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
Featuring an All-New Zealand cast of songs including State of Mind, Kadyn Webster, Young Gho$t and Amamelia - plus tracks from the host's own productions including Albany A&E and Arno.
Frances Chan is inspired by Herbie Hancock and the OG Headhunters band ahead of attending their 50th anniversary concert at the Hollywood Bowl in August, plus Louis Cole’s album launch. There’s also Romani jazz, Latin flavours and local heroes.
Setlist:
Joe Kaptein – Eternal Afternoon
Harvey Mason – Hop Scotch
Bennie Maupin – Eternal Flame
Bill Summers – Check it Out
The Headhunters – Over the Bar
Louis Cole – These Dreams Are Killing Me
Corto.alto ft Rob McGuire – Longdays (11)
United Future Organization – Tres Amigos
Herbie Hancock ft Ceu – Tempo de Amor
Johnny Raducanu – Blues Minor
Dan Mandrila – Sonet
Charles Mingus – Haitian Fight Song
Mayumi Kijoma – Hard Bop
Shirley Scott – Feeling Good
Cal Tjader – Cucacao
Thabani Gapara Project – Chisa
Ghost-Note & Marcus Miller – Yellow Dan
Featuring a chat with Wazza from Westpac on how to better manage your moolah, avoid scams and how Kiwisaver actually works, plus Ready Steady Learn with Nusch Herman thanks to the University of Auckland. Whakarongo mai nei!
Frances Chan takes a tiki tour of jazz from around the world - from Aotearoa to Asia, Turkey to Iceland, Africa and the Americas, including a couple of Womad previews. Plus we remember the velvet voice of Roberta Flack.
Nathan Haines’ Soft Chaos – Juno’s Journey
Jonathan Crayford ft Alda Resende & André Limão Queiroz
– Visgo de Jaca
Zela Margossian Quintet – Shounch (Breath/Inhale)
Jake Amy – Yoofee
Hiromi – Balloon Pop
Mark de Clive-Lowe – Mantra
Salin – Sugarcane Funk
Istanbul West Side Collective – Umut
Zbigniew Namyslowski – Rozpacz
Funky Times, Vincent Garcia – At the Edge
Moses Yoofee Trio – BOND
Timo Lassy, Jukka Eskola – The Duke of Bayou
Ingi Bjarni – Uplift
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu
Manu Dibango – Walking to Waza
Nduduzo Makhathini – Libations: KwaKhangelamankengana
Gregory Privat – Phoenix
Ana Carla Maza – Te Me Fuiste
Bala Desejo – Passarinha
Gato Barbieri – Merceditas
Roberta Flack – Compared to What
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