95bFM: The 95bFM Jazz Show

 This week Blind Mango Chutney is your host  - & Miss Dom 'jumps on' as BMC's trusty 'side-kick' & Co-Host.  Blind Mango Kicks off the show with a classic piece from Idris Muhammad  -  then later BMC dives deep into a dusty crate - surfacing with a long-forgotten vintage piece  by 'The Duke' (Ellington) -  & while diggin in that same crate he also finds a perfecto 'slice of summer samba' -  & a cover of a 'classy, & popular Brazilian classic' from Oscar Peterson's 'Soul Espanol' album   -  Dom also hits a summery note - with a killer' Azymuth' 7 inch - delivered to her by the way cool ' Xmas Fairies. She also features a few 'lates, & greats'  - Plus a bunch of new releases too. The pair also pay tribute to recently passed 'rhythm twin' Drummer Sly Dunbar - via Herbie Hancock's 'Future Shock'  album, on which Sly featured. Thanks to our  very amazing sponsors  -  San Ray - the 'home of great eats'  - find them at 118 Ponsonby Road.  Cheers for your ears folks!  

Frances Chan jampacks her show with current releases and a preview of Auckland's Somethin' Else Jazz Festival 6-7 Feb. Plus, we remember Ralph Towner and another 50th anniversary classic.

Rory covers the 95BFM Jazz Show, thanks to San Ray. Some of my favourite recent NZ releases alongside tracks from some of Aotearoa's and the world's most notable Jazz musicians. Hope you enjoy listening! 

On his first Jazz Show for 2026, after opening with a classic mid-70's ECM opus from guitarist Ralph Towner, Def Jim offers a feast of Free Jazz and free-ish jazz to delight the auditory senses of those with open ears and perhaps a little courage. From seminal mid-80's works by legendary Detroit pioneers Griot Galaxy and friends (incidentally featured in the December 2025 edition of UK magazine The Wire) through drummer Gerry Hemingway's 90's European Quintet, an outstanding mid-noughties live cut from the second incarnation of David Liebman & Richie Beirach vehicle Quest to new and recent releases from veteran Chicago reedsman Henry Threadgill, Shaman-guitarist Tisziji Munoz and piano visionary Matthew Shipp, this Show has a tilt at freedom in all its guises. And then there's the tracks in between... all in all, true nourishment indeed for intrepid musical souls.

The ever eclectic hosts Lonely Buffalo (aka Chris F.) and Li'l Parsnip (aka DJ Sassy) go trip-hopping and acid-jazzing into 2026 with the final 95bFM Jazz Show on 95bFM. Sassy's top picks for the week: Barry Adamson - Jazz Devil ... so HOT it gave me all the good vibes...wink! Air - Le Femme D' Argent ... oui oui! Darkstar - Hold Me Down ... this got a hold of me and I never want to let go Connan Mockasin - Momo's ... I want mo mo of this! James Carter / Cyrus Chestnut / Ali Jackson / Reginald Veal - Summer Babe ... brings out the ultimate summer babe in Sassy Mica Paris - Nothing Hits Your Heart Like Soul Music ... this hit my heart AND my soul! Mojave 3 - Got My Sunshine - this also warmed me up! We also raised a glass to ALL the jazz show hosts to say adios to 2025?!?!

Frances Chan chats to German electronic meister Burnt Friedman in his home studio in rural Portugal about his selection of experimental jazz, and his creative processes with Atom Heart and legendary Can drummer Jaki Leibezeit. Burnt also mentions a few local luminaries he met during his visits to NZ in the late 90s/early 00s. Plus some Portuguese vibes and Christmasy cheer. Playlist: Luis Miguel – Santa Claus Llego a la Ciudad Flanger – Options in the Fire  Nuno Canavarro – Blu Terra Bernardo Couto, Bernardo Moreira, Luis Figueiredo – Arabica Flanger – Midnight Sound  Nik Bärtsch & Ronin – Modul 47 Burnt Friedman - Octrahedal Spherical Caffuffle Bohren and the Club of Gore – Constant Fear Roland P. Young – Clutch Carmen Souza – Ariope! The Embassadors – Big Amen Burnt Friedman, Jaki Liebezeit – Gulli Vereisen   Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos – Circe   John Coltrane – Spiritual Burnt Friedman, Jaki Liebezeit – 130-09  Yes – Soon Ezra Collective – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen  

Blind Mango Chutney is in the chair for HIS last show of the year. The O.G. takes the opportunity to hit you with some of the the festive jazz cuts lurking in his tote bag.

It's their last show for the year, so your hosts Miss Dom + Dr Mark Baynes review their favourite tracks and a few of their favourite shows from 2025. Tune in for fine jazz and good korero.

Blind Mango Chutney takes you an another jazz journey taking in big band, big guitar, and a big, big gig at the Powerstation with London afro-funk septet Kokoroko.

Def Jim's Jazz Show this week features three personal favourites from the back catalogue of the tower of jazz drumming excellence that was the late Jack DeJohnette, a brand new release from the ever-interesting guitarist Nels Cline (think Wilco) and the latest find from his ongoing project to explore the 70s/80s work of saxophonist Chico Freeman. Plus, of course, a bunch of other quality album tracks from the past 50 years of recorded jazz, a couple of them very recent indeed. Play it, love it. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, friends & enemies, welcome to the 95bFM Jazz Show with your host, Blind Mango Chutney. This Sunday, Blind Mango features Kokoroko, London/Nigerian band playing at the Powerstation on 26 November. And a testimonial to long-serving former co-presenter of bFM Show The Audible World, Pim Gorter. Brought to you by San Ray bistro in Ponsonby Rd.

Frances Chan delves into the Gilles Peterson universe ahead of his gig in Auckland on 14 Nov with studio guest Nathan Graves, JazzAuckland promoter and ex-Universal UK exec who regales with tales of Gilles and various acts on his record labels. Plus, we remember Jack DeJohnette and D’Angelo and a selection of classic vinyl and new releases.

  It's the Return of Mango! Yes, Blind Mango Chutney returns to the decks with a jazz appeciation of Summer & Spring. He also marks the sad passing of drummer Jack DeJohnette, one of the greatest drummers in modern jazz, working with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, & Miles Davis. And he spins the very first jazz record that sold a million copies—and it's not what you think! Listen in .... It's the 95bFM Jazz Show, sponsored by San Ray.

THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING right over for a HUGEBABY of a show on 95bFM Jazz Show on 95bFM with LilParsnip (aka DJ Sassy) and Mr F (aka LonelyBuffalo)! Mr F played THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GAME with a GLORY BOX of acid jazz, trip hop and Burt Bacharach. I said what I said! It was smooth, it was pointy, it was groovy and it was hot!!! He really was THE JACKAL of the airwaves today!

From a Black Sabbath ethiojazz cover to jazz in te reo; from feverish 50-year-old fusion to the latest from the UK, Europe and NZ, Frances Chan spreads another smorgasbord of jazzy delights over the airwaves. Setlist: UKanDanZ – War Pigs Joe Kaptein – Sunday Arvo I Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes – I Did it For You Aron Ottignon – Morning Dew Rakino Quartet – Out of Season Panam Panic – Love of Humanity Goldsmith Baynes – To Ihu Ludivine Issambourg – Kickin’ Your Ass Bobbi Humphrey – Ladies Day Women in Jazz, Rosa Brunello – Uno Punto Uno Antibalas – La Ceiba Kokoroko – Sweetie Joe Armon-Jones ft Yazmin Lacey – One Way Traffic John Abercrombie, Jan Hammer, Jack DeJohnette – Red and Orange Robin Bennich – Music in 3 Parts Tony Allen – Moanin’ Eddie Jefferson – So What Stanley Clarke – Silly Putty Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest – Things Will Fall Apart Whitefield Brothers – Pamukkale Wayne Shorter, Milton Nascimento – Miracle of the Fishes Joe Kaptein – Sunday Arvo II  

Your 'Happy Jazz Hosts' on this occasion are Dr. Mark Baynes, & Miss Dom, brought to you by San Ray. During the show, Miss Dom catches up on a few local 'new releases' from epically talented Tamaki artists: 'Man of the Keys' Joe Kaptein, and the delightful vibes of Vocalist & Songstress Crystal Chen. Then Dom 'gets 'global' with a few other new releases. Dr. Mark kicks off playing a few of the artists & players who will be making up the exciting 'Live music programmes' at the incoming 'International Jazz Festivals.’  Mid-Show, Dom then jumps on  the Jazz Festival vibe too. The pair proceed to get excited by the International Jazz Festivals programmes landing this month in Australia (Melbourne, & Perth), & also in Wellington. Mark Hosts this weeks 'Jazz Gig Guide' & Dom catches us up with the latest news from the 'Vinyl Loves Desk' & a 'Vinyl Lovers updates.’ [Follow Miss Dom on insta for more: @the_miss_dom_nz] Massive Cheers going out to the Jazz Shows wonderful sponsors San Ray  - & Congrats to this week’s lucky winner who won this week’s epic San Ray meal voucher. Remember folks: for a playlist featuring 100% Aotearoa Music& over 300 tracks & counting—with new releases added regularly—search: '95 BFM Jazz Show:  'Aotearoa Jazz & Soulful Vibes' Playlist.’   Toot... Toot ...ah.....Beep .... Beep Folks

Your 'Happy Jazz Hosts' on this occasion are Dr. Mark Baynes, & Miss Dom, brought to you by San Ray. During the show, Miss Dom catches up on a few local 'new releases' from epically talented Tamaki artists: 'Man of the Keys' Joe Kaptein, and the delightful vibes of Vocalist & Songstress Crystal Chen. Then Dom 'gets 'global' with a few other new releases. Dr. Mark kicks off playing a few of the artists & players who will be making up the exciting 'Live music programmes' at the incoming 'International Jazz Festivals.’  Mid-Show, Dom then jumps on  the Jazz Festival vibe too. The pair proceed to get excited by the International Jazz Festivals programmes landing this month in Australia (Melbourne, & Perth), & also in Wellington. Mark Hosts this weeks 'Jazz Gig Guide' & Dom catches us up with the latest news from the 'Vinyl Loves Desk' & a 'Vinyl Lovers updates.’ [Follow Miss Dom on insta for more: @the_miss_dom_nz] Massive Cheers going out to the Jazz Shows wonderful sponsors San Ray  - & Congrats to this week’s lucky winner who won this week’s epic San Ray meal voucher. Remember folks: for a playlist featuring 100% Aotearoa Music& over 300 tracks & counting—with new releases added regularly—search: '95 BFM Jazz Show:  'Aotearoa Jazz & Soulful Vibes' Playlist.’   Toot... Toot ...ah.....Beep .... Beep Folks

Today's 95bFM Jazz Show, hosted by Def Jim, was an absolute corker. Featuring a core of five-star tracks from post-2020 releases in the modern jazz idiom by such stellar artists as Thumbscrew, Tyshawn Sorey and Ava Mendoza, the Show also reached back to the 80's and 90's to revisit important work by the likes of Arthur Blythe and Chico Freeman, which is to mention by name well under 50% of the Great Jazz to be heard in this podcast. Unmissable. 

The 95bFm Jazz Show takes a different turn this week with Soundtrack Jazz, Real & Imagined. Chris Forster (Silent Buffalo) and Peter Cresswell (Duke of P) come out of the vinyl archives to present jazz old and new as it appeared (or should have appeared) on film. Everything from every decade, from Coppola to Count Basie, and from David Lynch to Duke Ellington and Goldsmith Baynes. Thanks to show sponsor San Ray restaurant in Ponsonby Rd.

Blind Mango Chutney is taking an enforced break this week (get well soon Blind Mango!) so stepping in to take you on a jazz trip this Sunday is Sperber Dan, with a little this and that, and a lot of crossover jazz. Joining him in the studio is Taylor Griffin ahead of his gig on Saturday at Ponsonby Social Club. He talks about and plays his inspirations, and introduces us to his forthcoming (second) album. And all sponsored by the great San Ray Restaurant on Ponsonby Rd.