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The 95bFM Jazz Show

The 95bFM Jazz Show - drawing on the music that influenced jazz, the music that became jazz, and the music that jazz became. A must-listen for jazz enthusiasts and music lovers alike, with Blind Mango Chutney, Miss Dom, Def Jim, Frances Chan or Dr. Mark Baynes. Sundays from midday.

The 95bFM Jazz Show with Blind Mango Chutney, 28 January 2024

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Sun 28 Jan 2024

Blind Mango Chutney presents ‘Random Acts of Jazz’ this week from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 2020s. There’s Les McCann and Les Nubians, Arooj Aftab, El Truento and Ndegeocello - more genres than you can stab a jazz chord at.

The 95bFM Jazz Show with Frances Chan, 21 January 2024

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Sun 21 Jan 2024

Frances Chan starts her 2024 with jazz reggae, a nod to Blue Note’s 85th anniversary and the funky sounds of 1974, plus new releases too.

Setlist:
Cedric Im Brooks & the Light of Saba – Song For My Father
Milt Jackson – Tahiti
Milt Jackson ft Freddie Hubbard & Herbie Hancock – SKJ
Ibibio Sound Machine – The Talking Fish
The Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble ft Chip Wickham – Beg, Borrow, Play
Naked City – Latin Quarter
Tenderlonious – John Coltrane
John Coltrane – Locomotion
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Two Generations of Excess
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Necessary Evil (Live on NPR, June 2023)Greg Spero ft Jimetta Rose – In the Moonlight
Adrian Sherwood – Starship Bahia
Hatfield & The North – Son of ‘There’s No Place Like Homerton’
Bob James – Night on Bald Mountain
Frank Zappa – Cosmik Debris
Christoph El Truento – Pocket Copy
Nautilus – Virtual Insanity
Jimmy Smith – Joy
Taggy Matcher – Watermelon Man

 

The 95bFM Jazz Show with Sperber Dan, 14 January 2024

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Sun 14 Jan 2024

Sperber Dan highlights new and recent releases and a few classics, does some jazzplaining about ‘In A Silent Way’ with Laura Biding-Citizen, then takes us op shopping in West Auckland and spins the week's vinyl finds.
(New releases and classics)
Sunlight - The Golden Eternity
Wild Horses - Javier Malosetti
Routes To Knowledge - The Golden Eternity
Drum VS Tide - Salin
Sugarcane Funk - Salin 
Moewe - Löwenzahnhonig
Wildfire - Kresten Osgood
Sibomandi (feat. Fallo Nioke) - Alabaster De Plume
One For Mganga - Mike Clarke 
Nakuru - Niclas Knudsen
Existe Uma Voz - Rogê
Eu Só Quero um Xodó - Gilberto Gil
In A Silent Way - Joe Zawinul
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
(Op shop LPs)
Am I Blue - George Barnes (From Velvet Guitar)
123 - Alan Haven (From Organ Magic)
Cadenza - Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra (From Presents)
Mambo Garner - Errol Garner (From Mambo Moves Garner)
The Good The Bad And The Ugly - Basil Henriques and the Waikiki Islanders (From Hawaiian Honeymoon)
Roda - Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 (From Look Around)
Ebony Jam - Tower Of Power (From In The Slot)
Besame Mucho - Herb Alpert (from Magic Man)
Sugar - Ernie Wilkins and the Almost Big Band (From S/T LP)
Texture - Dizzy Gillespie (From Closer To The Source)
Norwegian Wood - Alan Haven (From Organ Magic)
Easy Listening - Shieldstone (From S/T LP)
 

95bFM Jazz Show with Def Jim: Sunday January 7, 2024

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Sun 7 Jan 2024

Def Jim gets the 95bFM Jazz Show off to a cracking start for 2024 with selections from brand new releases featuring emerging guitarist Ava Mendoza and Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet (with guitarist Mary Halvorson) amongst a trove of other lovingly curated material from across the modern jazz firmament. 

The 95bFM Jazz Show with Sperber Dan, 31 December 2023

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Sun 31 Dec 2023

Sperber Dan digs around in recent releases, finding local gems by Mel Stevenson and Christoph El Truento, UK jazz scene highlights and more. Later it’s off to the op shop for Dollar Disco, Jazz Show style. Then, after some very contemporary vocal numbers, we pause to reflect with Bill Evans and Jimmy Scott, finishing with some groove classics.

The 95bFM Jazz Show with Blind Mango Chutney, Miss Dom & Frances Chan, 24 December 2023

The 95 BFM Jazz Show Xmas Special with Blind Mango, Frances, Miss Dom, & Sassy 24 Dec 2023 PodFinal.mp3 mp3, 254.52 MB
Sun 24 Dec 2023

It’s a Jazzmas Eve party with Blind Mango Chutney, Miss Dom and Frances Chan playing their faves from 2023 and some vintage classics, including picks from absent hosts Def Jim and Dr Mark Baynes who are there in spirit. Plus Christmas Elf Sassy provides the Jazz Gig Guide and a her special Jingle Janglemosa mocktail for the festive season. Uncle Mark from Logg Cabin joins in the Chrimbo cheer.

The 95bFM Jazz Show with Blind Mango Chutney, 17 December 2023

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Sun 17 Dec 2023

From Mongo to Mingus to Melanie Charles, Blind Mango Chutney gives you a taste of classic, modern and soulful jazz and a hearty cup of Xmas cheer.

95bFM Jazz Show with Def Jim: Sunday December 10, 2023

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Sun 10 Dec 2023

Def Jim presents his 15 Sleeps Jazz Show, with brand new releases from the likes of James Brandon Lewis and John Zorn, and a newly re-released classic from The Jazz Doctors, amongst a typically varied selection of other album tracks both close and more distant in the Jazz Highway rear-view mirror. 

The 95bFM Jazz Show with Blind Mango Chutney, 3 December 2023

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Sun 3 Dec 2023

Blind Mango Chutney has a great yarn with guest Nathan Graves, A&R exec and promoter extraordinaire, about his extensive career and plays some of the amazing artists he’s worked with in NZ and the UK.

95bFM Jazz Show With Hosts Dr Mark Baynes & Miss Dom 26 Nov 2023

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Sun 26 Nov 2023


Dr. Mark heads to distant lands and features stellar jazz selections from Israel and Palestine. While, Dom, aside from a wee side-trip to the land of Far-out with an interlude of World Jazz, keeps it local and plays a few new releases to keep on one's radar. 
Podcast-only tracks:
Meshell Ndegeocello - Clear Water
The Kuti Mangoes - Song for Fella