95bFM: The 95bFM Jazz Show

Hey there be-boppers, it’s NZ Music Month here on the Jazz Show, with your host Blind Mango Chutney. So settle back for some of the best from Aotearoa — with a special feature on Pacific Eardrum. But since it was also International Jazz Day this week, headlined in concert by Herbie Hancock, we start with Herbie … Brought to you by San Ray on Ponsonby Rd.

Frances Chan plays her favourite jazzy theme tunes, celebrates the diversity of James Gadson, plus classics that have spawned tasty samples and a bunch of new releases too. Playlist: Ahmad Jamal – Theme from M.A.S.H Masayoshi Takanaka – Funkee Mah-Chan Toshiki Soejima – Resonance Daniel Caine Orchestra – Theme from “Barney Miller” Kool & The Gang – Give it Up Raffy Bushman – The Leopard Monty Alexander – Aggression Herbie Hancock – Heartbeat Donald Fagen – I.G.Y. Vulfpeck – Running Away Flea – A Plea Ebi Soda, Yaz Ahmed – Chandler Tom Lundberg – Theme from “Night Court” Glass Museum – III Weather Report – Elegant People Jaco Pastorius – Kuru/Speak Like a Child Jill Scott – Pay U on Tuesday Aja Monet ft Meshell Ndegeocello, Georgia Ann Muldrow Justin Hurwitz – Theme from “Whiplash” Dr Tree – One for Dianne

The latest 95bFM Jazz Show with Def Jim features the work of a number of notable contemporary guitarists, including Miles Okazaki, Julian Lage, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Nels Cline and Terje Rypdal. Following the death of Country Joe McDonald in early March, tribute is paid in the form of a classic Country Joe & The Fish track from the late 60's which has Def Jim remembering that at one time there was a tradition of playing a not-jazz track almost every Jazz Show, a custom which has now lapsed. This Jazz Show finishes with a Michel Benebig Quartet piece recorded live at the ATO Jazz Club in New Lynn, Auckland - out now on Rattle Records.

Frances Chan opens with an award-winning soundtrack and ends with an apt seasonal 50-year-old classic. In between she explores the work of Robert Glasper, digs Japanese jazz and celebrates the birthdays of George Benson and Dave Pike. Playlist: Mark de Clive-Lowe – Horses Crystal Chen – Top Down Thundercat – I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time Robert Glasper – I Don’t Even Care – Live at Capitol Studios 2014 Robert Glasper ft Q-Tip, Esperanza Spalding – Why We Speak Robert Glasper – Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box Masayoshi Takanaka – Breezin’ Yasei Collective ft Shun Ishikawa – Brilliants Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band – Mago-Uta Jiro Inagaki and His Soul Media – Breeze Michel Benebig & the Le Grand B3 Big Band – Alenka’s Mood Salin – Egungun Wes Montgomery – A Day in the Life Ahmad Jamal Trio – The Awakening Shabaka – Dance in Praise Brandee Younger – Breaking Point George Benson – The Shape of Things to Come Dave Pike – Walkin’ Down the Highway in a Red Raw Egg Temporary Blessings – Fata Morgana Ryo Fukui – Autumn Leaves

Today’s show with host Sperber Dan goes beyond borders, including visits a bunch of countries -- including our good friends in the Middle East. The 95bFM Jazz Show is brought to you by our friends at San Ray in Ponsonby Rd.