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.
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
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mike, Sarah and Jules smash out some pretty mean desk drumming to your Metal Memory Monday track; Jacinda gives her verdict on Bill English's National Party conference speech (spoiler: not good); Geneva from SoccerPractise and Belinda + Jarrad from Puha & Pakeha drop by to talk us through Matariki on the Waterfront, this weekend at Silo Park; Jenna recommends the well-established joys of David Sedaris; and Angela 'Eagle' Haldane advises the sick and helps the aged.
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