Nationwide demand for plasma donations now exceeds that for blood. Yesterday Sky Tower lit up gold to highlight the urgent need for plasma donors nationwide, with the New Zealand Blood Service urging Kiwis to give up an hour and a half of their time to give some of this life-saving "liquid gold" and save lives.
Emily spoke to the National Communications and Marketing Manager at New Zealand Blood Service, Asuka Burge, about the agency's new plasma campaign and how you can get involved.
For his first offering of 2023, Def Jim eggs on the Auckland Summer to finally come good with a potent and provoking stew of great Modern Jazz featuring among other gems brand new releases from the likes of Tyshawn Sorey and Jeff Parker.
The first Jazz Show of Autumn sees Def Jim sampling new releases from Geri Allen with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Angelica Sanchez Nonet and Mary Halvorson, re-visiting Electric Masada from 2004 and otherwise illuminating gems from early albums by artists such as Quest and Old & New Dreams and much more recent standout sets by the likes of James Brandon Lewis and Harriet Tubman.
Def Jim returns to the Jazz Show after a 2 month absence with tracks from new releases by the likes of the Tomeka Reid Quartet, Vijay Iyer and Julian Lage, plus a classic selection of album cuts recent and older including an item from UK Nu-jazzters Sons Of Kemet.
Def Jim's Jazz Show this week features three personal favourites from the back catalogue of the tower of jazz drumming excellence that was the late Jack DeJohnette, a brand new release from the ever-interesting guitarist Nels Cline (think Wilco) and the latest find from his ongoing project to explore the 70s/80s work of saxophonist Chico Freeman. Plus, of course, a bunch of other quality album tracks from the past 50 years of recorded jazz, a couple of them very recent indeed. Play it, love it.
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