Cafe Bijou

09/01/2026

Sister T is back in the Cafe tonight with a cool music mix kicking off with Grace Jones, who will be appearing at Womadelaide in March. As well as some newer releases you'll hear some 90's acid jazz & hip hop! Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-10pm or listen later on-demand @ https://omny.fm/shows/cafe-bijou/playlists/podcast/embed?style=
Playlist:
Grace Jones – Private Life
Sly & Robbie – Friday
Sarah Winton – Tell Me How
Yaya Bey – Alright
Kaidi Taitham – Mister Seahorse
Roy Ayers, Soulsociety, J. Flippin – Feed Me Your Love
Greyboy – Return To The Mountain
Soul City Collective – Fresh Fruit
Benny Reid & Havoc – Trife Life
Chaos In The CBD – I Wanna Tell Somebody feat. Josh Milan
Alexander Flood Music – Cinnamon & Clove
Yusef Lateef – Mush Mouth
Yusef Dayes – Marching Band feat. Masego
Guru feat. Common & Bob James – State of Clarity
Jake Mason – The Modern Ark feat. Kurt Elling
Alice Russell – To Know This
I-Speak feat. Therese Willis Music – Brothers
N’Dea Davenport – When The Night Falls
Captain Planet – Loose Wires feat. El Din
Mo' Horizons – Salto Angel
Joel Holmes – Playing With My Mind
Carlita – Planet Blue (Extended mix)
Fertile Ground – Yellow daisies (Nicola Conte remix)
St Germain – Deep in it
Bridget Perez – Interesting 2

01/01/2026

Ashli will return to the Cafe this Friday night with some jazzy grooves for you to enjoy. Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-10pm this Friday night or catch up later at https://5mbs.com/
Playlist:
Guru's Jazzmatazz - Introduction
Guru Jazzmatazz - When you're near me
Guru Jazzmatazz - Trust me
Guru Jazzmatazz - Le bien, le mal
Guru Jazzmatazz - Sights in the city
Yano Saori - Confirmation
Grover Washington Jr - Soulful strut
Michael Franks - Now that your joystick broke
Michael Franks - Sleeping gypsy
Oli Silk - Suits you sir
Rick Braun & Richard Elliot - Queue it up
Brand new heavies - Don't let go
The Gotan Project - Thelonius Monk
Rod Best - Upbeat senstation
Rod Best - A bright future
Rod Best - Cafe Brazil
Rod Best - Felling joyful
Rod Best - Getting warmer
Rod Best - On the rise
Brian Simpson - Juicy
Brian Simpson - South Beach
Dave Koz - When will I know for sure
Dave Koz - Anything is possible
Dave Koz - Remember where you came from
Diana Ross - It's my house
Diana Ross - Ain't no mountain high enough
Bob Baldwin - Funky Rio

19/12/2025

Join Sister T in the Cafe tonight on 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-10pm with a retro show, some Nu Jazz, Global grooves, Hip Hop, Neo Soul and some later, favorite Christmas tunes to get you in the festive mood!
Playlist:
KOKOROKO – Tojo
Ezra Collective - Welcome To My World
The New Mastersounds – Northern lights
Alexander Flood Music – LDN
The Shaolin Afronauts – Inside the Flame Burns Brightly Still
Thundercat – Miguel’s Happy Dance
Sly5thAve & Robert Verastegui – Agua de Jamacica
Minority Band – Journey to the Shore
Donald Byrd – Kofi
US3 – I’m Thinking About Your Body
Greyboy - Avalanche
Step It Up - Bent
Courtney Pine with Eska Mtungwezi– Hard Times
Omar with Terri Walker – Pass it On
Dave Koz – Winter Wonderland
Kadhja Bonet – Wonderful Christmas Time
Holly Cole – Christmas Blues
FourplayJazz - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Louis Armstrong – Zat You Santa Claus? (Remix)
The Muppets – The Man With The Bag
Evan Silva – This is Christmas
The B3 Kings – The Holly & The Ivy
Dave Stryker – Soulful Frosty
Larry Carlton – Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer

02/12/2025

It's that time of the year again. Time for Ashli's Christmas show! Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or from 8-10 pm this Friday night or listen later on-demand @ https://5mbs.com/
Here's the playlist:
The Piano Guys - Carol of the bells
The Piano Guys - Where are you Christmas feat. Sarah Schmidt
The Piano Guys - We three kings
The Piano Guys - Let it go (Disney's Frozen Vivaldi's Winter
The Piano Guys - Angels we have heard on high
The Piano Guys - Let it snow
The Piano Guys - Good king Wenceslas
Olivia Olsen - All I want for Christmas
Sally Cameron - What are you doing New Years Eve?
Hilary Duff - Sleigh ride
Jessica Simpson - I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
Mindi Abair - I can't wait for Christmas
Rod Best - Joy to the world
Rod Best - The first Noel
Rod Best - Hark the herald angels sing
Vienna Boys Choir - We Three Kings
Vienna Boys Choir - The holly & the ivy
Home Free - Oh holy night
Home Free - What Christmas means to me
Eric Benet & Fourplay - The Christmas song
London Symphony Orhcestra - Carol of the bells
Tony Bennet & Manhattan Transfer - The Christmas song
USAF Band WW11 - Holiday flashback
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Baby it's cold outside
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The nutcracker suite
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The man with the bag
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Sleigh ride
Rod Stewart - When you wish upon a star
Rod Stewart - Santa Claus is coming to town

20/11/2025

Sister T will be in the Cafe tonight with a cool mix of old and new releases. You'll hear new recordings by Gabriel Jacoby, Gratts, Alfa Mist, Nardia and Carrtoons and some great older tracks by The Bahama Soul Club, Quantic, Blue Lab Beats, Erin Buku & Johnny Faith, D'Angelo, Les Nubians, Surprise Chef, Step It Up, Nickitch & Kina Maze, Up Bustle & Out, Kaidi Tahtam, The Gotan Project and more.
Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-10pm tonight or listen later on-demand @ https://5mbs.com/

31/10/2025

Sister T will be in the Cafe tonight with some cool tunes, old and new, beginning with music with a ghostly connection to remind you that it's Halloween and moving on to a set of Neo soul including the late D'Angelo and Angie Stone, 2 Neo Soul artists that we lost this year. Then we'll hear some Nu Jazz with another track from the new Kassa Overalll album C.R.E.A.M and a new single from local outfit 5 SIDED CUBE. The last set will be upbeat featuring some groovy Afrobeat and Latin with music from Antibalas and Ginton among others.
Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-10pm this Friday evening or listen later on-demand on the 5mbs website.
Playlist:
Black Market Brass - Little Ghosts
Local Man – Friendly Ghosts
Ghost Note – Move With A Purpose feat. Karl Denson
Boogie Belgique – Pepper’s Ghost
Joya Mooi – Overlooked Ghosts
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Fuzzy Logic
The Bamboos – The Ghost
D’Angelo – The Root
Angie Stone – No More Rain
José James – On And On
Guru feat. Erykah Badu – Plenty
Erin Buku – One & Only
30/70 Collective – Local Knowledge
Kassa Overall – Spottieottiedopalicious
Robert Glasper Experiment – Lovely Day
Poppy Ajudha – Watermelon Man
Mama Terra – Butterfly
Vibraphonic – Down Home
5 Sided Cube – A Bittner This, A Bittner That
Carl Orr – Jane’s World
Antibalas – Lo Life
Ted Curzon – Spider Legs
Los Cabrones – Hola Que Tal (No Comply Remix)
Ginton, Richard Bona, Salif Keita - Kalanoncoro (Extended mix)
Blue Lab Beats – Guava

17/10/2025

Sister T will be in the Cafe tonight bringing you lots of cool new releases and a few older gems in the Nu Jazz, Neo Soul, Jazz Funk and Latin style to get your Friday night pumping!!
Tune to 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-10pm this Friday night or listen later on-demand on the 5mbs website here: https://omny.fm/shows/cafe-bijou/playlists/podcast/embed?style=
Playlist:
Hiromi – Out There (Strollin’) feat. Sonic Wonder
Kassa Overall – Check The Rhime
Touch Sensitive – Maze in My Mind
Rodina – We Go Out of Our Way
united future organization (U.F.O.) – I Love My Baby My Baby Loves Jazz (Norman Cook & Ashley Slater Remix)
Akiko Yano – Imomushi Gorgoro
Cookin On 3 Burners – Only Words feat. Natalie Slade
Yaya Bey – Cindy Rella
Jalen Ngonda – Just As Long As We’re Together
Emma-Jean Thackray – Save Me
Steven Bamidele – The Fool feat. Sly5thAve
Omar – Won’t Let You Down (feat. K.Zia & The Swag)
Kelly Moonstone – IKEA feat. Saba
Thundercat – Child of The Baked Potato
Till Brönner – Viva La Felicità
Bangs & Talbot – Sumthin’ Else
Evan Silva – Anya
Dom Salvador – Minha Melaninha
Demae – Steppers
Emperors New Clothes – Eyes That Burn
George Duke – Sugar Loaf Mountain
Ami Taf Ra – Gnawa feat. Kamasi Washington
Clara Hill – Nowhere I Can Go
Cymande – The Message
Menagerie – The Chosen
The Funky Knuckles – 16 Bars

10/10/2025

The Cafe (Bijou) is focussing on is nu-jazz roots & t***s this friday night, with as much jazz as we can fit into 2 hours. "Its Jazz as we know it"

Cafe Bijou, tonight with William, will feature a few nu-names, specifically
The Groovesmith Nu Jazz Ensemble - an Australian nu-jazz group with recorded songs like "Hope Street" and "Coconut Drop".
The ensemble's music is rooted in nu-jazz, fusing jazz with electronic music and funk and free improvisation, plus vocals. Its cool!
They feature vocals by Dave Pensabene, tenor saxophone by Patrick Van Der Moezel, and didgeridoo played by Yasuyuki.
Listen out for these 2 tracks

Also the Nu Jazz Project, a collective from Brussels, performing a couple of tracks, one featuring the The Bamboos, another Australian funk and soul band from Melbourne.

& La LOM - The Los Angeles League of Musicians - with a nu jazz style steeped in Latino rhythms

Plus Otis Cane, Little Dragon - a Swedish electronic music band from Gothenburg - Paula Baxter, and friends such as Theo Croker, and Cory Henry, and residual tracks from previous week's shows.

Joint the audience at Cafe Bijou, Friday 10th Oct on https://5mbs.com/ & 99.9 fm at 8pm ACST or listen later on-demand on the 5mbs website!
Here's the playlist:
Coconut Drop - The Groovesmith Nu Jazz Ensemble
Hard to Find - Nu Jazz Project - Brussels music collective
La Danza De Los Mirlos - LA LOM
Get It Together - Kyoto Jazz Massive
Unconditional Love - Kassa Overall Trio
Another Lover - Little Dragon
Change Has To Come - Mo'ju
Wrapped In The Weight - Theo Croker
The Mint - The Heavyweights (Cory Henry, Eric Krasno, Robert Searight)
Green & Gold - Lianne La Havas
Never Grow Old - Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Keep me in mind - Nu Jazz Project / the Bamboos
Mr Blues - Woongsan
Rainbow Song - The Groovesmith Nu Jazz Ensemble
Calligraphy - Yussef Kamaal
New Standards - Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, And Ambrose Akinmusire
This Girl - Paula Baxter
I'll Never Say No - Otis Kane And Aaron Childs
Unstoppable - Lianne La Havas
Santee Alley - La Lom
Message - Kyoto Jazz Massive With Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra
Karmacoma - Massive Attack (With Jools Holland)

03/10/2025

Join Ashli for tonight's program for the best sounds in Smooth Jazz. Tune into 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ at 8pm or listen later on-demand on the 5mbs website.
Here's tonight's playlist:
Rod Best - Cuban Connection
Rod Best - Gentle grooves
Rod Best - Feel the rhythm
Liz Tobias - Cry me a river
Liz Tobias - Sea journey
Liz Tobias - Mercy mercy mercy
Albert Calvo & Friends - Pick up the pieces
Albert Calvo & Friends - Rio de Janeiro Blues
Albert Calvo & Friends - Batacuda
Peabo Bryson - I love the way you love
Peabo Bryson - I'm so into you
Peabo Bryson - Piece of my heart
Najee - Only at night
Najee - So hard to let go
Najee - Sweet love
The Manhattan Transfer - Java Jive
Manhattan Transfer - A nightingale sang on Berkely Square
Manhattan Transfer - Four Brothers
Yuyu - Mon petit garcon
Gotan Project - Santa maria
Karen Carpenter & Ella Fitzgerald - Song Medley
Michael Buble & laura Pausini - You'll Never Find
Stevie Wonder - All is fair in love
Streetwize - Send for me (Old school classic)
US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
George Thinucci Howard - Love will follow

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26/09/2025

Starting now on 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ Cafe Bijou with William.
We are going heavy into neosoul and soul-jazz for today's show, and some cosmic jazz to compete the mix.
There is always a staple of nujazz - some new, some favourites
And introducing a couple new Australian acts, including Wild Gloriosa, who we feel will become a big Australian soul act. & another intro of Woongsan who has appeared with Koop, on Koop Island Blues.

It's a full mix of some very cool neosoul, so come and join us in the cafe - Cafe Bijou
Playlist :
Whisper My Name - Adi Oasis
All Wishes Come True - Wild Gloriosa
Blood Is Thicker Than Water - William Devaughn
Conspiracist - Somica
Cosmic Voyager Of Sound - Lonnie Liston Smith
Juicy Fingers - Eddie Hazel
Eyeye - Either⧸Orchestra
Zigzag - Epic Soul Kitchen
N29 To Berlin - Ezra Collective
Feel Free - Soul Ii Soul
Four Play (Feat. Maceo Parker) - Fred Wesley & The H***y Horns
Get It Together- Kyoto Jazz Massive
God Make Me Funky - The Headhunters
Naima (Live At The Vanguard) - Haztet
Nakamarra - Hiatus Kaiyote
I Put A Spell On You - Adar Avisar, Scheherazade Stone, Yaron Gershovsky, Guy Ron, Haim Romano;
Mango - Kamauu Feat. Adeline & Masego
Unconditional Love - Kassa Overall Trio
Pelota - Khruangbin
Message - Kyoto Jazz Massive With Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra
Phoenix Reimagined - Lakecia Benjamin
Shaped By Water (Visualizer) - Léon Phal
Bittersweet - Lianne La Havas
Green & Gold - Lianne La Havas
Unstoppable - Lianne La Havas
Another Lover - Little Dragon
Massive Attack - Karmacoma (With Jools Holland)
Change Has To Come - Mo'Ju
New Standards - Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, And Ambrose Akinmusire
I'll Never Say No Otis Kane And Aaron Childs
This Girl Cover - Paula Baxter
The Mint - The Heavyweights (Cory Henry, Eric Krasno, Robert Searight)
Wrapped In The Weight - Theo Croker
Mr.Blues - Woongsan
Calligraphy - Yussef Kamaal

19/09/2025

They say that most people don't listen to new music after the age of 35. Such a pity when there is a lot of exciting new music being released now. Tonight Sister T will be previewing the latest offering from drummer/producer Makaya McCraven `Pop Up Shop' releasing at the end of October. You'll also hear interesting new recordings from the debut album from Grammy award winning saxman Venna, UK keyboard player Alfa Mist, an upcoming release from Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist and composer Cochemea and Melbourne based vocalist Rita Satch among others. Later in the program relax with a couple of tracks from German trumpeter Till Bronner from his new album `Italia', as well as a tune from another great trumpeter Herb Alpert and Boss Nova from Airto Moreira and Bossa Nostra. Some old favorites, Roy Ayers, Step It Up, GOTAN PROJECT Official and Move '78 are also on the playlist!
Tune to 5MBS 99.9FM or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-10pm tonight or listen later on-demand on the 5mbs website.
Café Bijou Playlist 19 September 2025:
Makaya McCraven – Imafan
Venna – Eternal Reflections feat. Yussef Dayes)
Alfa Mist – Avoid The Drones
Kaidi Tatham – Misty Garden
Cochemea – Omeyocan, Otros Mundos
Till Bronner – L’Il Trucido E Lo Sbirro, In Alto Mare
Herb Alpert – Street Life
Airto Moreira – Dedos
Bossa Nostra – Solaria
Barrio Jazz Gang – Waves in the Sun
Howard Roberts – Dirty Bossa Nova
Rita Satch – Breathe
Footshooter – Folding feat. Allysha Joy
Move 78 – But What If We’re Wrong
Step It Up – Under The Weather
LaBlue, Astronne – Sous la pluie
Gotan Project – Chunga’s Revenge
Roy Ayers – Running Away (12” version)
Mr Scruff – Get A Move On (Keep it Unreal)
Jon Cutler feat. Eman – It’s Yours (Original Distant Music Mix)
Mo’ Horizons – Ay y N’Ama (DJ Day Remix)

11/09/2025

For this week's Cafe Bijou with William tune into 5mbs 99.9fm or https://5mbs.com/ from 8-1pm local time on Friday.
For our Adelaide listeners, and all listeners across the global, Cafe Bijou invites the best of nujazz, neosoul and maybe some old school funk into the Cafe to temp your listening pleasures. Always agnostic for instruments, styles, locations and challenges Cafe Bijou dishes up a great blend of global jazz.
Friday features new release drumming combos from Canadian Anthony Fung, and American Terri Lyne Carrington plus British-Bahraini trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Yazz Ahmed shares a mix of Arabic and Western influences. CB has techno dance from Fitzzgerald of Minsk, Belarus, and Mr Blues by Woongsan of Korea.
Fresh, funky, and bold – Epic Soul Kitchen blends global grooves, disco, and funk into epic soundscapes. Led by composers Matthias Elender and Jonas Beck, they create pure musical magic.
As does Kyoto Jazz Massive - a Japanese musical project specialising in cross over jazz and electronic styles, formed by brothers Shuya and Yoshihiro Okino.
And more from Japan with Tokyo Groove Jyoshi, an all female jazz combo. A new find is Leon Phal on sax and soul-hop from Kamauu.
And the beat goes on… We promise to publish after the show.
Join us on Friday on 99.9fm or streaming on www.5mbs.com where you can also catch up with the program later on-demand!
Playlist:
Lakecia Benjamin, Immanuel Wilkins and Mark Whitfield - Noble Rise
Fitzzgerald - Ocean's Call
Anthony Fung, Braxton Cook, Paul Cornish, Luca Alemanno -
The Kicker
Butcher Brown - Montrose Forest
Kyoto Jazz Massive with Roy Ayers - Get Up
Tokyo Groove Jyoshi - What Is Hip
Robert Sput Searight & Jae Dealsput - 1st Take In Studio
Soul II Soul Ft. Caron Wheeler - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
Sophie Alour - Tout Nu
Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise In The Hold
Manhattan Moonrise - The Microscopic Septet
Epic Soul Kitchen - Flashmob
Ben L'Oncle Soul - Addicted
Durand Jones & The Indications - Without You
Kamauu - The Vibe
Spelt - Volcano
Jon Batiste - Big Money
Nerija - The Fisherman
Braxton Cook - Zodiac