Blind Mango Chutney gets his groove on once again with Brazilian feels, 70s jazz funk and the debut of Auckland drummer Taylor Griffin (Thu 29, Ponsonby Social Club). And live in the studio Tim Stewart (Love Square) performs with his new band Codes (Karen Hu, Loxmyn Ness, Sean Martin-Buss) ahead of their Pride Festival gig also on Thursday 29th at the Wine Cellar, K Rd. It’s a history lesson in queer jazz plus post-punk funk all in one!
Blind Mango Chutney eases us in with some laidback Paul Desmond and finishes with the innovative pianist Joanne Brackeen. In between he has guitarist Alex Pipes in the studio to introduce us to his album "Square One", plus a bunch of other cool jazz, of course.
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.
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