Blind Mango Chutney says happy 60th birthday to Impulse! Records with an intense Coltrane, ola to some bossa nova and boo to a bebop Halloween harmony by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Much more besides, plus Dr Mark Baynes offers a learned dissection of Hancock's 15/8 "Ostinato" from 1970.
Playlist:
Dr Lonnie Smith - Mama Wailer
Herbie Hancock - Ostinato
John Coltrane - Ascension
Milton Banana Trio - Men Giru
Carl Perkins - Marblehead
Count Basie - Jumping at Woodside
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Halloween Spooks
Eddie Jefferson - Come Away With Me
Cecile McLorin Salvant - Growlin' Dan
Avantdale Bowling Club - Pocket Lint
Larry Young - Seven Steps to heaven
Quincy Jones - Hard Sock Dance
Gabor Szabo - White Rabbit
Ben Webster - Blues for Dottie Mae
Frances Chan plays a profusion of recent releases from both sides of the Atlantic and the Tasman Sea too - hear the latest in fusion, ambient, experimental and electro jazz, plus a vintage 70s recording released for the first time.
Setlist:
Amina Figarova – Road to the Sun
Waaju – Grown
Nerija – Riverfest
The Lasso, Jordan Hamilton & The Saxsquatch – Requez
The Lasso, Jordan Hamilton & The Saxsquatch – Voyager Too
Byron the Aquarius – Universal Insanity
Mark Lettieri – Magnetar
Nala Sinephro – Space 2
Ebi Soda & Yazz Ahmed – Chandler
Soccer96 & Salami Rose Joe Louis – Yesterday Knows Me
Telemakus – Mars Blues
Bob Stewart & Taj Mahal – Big Kneed Gal
Trioglodyte & Karen Hu – Black and Tan Fantasy
Duke Ellington – Trumpets No End (Blue Skies)
Let Your Hair Down – Pizza Pie
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange – Keep On Lovin’
Mara TK – Grew Up Inna Chaos
Athletic Progression – Moussas Finest
Amaro Freitas – Cazumba
Marcos Resende – Nergal
Dr Mark Baynes and Frances Chan curate a holistic jazz show inspired by the themes of Matariki Maori New Year – reflection, renewal, aspiration, family, celestial bodies and natural wonders. Plus the world premiere of “Te Aranga o Matariki” by Goldsmith Baynes.
Mark’s set list:
Goldsmith Baynes – Te Aranga o Matariki
Space Case – Funk City
Joe Cuba Sextet & Cheo Feliciano – El Raton
Bud Powell – Glass Enclosure
Lennie Tristano – Requiem
Brad Mehldau – Someone to Watch Over Me
Joshua Redman – Summertime
Joe Sample & Randy Crawford – Feeling Good
Goldsmith Baynes – Tipuna
Keith Jarrett – Country
Frances’s set list:
Sun Ra – Images
Quincy Jones – Walking in Space
Alchemy – Nature
Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana – Angel of Air / Angel of Water
Brooklyn Funk Essentials – The Creator Has a Master Plan
Mike Nock – Kure Atoll
Julee Cruise – The Nightingale
Frances Chan features the debut album of wunderkinder Domi & JD Beck, plus other bright young jazz things including the 2022 NZ Jazz Artist of the Year, Myele Manzanza.
Setlist:
Domi & JD Beck – Whatup
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade – Disco Ears
Snarky Puppy – Trinity
Domi & JD Beck ft Thundercat – Bowling
Makaya McCraven – Dream Another
Myele Manzanza – Brixton Blues
Black Jesus Experience – Dark Matters
Connie Han – For the O.G.
Ben Wilcock and the Jelly Rolls – Potakatawhiti
Lionel Hampton – Rockin’ in Rhythm Pts 1 and 2
Domi & JD Beck ft Herbie Hancock – Moon
Carnivorous Plant Society – My Mum Is Proud of Me
Michael Cain – Wogg
Keleketla!, Coldcut, Tony Allen – International Love Affair
Afrikan Protokol – Kele Magni
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Art Comes First
Mansur Brown – Want You
Squarepusher – Squarepusher Theme
Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu The Barbarian
Domi & JD Beck – Sniff
Whole buncha good stuff pulled together on todays VA, as Frances and Liam desperately attempt to manage the show while fighting off the worst demon imaginable (university) and the arts industry... actaully get's some good news for once? Who would've thought! E whai ake nei:
Beth from the Tuesday Wire had a yarn with the poet Leah Dodd.
Frances speaks to emerging artist Olivia Asher about new ceramic works heading down to Poneke, and her recent show at Window Gallery
We’ll be having artist, illustrator and zinemaker Josh Nelson AKA josh probably up to have a chat about the Auckland Zinefest stallholder applications being opened up this month
And finally we have your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week! Plus new tunes from Jazmine Mary, Model Home, Soft Plastics, and a wee classic from Grace Ives. Whakarongo Mai!
Following her spotlight on 80s jazz, Frances Chan spends the first hour in 90s nostalgia including acid jazz, trip hop and the Cuban comeback. Plus new releases and a Herbie gamechanger celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Setlist:
Nathan Haines – Chinese Burn
The New Loungehead – Prince Lucy
Medeski, Martin & Wood – It’s a Jungle in Here
Jamiroquai – Hooked Up
Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan
Ernest Ranglin – None Shall Escape the Judgement
John Scofield, Pat Metheny – The Red One
Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin, Al de Meola – La Estiba
DJ Food – Half Step
Amon Tobin – Bridge
Miles Davis – Mystery
Love Square ft Maia Huia & Julian Dyne – Layer
Gogo Penguin – Parasite
Martha Kato – Ishonsho Abe
Myele Manzanza – Meditations
Nitin Sawhney – Serpents
The Circling Sun – Silver
Malcolm Braff Trio – Sexy M.F.
Alfa Mist – Foreward
Herbie Hancock – Rockit
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
Frances Chan remembers Marlena Shaw and Astrud Gilberto, brings out the bossa and has a fling with swing. Plus homegrown jazz to groove to.
Setlist:
Marlena Shaw – Wipe Away the Evil
Greg Spero – Ruslan
Kamaal Williams – City of God
Mark Baynes – Dance of Whatipu Cave
Daniel Hayles – Herbaceous
Baptiste Trotignon, Gregory Hutchinson & Matt Penman – Misty Mountain Hop/Four Sticks/Whole Lotta Love
Artchipel Orchestra – I Would if I Could (But I Can’t)
Bryan Ferry Orchestra – Love Is the Drug
Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman – Moonglow
Space Case – Brothers
Laufey – Falling Behind
Tamba 4 – Samba Blim
Baden Powell – Blues a Volonte
Luiz Bonfa – Bossa Nova Cha Cha
Flora Purim – 500 Miles High
Astrud Gilberto – Let Go (Canta de Ossanha)
Jahari Massamba Unit – Massamba Afundance
Killer Shrimp – Walking On
Jerzy Milian – Eindruck 28
Major Force Productions – Essential Dub
Marlena Shaw – Stormy Monday
Frances Chan highlights her favourite acts from a busy month of live gigs, including Jeff Mills, Love Square and Son Rompe Pera, plus new releases from Yussef Dayes, Monty Alexander and Allysha Joy, and a smooooth jazz falsetto interlude.
Setlist:
Jeff Mills & Tony Allen – The Seed (Edit)
Doctor L, Tony Allen, Jean-Phi Dary – Afropusherman
Prahbu Edouard – Rangoli
Son Rompe Pera – Cumbia pa Tu Madre
Baaba Maal ft General Paco Lenol – Mbeda Wella
Arooj Aftab – Suroor
Nitin Sawhney ft Natacha Atlas – Be Who You Are
Love Square – Sweet Tooth (instrumental)
Carnivorous Plant Society – Sex Guru
Yussef Dayes ft Elijah Fox – Istanbul
Monty Alexander – Regulator (Reggae-Later) (Live)
Monty Alexander – V.E. Swing
Dred Scott Trio – Gateway
Medeski, Martin & Wood – Chinoiserie
Thundercat ft Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins – Show You the Way
Donald Fagen – Planet D’Rhonda
Afonk, Varra, Lorenzo Ceci – Around the Galaxy
Varra – Gatito Viajero
Nate Smith – Get Down, Get Down
Arnauld Dolmen & Leonardo Montana – Zouky Monky
Bokante – History
Everwave, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Allysha Joy – Freedom Praise
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