The 95bFM Jazz Show with Blind Mango Chutney, Miss Dom, Def Jim, or Frances Chan

Blind Mango Chutney, Miss Dom, & new Jazz Show recruit Max join forces.

The Trio celebrates #nzmm2026 in a Jazzy / Soulful style, & fashion playing 100% Aotearoa Jazz.

Also - massive thanks go out to our show's Guest:  The good Sir @juliendyne from the incredible, & totally world class @thecirclingsun  - Julien dialed in on the line from Te Whanganui-a-Tara -ahead of their exciting, upcoming performance at Pitt Street Methodist  - on Friday June 12th - with support from Yolanda F Fagan - Their show - as part of the 'Strange Universe' series of shows playing all over the city this month. Julien also caught us up on all the new, 'totally Wow' developments going forward in their Circling Sun World.

As always - thanks for your texts, folks.

And thanks to San Ray for sponsoring the Jazz Show!

Frances Chan showcases a bucketload of local artists for NZ Music Month, plus some fathers and sons, and a 90s throwback set.

Setlist:
Clear Path Ensemble – Plasma Plaza
Yurt Party – The Gambler
Jonathan Crayford – Nine
Angine de Poitrine – Ababa Hotel
Oscar Laven – Dizzy Orchestra
Fine Wine Social Club – Sleep Better
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills – Somnambulista
Yussef Days ft Rocco Palladino – Tioga Pass
Ulysses Owens Jr – Mo’Betta Blues
Chico Hamilton – Blue Sands
Kenny Sterling – Isle of Light
Fugue State – Danger
Jamiroquai – Music of the Mind
Corduroy – Chowdown
Ellis Marsalis & Branford Marsalis – Sweet Lorraine
Christian McBride – King Freddie of Hubbard
Alex Ventling – Trondheim II
The Circling Sun – Flying
Myele Manzanza ft Rosie Frater-Taylor – Falling Fast
Quincy Conserve – Frustration

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