95bFM: The 95bFM Jazz Show

Blind Mango is back, playing a few groovy Valentine specials, and he catches us all up on last week's Somethin' Else Festival. 

Thanks to our amazing sponsors  -  San Ray - the 'home of great eats'  - find them at 118 Ponsonby Road.

Blind Mango is back, playing a few groovy Valentine specials, and he catches us all up on last week's Somethin' Else Festival. 

Thanks to our amazing sponsors  -  San Ray - the 'home of great eats'  - find them at 118 Ponsonby Road.

Your host Blind Mango Chutney takes you in all directions this afternoon, from classic Blue Note to South American and Dutch fusion, through to blues and acid jazz  -- and Canadian alt-jazz band BadBadNotGood, playing tonight in Auckland. And news of a great live event at San Ray this coming Sunday.

A true celebration of sound!

Thanks to San Ray, your all-day eatery on Ponsonby Rd.

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.

Frances Chan extols exotic sounds from Brazil, Portugal and India, as well as Wellington and Christchurch, NZ. Plus some unlikely jazz covers and a double shot of Zappa.