolding later with some unlikely surprises, as Dambuster unearths some buried nuggets from Alice Cooper, Snakefinger (the Residents), & Throbbing Gristle. Plus The MC5 enter for a totally Sonic moment! - (It's all about the track's epic Drum intro, & the Saxophones mid track folks!). Blind Mango knocks it into the End-Zone with essential tracks from King Crimson, John McLaughlin, & Larry Coryell, ending the show on a total high with Charlie Hunter's great version of Nirvana's Come as You Are — all making for an eclectic, & indeed an *electric* mix of Rock-Jazz Vibes with a busy text machine keeping the Crew busy with ppl diggin' the show's selections. (A part 2 perhaps, guys?) DJ Sassy pops in to host the Jazz Gig Guide, & adds a refreshing beverage twist — & Miss Dom to present the Vinyl Fair Guide. Rock on Folks! With big thanks to our show sponsors: San Ray at 118 Ponsonby Road

Frances Chan lounges on the exotica sofa to start the show, then highlights her favourite acts from Womad Aotearoa 2025, plays a Jarrett twofer and marches out on the funk. Set list:  Sun Ra – Interplanetary Music Beach Boys – Pet Sounds Esquivel – Boulevard of Broken Dreams Les Baxter – Mozambique Dorothy Ashby – Fool on the Hill Bala Desejo – Baile de Mascaras (Recarnaval) Nitin Sawhney – Homelands Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Mustt Mustt Jean Phi Dary, Jeff Mills – The X Factor O. – 176 The Comet Is Coming – Frequency of Feeling Expansion Domi & JD Beck ft Thundercat – Not Tight Ana Carla Maza – Las Primaveras (Live) Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Windup Keith Jarrett – Spiral Dance Kamasi Washington – Vortex After ‘Ours ft Louis Baker – That Love Polyrhythmics – Chophouse The Meters – It Ain't No Use Sun Ra – At Sundown  

Jazz guru Blind Mango Chutney checks in with another ripping jazz set taking you from Ken Nordine's humour through to Billy Holiday's pathos.

Dr. Mark digs - & kicks the show into high gear - as he gets excited by some interesting, Jazzy discoveries - with fusion, & Hip Hop flavours - also a cool track by Italian Pianist Francesca Tandoi who is making waves on the scene currently - & some local, lovelyness also appears -  by the Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Jonathan Crayford pops on  - ahead of his gig with his Electric Trio on Sunday arvo at San Ray in Ponsonby Road. Miss Dom gets equally excited too -  by all the great live shows on Tamaki stages of late - then digs into the Jazzwise titles -  on offer for this year's Record Store Day 2025.  DJ Sassy swings by to host the Jazz Gig Guide - Dr Mark shys away from Sassys offer to kick-off the dancing at one of his upcoming gigs featured in the Jazz Gig Guide. #TheVinylFairGuide -   In the shows Podcast only Feature - hear extra tracks from Jonathan Crayford, & Hayden Chisholm #Release&Return, Taylor Griffin band Live, Mark De Clive Lowe, The Adrian Cox Trio - Miss Dom circles back around -  to squeeze-in an extra track from those RSD2025 titles - & jams a cut from the lengendary, late, & great Kenny Dorham  - Blue Bossa - In The Bronx   

Blind Mango kicks off the show with a sensational version of a seasonal standard. Female singers & players feature highly this afternoon — with a stunning trio of pieces from Nina Simone, then the delightfulness of vocalist Annette Peacock, & then the keys of Joanne Brackeen. A Roy Ayers's deep-dig makes an appearance courtesy of Jubt, & a bunch of short-distance, track dedications (&  long distance shout-outs) are sent out to show listeners, & Jazz Show Fam overseas. Miss Dom pops in to host this week's Vinyl Guide, & for some extra B.V.s (lol).  The pair get excited ahead of visiting Navajo trumpeter Delbert Anderson — playing later that arvo in the Spiegeltent with his Quartet as part of the Auckland Arts Festival Indigenous Music Series. 

Def Jim returns from his extended Summer break with a total blast of a Jazz Shown featuring a track from each of three brand new releases from the likes of Steve Coleman & 5 Elements, Ava Mendoza and Emily Remler. The latter (which opens the Show) is particularly noteworthy, being a taste of the first previously unheard set from the sadly deceased guitarist Ms. Remler released for 25 years. Naturally there are plenty more delights to be savoured in this Show, such as a piece by 70's UK fusion pioneers Nucleus taken from a multi-CD set released a couple of years ago which exhaustively documents their recording sessions for UK public broadcaster the BBC. Warmly recommended.

A lot of Roy Ayers this afternoon, to mark the passing of the great vibraphonist and band leader — and, sadly, of several other luminaries including r'n'b saxophonist Gene Barge (aka Daddy G, the template for Clarence Clemons), David Johansen (featuring a first-ever appearance on any Jazz show anywhere by the New York Dolls!), and of course jazz, soul and pop singer Roberta Flack.   Two special guests also join Blind Mango in the studio this afternoon:  Ben Fernandez plays his diminutive keyboard and talks about his many upcoming projects  (including Bollywood and Jazz) and ongoing play-with-music 'a mixtape for maladies' at ASB Waterfront Theatre, every day until March 23rd.  And Frances swings by to announce the Jazz GigGuide live, and stays to discuss future events and shared jazz memories. 

Frances Chan takes a tiki tour of jazz from around the world - from Aotearoa to Asia, Turkey to Iceland, Africa and the Americas, including a couple of Womad previews. Plus we remember the velvet voice of Roberta Flack. Nathan Haines' Soft Chaos – Juno's Journey Jonathan Crayford ft Alda Resende & André Limão Queiroz  – Visgo de Jaca Zela Margossian Quintet – Shounch (Breath/Inhale) Jake Amy – Yoofee Hiromi – Balloon Pop Mark de Clive-Lowe – Mantra Salin – Sugarcane Funk Istanbul West Side Collective – Umut Zbigniew Namyslowski – Rozpacz Funky Times, Vincent Garcia – At the Edge Moses Yoofee Trio – BOND Timo Lassy, Jukka Eskola – The Duke of Bayou Ingi Bjarni – Uplift Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Manu Dibango – Walking to Waza Nduduzo Makhathini – Libations: KwaKhangelamankengana Gregory Privat – Phoenix Ana Carla Maza – Te Me Fuiste Bala Desejo – Passarinha Gato Barbieri – Merceditas Roberta Flack – Compared to What  

Hey there be-boppers. Blind Mango Chutney in the chair for a cracking 95bFM Jazz Show showcasing hard bop, be-bop, acoustic jazz, and even (gasp!) yacht rock. Band leader and drummer Taylor Griffin drops in the studio on his way to play Music in Parks at the Auckland Domain band rotunda, to talk about inspiration, influences and recent projects—including his new EP ‘In Green' (featuring Nathan Haines). And Blind Mango finishes up (perhaps?) his stories about the Dave Pike Set. And of course don't miss the Gig Guide, for all your upcoming jazz news and grooves around town.

A bunch of latin tunes, some new releases from the likes of Kim Paterson, Alex Ventling, Brad Mehldau, Kemuel Roig, and others. In fact it was a kind of new releases show all in all!

Blind Mango Chutney is in the hot seat for another Sunday of great jazz.  In the studio with him is Finn Scholes, talking about his  star turn in the recent tribute to Hugh Masakela, and plays a track from his upcoming Carnivorous Plants Society EP.

No guests today, just cool jazz on a hot February afternoon. We travel  through vocal jazz, go on a brief detour through piano bop and slow funk, and hear a cut from a new album from pianist Ingi Bjarni - about whom you'll be hearing a lot more in coming shows!. 

Blind Mango Chutney is your guide through another entertaining tour through jazz fast, slow, bopping and swinging—with special note of the 50th anniversary of Keith Jarrett's classic 'Koln Concert'. His first guest is young South African jazzer Warren Duncan, talking about his work at the Auckland Uni jazz school, and his new album ‘The Jazz Estate.' And he has a long chat with promoter Nathan Graves ahead of upcoming gigging at Aotea Square's 2-day Something Else Festival, including a conversation about mutual pianistic favourites local Joe Kaptein and (or course) the classic ECM artist Keith Jarrett.

Frances Chan plays a live tribute to Vulfpeck, dabbles in Brazilian beats and includes brand-new releases from The Headhunters, Lauren Henderson, Paolo Fresu and Muriel Grossman. Setlist: The Headhunters – ESP Carnivorous Plant Society – Phantom Finger Pedro Martins ft Omar Hakim – Liberdade Vulfpeck – Animal Spirits Vulfpeck – Tesla Vulfpeck – Back Pocket Vulfmon ft Antwuan Stanley – Lord Will Make a Way Greg Foat – Symphonie Pacifique Greg Foat – Minerva's Owl Skinny Hightower – Organics Lauren Henderson – Bold The Circling Sun – Jewel Paolo Fresu – Call It Something PM Dawn, Flora Purim – Non-Fiction Burning Ed Motta – Deluxe Refuge Donald Fagen – The Goodbye Look Snarky Puppy – Outlier Taylor Griffin – In Green Muriel Grossman – Ultimate Awareness Milt Jackson – Sunflower  

Blind Mango Chutney's first show for the new year starts with a few technical problems before kicking into a jazz smorgasbord from all eras and idioms, starting with Miles Davis's ESP, and touring through Pat Metheny, Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, and Sal Salvador.

The Jazz Team returns after a refreshing Xmas break - Dr. Mark, & Miss Dom play down some breezy, summer vibes which were chillified listening over the break  - For Maximum effect  - just enter the 1959 Corvette convertible! Mark features a few nice new releases from the likes of:  The Bad Plus, & John-Paul Muir - Mark, also revisits the artistry of Brad Mehldau  - while Dom gets stoked on vocalist Jazzmeia Horn, Blue Notes' 86th Birthday (Jan 6th), & the 95 BFM Jazz Shows Quest Love Sting - which is also celebrating a 20+ birthday this year. DJ Sassy hangs out - & hosts the Jazz Gig Guide - selects a Caitlin Smith track - & chats about  the 1980s Classic, New Year's Eve-themed film Get Crazy - & true to form Sassy brings in a bunch of tasty light refreshments - Keeping spirits high - On ya Dj Sassy!  

For the last Jazz Show before Christmas, Def Jim's selections include several from albums released in 2023 and 2024 and one brand new release (from Thumbscrew), interspersed with a few choice gems from the 70's and 80's. More new releases will follow in his first Show of 2025. A very Merry Christmas to all.

Legendary Tamaki Jazz Trumpeter Kim Paterson

Dr. Mark - freshly returned from an epic musical journey to Canada - Hanging out, & performing with amazing New York Latin players - Mark goes the full Latin with some delicious Latin Jazz selections - While Miss Dom takes a 100% deep summer plunge, & plays a bunch of exciting new releases from a bunch of Jazzwise ladies, Singers & players -   DJ Sassy brings her own party -  which includes lashings of Peach Tea Cooler - & hosts the 95 BFM Jazz Show Gig Guide -  Tis the season & such - The Jazz Crew also bring a touch of festive sparkle [

Blind Mango Chutney on the jazz decks again today. Joining him in the studio his week is Joe Kaptein to talk and play tracks from his new album 'Eternal Afternoon.' (Said to be "Yacht Jazz," says Joe!) And Ben from the Creative Jazz Club (CJC) talks about some salivating upcoming gigs — but not before some Christmas cheer from the Bill Evans Trio.

A tribute today to the late great Quincy Jones across his many incarnations since beginning as a trumpeter and arranger with the likes of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, and his own first band The Jones Boys. Guests in the studio for the first half are the band After 'Ours, playing tracks and talking music and their new album. Blind Mango heads to the close with more tracks from several recently departed greats including Quincy Jones, saxophonist Lou Donaldson, and drummer Roy Haynes.

Ahead of some highly-anticipated new releases soon to come down the pipe (tune in on a regular basis folks...), Def Jim revisits a few choice recent drops from the likes of Tomeka Reid, Ivo Perelman and Angelica Sanchez, raids the 60s & 70s Avant vaults for shiny pearls fiom the New York Art Quartet and Julius Hemphill, slots in a personal favourite from Oregon and in between tarries in a few waystations in Jazz Guitar Heaven.

Blind Mango Chutney takes you on a journey around the jazz world, from Ramsey Lewis's take on South American classic 'Concerto de Aranjuez,' through the Head Hunters' brand of jazz-funk, to a Jessica Williams study of the Monk/Cootie Williams standard 'Round Midnight.' Top stuff as always.

Blind Mango on the decks delivering more sweet jazz goodness.  Your show kicks off with guitar music by Nicky Skopelitis, plays tribute to Brazilian arranger Sergio Mendes, who passed away last month. In the second half of the show he unboxes the new re-issue of the classic self-titled album by 1970 Tåmaki Makarau jazz-fusion innovators Dr Tree. Other selections include appearances by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Hubert Laws and the Mike Nock Trio.

Dr Mark -  Features tracks by recent Jazz visitors - & players from Herbie Hancock's band - Guitarist Lionel Loueke (featuring Gretchen Parlato), & Trumpeter Terrence Blanchard. Then Mark Surprises us with some Ska Jazz selections - goes a little Latin-baby -  with a great version of Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps -  & also plays a great track - from a new EP release from the head of the Jazz School at Auckland University -  Keith Price - & his group LaLuc. Miss Dom - Gets excited about the newly awarded winner of the Best Jazz Composition Prize (Aotearoa) - Winner Lucien Johnson -  & also -  plays a bunch of new releases from Aotearoa.  In our Podcast only feature - Dom keeps things homegrown  -  with music from Callum Allardice, & Joe Kaptein - & Dom -  ends on a lovely note -  playing the track - Drifting -  by one of the recent Best Jazz Composition finalists - Anita Schwabe. Cheers to Nathan Haines, & Everyday Coffee.  

For Daylight Saving Sunday, Def Jim presents a bodyclock-soothing (not!) stew & brew of jazz tempos, from the urgent Young Turk jab'n'parry of the New York Contemporary Five via funky grooves from Joey Baron to Dojo-calm meditations from Quest. And that ain't the half of it.

Blind Mango Chutney is your host this week, playing tracks from the new album by by Avondale quartet Damp 4, and introducing special guest selector Mark de Clive-Lowe, talking about his music, and his new base in Tokyo. And Miss Dom pops in to do the vinyl guide — even gets to ask Mark a question!

Frances Chan features the ‘newskill' of Louis Cole's latest jazz-classical crossover album and the ‘old'scool' wisdom of Mike Nock with an interview and a look back over his career. Mike Nock will be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame on 8 October 2024. Setlilst: Louis Cole – Cruisin' for P Louis Cole – A Pill in the Sea Jacob Mann Big Band – Breaking News Shuffle Thundercat ft Louis Cole – Bus in These Streets Louis Cole – Shallow Laughter : Bitches Louis Cole – Let it Happen Snarky Puppy ft Knower – I Remember Anatole Muster ft Louis Cole – Auntie Mabel Louis Cole – Wizard Funk Louis Cole – Weird Moments Mike Nock interview Yusef Lateef ft Mike Nock – Sister Mamie (Live at Pep's, 1964) Almanac ft Mike Nock, Bennie Maupin – Double Split The Fourth Way – Everyman's Your Brother Mike Nock – Vale John  

An extra-special Jazz Show this week with the entire 95bFM jazz team in the studio ahead of Herbie Hancock's shown in Auckland and Wellington on Oct 8 and 9.  Blind Mango Chutney hosts with the whole crew playing favourites and telling stories about their most-loved and best-remembered Herbie Hancock moments — including Miss Chan's, freshly back from LA, where she caught Herbie's special show at the Hollywood Bowl for the 50th anniversary of his milestone 'Head Hunters' album.

A Father's Day special for The Day of the Dad. And since so many dads love electric guitar, Blind Mango Chutney delivers a very special Jazz Show based around the instrument, with lots of electric guitar from six-string legends including Larry Coryell, George Benson, T-Bone Walker, and even Lou Reed and Van Morrison, interspersed with the trumpets of Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, and the keys of Duke Ellington.

In this installment of Blind Mango Chutney's ongoing survey of Jazz — past, present and future — he  revisits three tracks from Mike Nock's extensive back catalog as an acknowledgement of his impending APRA AMCOS New Zealand Music Hall of Fame Induction; tips a hat to Japanese/Kiwi pianist Mark De Clive-Lowe who is contemplating his 50 years on the planet; and muses on American label International Anthem plotting the future path of jazz in the 21st century, playing out an entire side of Jaimie Branch's exquisite "Fly or Die" LP. All rounded off with plenty of other tasty material stitched through your weekly deep dive into the jazz genre.

A typically up-to-the minute set from Def Jim, premiering new releases from David Murray, Kris Davis and Dave Douglas, and re-visiting notable recent offerings from Geri Allen, Jeff Parker, Michael Formanek, Ambrose Akinmusire and Thumbscrew before reaching back all the way to 1964 to end the Show with a classic Archie Shepp take on vintage 'Trane. 

Blind Mango Chutney is on the decks, with special guest Thabani Gapara, ahead of his band's gig at the Tuning Fork — a tribute show to Hugh Masekela, oft described as "the father of South African jazz." Thabani selects and talks about his favourite tracks from Hugh Masekela.

Frances Chan is inspired by Herbie Hancock and the OG Headhunters band ahead of attending their 50th anniversary concert at the Hollywood Bowl in August, plus Louis Cole's album launch. There's also Romani jazz, Latin flavours and local heroes. Setlist: Joe Kaptein – Eternal Afternoon Harvey Mason – Hop Scotch Bennie Maupin – Eternal Flame Bill Summers – Check it Out The Headhunters – Over the Bar Louis Cole – These Dreams Are Killing Me Corto.alto ft Rob McGuire – Longdays (11) United Future Organization – Tres Amigos Herbie Hancock ft Ceu – Tempo de Amor Johnny Raducanu – Blues Minor Dan Mandrila – Sonet Charles Mingus – Haitian Fight Song Mayumi Kijoma – Hard Bop Shirley Scott – Feeling Good Cal Tjader – Cucacao Thabani Gapara Project – Chisa Ghost-Note & Marcus Miller – Yellow Dan  

Easy Listening is a broad term for often despicably corny music wrapped in sleazy artwork. It's also a genre that offers up some of the most incredible jazz-adjacent music you've never heard. Join guest host Sperber Dan and EZ expert Alan Perrott on a journey through the darkest mood-lit corners of our op shops and streaming services.