From Mongo to Mingus to Melanie Charles, Blind Mango Chutney gives you a taste of classic, modern and soulful jazz and a hearty cup of Xmas cheer.

Def Jim presents his 15 Sleeps Jazz Show, with brand new releases from the likes of James Brandon Lewis and John Zorn, and a newly re-released classic from The Jazz Doctors, amongst a typically varied selection of other album tracks both close and more distant in the Jazz Highway rear-view mirror. 

Blind Mango Chutney has a great yarn with guest Nathan Graves, A&R exec and promoter extraordinaire, about his extensive career and plays some of the amazing artists he’s worked with in NZ and the UK.

Dr. Mark heads to distant lands and features stellar jazz selections from Israel and Palestine. While, Dom, aside from a wee side-trip to the land of Far-out with an interlude of World Jazz, keeps it local and plays a few new releases to keep on one's radar.  Podcast-only tracks: Meshell Ndegeocello - Clear Water The Kuti Mangoes - Song for Fella  

From the blues to Billie to bandleader Bingo Miki, Blind Mango Chutney broadens your braincells brilliantly.

Following her spotlight on 80s jazz, Frances Chan spends the first hour in 90s nostalgia including acid jazz, trip hop and the Cuban comeback. Plus new releases and a Herbie gamechanger celebrating its 40th anniversary. Setlist: Nathan Haines – Chinese Burn The New Loungehead – Prince Lucy Medeski, Martin & Wood – It’s a Jungle in Here Jamiroquai – Hooked Up Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan Ernest Ranglin – None Shall Escape the Judgement John Scofield, Pat Metheny – The Red One Paco...

Blind Mango Chutney bookends his show with indo-fusion jazz to celebrate Diwali, throws in some old time Halloween hauntings and jazz-rock fusion too.

Def Jim plays one track each from three recently-departed jazz luminaries and selects several other choice cuts from the modern/free jazz canon. 

Blind Mango Chutney remembers Carla Bley, and studio guest Ben McNicoll (saxophonist and jazz promoter) gives a taste of the Auckland Jazz Orchestra album and announces Creative Jazz Club’s exciting partnership with the Oh! Jazz subscriber service.

Frances Chan picks the prettiest new releases then revels in the daring and disparate genres of 1980s jazz in the second hour.  Setlist: Domi & JD Beck – Big Man, Little Dignity (remix of Paramore) Yussef Dayes ft Masego – Marching Band Nicola Conte – Freedom & Progress Salamao Soares & Guegue Medeiros – Paratodos Zela Margossian Quintet – The Road Knower – Real Nice Moment Dave Binney – When Love Goes Hiromi – Sonicwonderland Hiromi – We Will Ornette Coleman, Jerry Garcia – 3...

Oooh yeaaah, some kick-ass 70s gems on Blind Mango Chutney's jazz show, plus much, much more.

Dr. Mark explores some tasty, new, track discoveries - Dom plays new album tracks from Yussef Dayes, Speakers Corner Quartet, & Alfa Mist.  Studio Guest, Sarah Choromanski from Everyday Coffee in Sandringham - pops by to share some of her favourite Jazzy, & Soulful,  selections - & talks about her Vinyl Friendly coffee shop - Huzzah!   Dom adds 2 extra tracks to the Podcast version of the show:  Jamie Branch  - Borealis Dance, & Mr. Scruff  - Griffin.  

Def Jim is in pretty relaxed mode this week and offers a mix of new stuff and old favourites.

Another salubrious and soulful show by Blind Mango Chutney, featuring legends such as Ramsey Lewis, Chet Baker, Pat Metheny, Jack Wilkins, Shelly Manne and more.

Frances Chan has a post-bop spring in her step then travels to faraway lands of exotic rhythms, and throws in some sublime covers amongst new releases and jazz-funk masterpieces. Setlist: Herbie Hancock – Spider (Live) Chico Hamilton – Spring Again Dave Bruebeck – Spring in Central Park Nina Simone – Another Spring Freddie Hubbard – Up Jumped Spring Charif Megarbane – Souk el Ahad Ibrahim Maalouf & Angelique Kidjo – Ahan Adrian Quesada & Gabriel Garzón-Montano – El Paraguas Salomão...

Def Jim delivers the last 95bFM Jazz Show of Winter 2023, featuring brand new releases from Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Illegal Crowns and Trio Tapestry, plus a mini-tribute to recently fallen veteran European Avant Garde saxophone colossus Peter Brötzmann, together with a bunch of other scintillating selections.

Blind Mango Chutney loves the Latin, African and South African flavours this week plus an important critique of the Black experience by jazz-influenced Adrian Younge.

Mark plays a 'two for the price of one' show.

Blind Mango Chutney keeps the winter chills at bay with strong doses of jazz reggae, jazz rock and jazz fusion, and in-studio guest music entrepreneur John Baker plays an immune-boosting selection of rare early NZ jazz, rock and exotica recordings.

Frances Chan hails new/old Prince and Miles Davis, sounds from Senegal, and plays new releases from Meshell, Mireya, Brandee, Lakecia and Fumika. Setlist: Prince – All A Share Together Meshell Ndegeochello ft. Brandee Younger, Mark Guiliana, Josh Johnson – Virgo 3 The Lahaar – Chase Scene, Part 1 Eddie Palmieri – Chocolate Ice Cream Pete Jolly – Autumn Festival M.E.B., Miles Davis – Hail to the Real Chief Miles Davis – Spanish Key (Encore) (Live, Fillmore East, NYC, 1970) Mireya Ramos, Flor...

Blind Mango Chutney loves the local flavours from The Lahaar to Whirimako Black and ethnic grooves from South Africa and beyond.   Setlist: (1) Richard Nunns/Mark Lockett - Redaction (2) Whirimako Black - Stormy Weather Marangai (3) Creative Path Ensemble - Solar Eclipse  (4) Lonnie Johnson - Playing With The Strings (5) Hank Garland - 3,4 The Blues (6) Alphonze Mouzon -  Virtue (7) James Newton - Crips (8) Creative Path Ensemble - Absolvo (9) Theo Croker - Portrait Of William (10) Karin Krog...

Mark plays his favorite band - features some Andrea Lisa tracks ahead of her gig next month, & ends on a Latin note. Dom plays a couple of classic cuts, features some South African Jazz, & adds 2 extra tracks as a Podcast Only Feature:  The Clear Path Ensemble - Solar Eclipse, ahead of their gig in a few weeks - & the new single from The Circling Sun - Bones, post the groups epic, sold-out, album release show on Saturday night.

In a typically varied set, Def Jim splices gnarly nuggets from old stalwarts of the avant-garde with new releases from the likes of Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and Julian Lage, virtuosic guitar in both electric blues and finger-picked trio/duo settings and sundry sparkling album tracks bursting out of relative obscurity before closing out with some classic John Coltrane.

Blind Mango Chutney spreads smooth peanut butter from Silent Poets, mashes up orchestral jazz, then gets crunchy with William Parker. Followed by trad jams by Ellington and hot-buttered toasts from Della Reese and Dizzy G.

Frances Chan features the great keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith and his first record in 25 years, a selection of ethio-jazz, outstanding local vocals and we remember Astrud Gilberto. Setlist: Knower – I’m the President Kalle Kalima, Tenors of Kalma, Jimi Tenor – Kanava Brad Mehldau – Sassyassed Sassafrass The New Stan Getz Quartet ft. Astrud Gilberto – Eu e Voce (Live, Cafe au Go-Go, NYC, 1964) Astrud Gilberto & Chet Baker – Far Away Marquis Hill ft. Joel Ross – Stretch (The Body) Pat...