The 95bFM Jazz Show

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

Dr Mark, & Miss Dom, dig-on their first Jazz Hang-out for the New Year 2024. Mark buzzes-out on Afro-Cuban, percussion vibes - The pair talk Pianos, & discuss the vintage Stride piano technique - Saloon Styles. They catch up on some new releases - & Dom pays tribute to some recently passed-on musicians.  In our Podcast-Only Feature - two Jazz Show exclusives - Firstly, Tamaki Makaurau Jazz heavy-hitter -  Nathan Haines, remembers, & reflects on fellow musician, Collaborator,  & dear friend, American Vocalist Marlena Shaw. (Tracks: Nathan Haines Feat Marlena Shaw - Squire For Hire, & Right Now)   Also, in our Podcast-only feature - We debut the  ew single titled Phobos & Deimos -  from Award-winning Wellington Guitarist Callum Allardice - from his forthcoming album Cinematic Light Orchestra. 

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

Def Jim gets the 95bFM Jazz Show off to a cracking start for 2024 with selections from brand new releases featuring emerging guitarist Ava Mendoza and Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet (with guitarist Mary Halvorson) amongst a trove of other lovingly curated material from across the modern jazz firmament.