Blind Mango Chutney kicks off the show in total style with Freddie Hubbard, followed by Ike Quebec - & a bit later on - he is joined by Miss Dom for a Record Store Day 2023 Jazz Vinyl overview - & in the process of that, the pair get stoked on RSD reissues by Larry Coryell -Introducing The Eleventh House album, as well as the Chet Baker - Chet album.
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!
Blind Mango Chutney [🥭] [🥭] hosts a tribute show to the late great Dr. Frank Gibson Jr. [🥁] who passed away reccently — & we are honoured to have 2 legends [💎] [💎] up on the show as our special studio guests - Trumpeter [🎺] Kim Paterson, & Saxophonist [🎷] Brian Smith — the pair sharing memories [🎙] of their long history together with Frank [🥁] [🎶] [🎵] [🎼] Kim & Brian both sharing deeply - on Frank's extensive career - through stories & music - Frank, Kim & Brian - together are our country's Jazz founding fathers - & indeed the foundation of New Zealand Jazz.
Former Jazz Show Host & also long-time friend of Frank's - Miles Gray [☎️] joins [☎️] the conversation via the phone [⚡️] from Sydney.
DJ Sassy popped on to host this week's Jazz Gig Guide [👄] [🗯] & Miss Dom - hosts the Vinyl Fair Guide [💋] [🎼] & for our esteemed guests, Miss Dom also gets busy making Croatian-style coffee [☕️] & homemade chocolate chip biscuits [🍪] [🍪]
Dr. Frank Gibson Jr. Tribute [💎] [🩵] [💙] [🙏] [🥁]
Host: Blind Mango Chutney [🎙]
Guests: Kim Paterson [🎺]
Brian Smith [🎷]
Miles Gray [🥁]
Jazz Gig Guide Host: DJ Sassy
Vinyl Fair Guide Host: @the_miss_dom_nz
Show Producer: Dom Nola
Campbell digs Japan, and he's just back from a ten day jaunt of well curated record stores, incredible food and many greetings of "Arigato gozaimasu!"
His set this month is full of raw, soulful heaters and cosmic jazz-funk that makes you screw your face up like you accidentally ate the ball of wasabi along with your sashimi. All time Swap Meet fave Garfield Fleming’s 'Don’t Send Me Away' still hits like heartbreak on vinyl, that pleading vocal over lush orchestration is pure modern soul gold. And then there’s Mystic Harmony’s Lovers Rock take on The Jones Girls' 'Nights Over Egypt' deep, spiritual, and epic. Add Freedom Suite 'Come Closer' to that category: a rare groove Trini disco dub with the kind of bassline that makes you look around the room for someone else who heard that. The funkier edges really pop off with Wild Fire 'The Dealer' another Trinidadian gem that’s psych-funk with fuzz guitar and heavy attitude.
Campbell keeps it moving with the glistening disco of Chantal Curtis ‘Get Another Love’ to Booker Newberry III’s ‘Love Town’, there’s that roller-skate-ready shimmer. Then off to Brasil with Alma Brasileira ‘Peixeiro’ a choro inflected samba and Dom Salvador’s ‘Barumba’, all syncopated rhythms and raw, earthy joy. On the modern tip, Cool Affair ‘Motoric Patterns (Kaidi Tatham Mix)’ slides in with some proper bruk energy: Kaidi doing what he does best. Mr Ngata has the jazzheads covered too - and we also gotta keep pumping current faves The Circling Sun!
Plenty of variety on the show this week, starts off with some oldies, JJ Cale, Michelle Shocked & Dwight Yoakam. Then into The Hacks, White Owl Red and Sleepy Eyes Nelson. Some interesting quite sleazy blues from Israel with Noya Sol, the fantastically dark and lonely Doc Feldman and The LD50 and a cool band called Late Night TV. Went for a rummage through station vinyl and found a Lone Justice LP and a Jason & The Scorchers EP - and unfortunately played them. Some parts of the '80's have not travelled well in this genre! Meanwhile back in the present century, locals Kendal Ellise & Emily Fairlight. A pretty groovy outing in spanish with Gatomajodo. Some Old '97's, Johnny Miles and The Kilometres , Slow Motion Cowboys then back into the station vinyl for The Triffids(!), live recordings of Marlon, Townes and Social Distirtion before returning to the station vinyl which redeemed itself with the very interesting Warumpi Band from Northern Territory Australia. There's more too of course.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Bryce comes in hot with some Hirschfeld-fuelled political commentary; Delaney finally confronts Breakfast's saffron fiend; Troy's got another super special secret vinyl track to share; and Pearl bests a three-day bender all so you can have your Top Ten recap. Hope you're happy.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: it's houndstooth central in the office - shirts, pants, coats and all - and Pennie Black's got the full trend report; Kiran joins us for a rock-infused review of Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art. The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue; and Ange enjoys a well-deserved day off. On ya, Ange.
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