Buzz Moller's on the line for a chat about Voom's brand new track with Fazerdaze, 'Magic,' and playing the Flying Nun's Beautiful Things gig this Saturday! Plus, there's a special song just for Breakfast. Whakarongo mai nei!
Frances Chan revels in 1973 – her favourite year in jazz. Essential jazz funk fusion celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year, plus a few newbies.
Setlist:
Billy Cobham – Spectrum
Gary Burton Quartet – Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly
Flora Purim – Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly
Donald Byrd – Black Byrd
Bobbi Humphrey – Blacks and Blues
Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson – Blues Etude (Live)
Kibrom Birhane – Merkato
Esperanza Spalding – Ponta de Areia
Sun Ra – Images
Deodato – Rhapsody in Blue
Steely Dan – Your Gold Teeth
Roy Ayers – Red, Black & Green
Placebo – Only Nineteen
Jan Gabarek, Bobo Stenson Quartet – Witchi-Tai-To
Village of the Sun – First Light
Akusmi – Cogito
Herbie Hancock – Sly
Liam and Frances are away this week, so host of The Thrift Store, Joe Wickins, and host of the Tuesday Wire Milly Smyth take the reigns this Rāmere!
This week Frances has a chat with Dick Frizzell about his book ‘The Sun Is a Star’ at WOMAD 2023, Milly speaks to Dani Donald from the West Coast Art Gallery about a special gallery located in Piha, and Joe looks into Creative NZ’s increasing support for festivals and arts grants.
All this plus your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week!
Beth had a kōrero with Whangārei-based artist Andrea Gardner about her exhibition When Mauve Does the Tango, currently on at The Arts House Trust.
Sofia spoke with Kathryn Tsui about cloud ribbon, an exhibition currently showing at Object Space that explores Kathryn’s own cultural heritage and craft practice by reflecting on intersections of Asian and European cultural histories.
Sofia spoke to Tia about Tūhononga (Cluster and Connection) as well as Huarere: Weather Eye, Weather Ear.
Plus, a bit of Angel Olsen, Elliott Smith and Soccer Mommy to soundtrack your rainy arvo. Does it get better?!
Frances Chan plays tunes celebrating their decade anniversaries from 1944 to 2014 – including bebop maestros Coleman Hawkins and Art Blakey, a soul jazz 70s classic and 80s Miles, an acid jazz throwback, Mulatu’s ethiovibes and experimental Flying Lotus plus 2024 releases from Kamasi, Nubya, Callum Allardice and Nathan Haines.
Setlist:
Grover Washington Jr – Mister Magic
Art Blakey – Sortie
Callum Allardice – Solitude
BADBADNOTGOOD – Triangle
Flying Lotus – Moment of Hesitation
Alice Coltane – Walk With Me
Arooj Aftab – Autumn Leaves
Miles Davis – Code M.D.
Kamasi Washington – Get Lit
Coleman Hawkins – Rainbow Mist
Nathan Haines – Sleek
Jamiroquai – Just Another Story
Gil Scott-Heron – Spirits
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel – Capricho de Raphael
Dinah Washington – I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Mulatu Astatke – Yekatit
Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra – Major
Nubya Garcia – Triumphance
Frances Chan pays homage to some recently departed jazz greats – Roy Haynes, Quincy Jones and Lou Donaldson – plus some Brazilian and jazztronica flavours.
Setlist:
Nate Smith – Spress Theyself
Roy Haynes, Quincy Jones – Hagnes
Pedro Martins ft. JD Beck, Thundercat – Isn’t It Strange
Bob James, DJ Jazzy Jeff – That Bop
Daniel Hayn, Israel Strom, Noah Denton – Timeline-100
Sci-Clone, A Sides, Nathan Haines – Boss
Jean-Luc Ponty – Mirage
Quincy Jones – Love and Peace
Roy Haynes – Reflection
Joe Kaptein – Lonnie
Amaro Freitas – Encantados
Lou Donaldson – Green Eyes
Lou Donaldson – It’s Your Thing
Lou Donaldson – Inner Space
Raffy Bushman – Fitzcarraldo
Alex Ventling, Phelan Burgoyne – Some Fields
Azymuth, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammed – Cat Jump
Billy Cobham, Airto Moreira – Amazon
ICYMI - Jonny chats to Tom of local punk legends Guardian Singles about their fundraiser gig to head to SXSW later in the year, plus Ready Steady Learn with Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens thanks to Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland, and a highlight of Hunter's kōrero with Finn from The Veils on Short Player.
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