The 95bFM Jazz Show

Frances Chan features the great keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith and his first record in 25 years, a selection of ethio-jazz, outstanding local vocals and we remember Astrud Gilberto.

Setlist:
Knower – I’m the President
Kalle Kalima, Tenors of Kalma, Jimi Tenor – Kanava
Brad Mehldau – Sassyassed Sassafrass
The New Stan Getz Quartet ft. Astrud Gilberto – Eu e Voce (Live, Cafe au Go-Go, NYC, 1964)
Astrud Gilberto & Chet Baker – Far Away
Marquis Hill ft. Joel Ross – Stretch (The Body)
Pat Metheny – Ole & Gard
Pedro Ricardo – Ode ao Gato
The Circling Sun – Plume
Chico Pinheiro – Estrada Real
The Yussef Dayes Experience – Black Classical Music (Live, El Club, Detroit, 2022)
Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad ft. Loren Oden – Love Bring Happiness
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Here Comes the Whistleman (Live, 1965)
Lonnie Liston Smith – Rejuvenation
Lonnie Liston Smith – Devika (Goddess)
Yoni Mayraz – Pawnshop
John Psathas & Fabian Ziegler – RealBadNow - III: Prepare For Defiant Acts of Radical Imagination
The Sorcerers – Summoning the Monkey God
Zafari – Addis Ababa
Mulatu Astatke – Girl from Addis Ababa
Goldsmith Baynes – Kore Rawa
LA Mitchell – Hydration (Live, Matterhorn, Wellington, 2008)
Clear Path Ensemble – Tennis Ball

Special guest host, prolific drummer/producer Julien Dyne (The Circling Sun, Ladi6, Opensouls, Fat Freddy’s Drop) treats us to his top picks of 100% NZ jazz musicians to celebrate Aotearoa Music Month.

Setlist:
1. lord echo - endless dawn ( wonderful noise )
2. mike nock - mambucada ( laurie records ) 
3. the circling sun - spirits ( part 2 ) ( soundway records ) 
4. lucien johnson - awa ( deluge records )
5. the circling sun - veneer ( soundway records ) 
6. clear path ensemble - solar eclipse ( soundway records ) 
7. kenny sterling and dylan biscuit - what you need ( manuka records )
8. unwind - ahipara ( rattle )
9. the mike nock underground - wax planet ( mps records )
10. the circling sun - bones ( soundway records ) 
11. nucleus - roots ( vertigo records )
12. the circling sun - kohan ( soundway records ) 
13. sustenance - monday the 18th ( kiwi pacific records )
14. yusef lateef featuring mike nock - oscalypso ( impulse ! records )
15. the circling sun - bliss ( soundway records ) 
16. wild bill ricketts - riki ( wonderful noise )
17.  the circling sun - jewel ( soundway records ) 
18. frank harris with maria marquez - down by the rio- julien dyne remix ( strangelove records )
19. julien dyne - beecon ( soundway records ) 
 

Mindful that NZ Music Month is currently in progress, Def Jim delivers a mixed set of local and international content, the former focused on experimental luminaries Trioglodyte, the late Neill Duncan with Devils Gate Outfit and the late Murray McNabb, and the latter including an outstanding new release from John Zorn's New Masada Quartet plus sundry musical gems past and present.

Frances Chan records a special show live from Tokyo with music fiend and ex-80s indie rocker Nik Sliwerski. She plays Japanese artists; he plays some banging jazz-bending tunes. 

Setlist:
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Dance 
Jiri.Ceiver - Y Cool 
United Future Organisation – Loud Minority 
Mark de Clive-Lowe, Shigeto, Melanie Charles – Strings
Cesaria Evora (remix by Chateau Flight) – Petit Pays 
Takuya Kuroda – Time Coil 
WheelUP & Sam Interface – Copacetic 
Kyoto Jazz Massive – Get it Together 
SunPalace (remix by Moodyman) – Rude Movements 
Andy Bey – Riverman 
Nautilus – Kudu
Hyperactive Leslie – Rebond 
Soil & Pimp Sessions – Before the Dawn 
Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwartz – Kammermusik 
Yusuke Shima – Philly’s Dance 
Flanger – Lata 
Jimi Tenor – Outta Space 
Floating Points -– Peroration Six
Makaya McCraven – A Slice of the Top