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LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE JAZZ on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 15-21 June:EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds * ...
14/06/2026

LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE JAZZ on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 15-21 June:
EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds * Caretaker, Roukai Lane 9pm
Mon 15 Jazz Jam * Puen Thai Eatery, cnr Mt Eden & New North rds 6pm, all ages
EVERY TUE – SUN live music * Botticelli restaurant, 8 Anzac St, Takapuna
Tue 16 The Turing Project 7-piece * Auckland Jazz & Blues Club, Birkenhead RSA, Recreation Dr 7.30-9.30pm $15/25 https://www.aucklandjazzandbluesclub.co.nz
Tue 16 Mei Semones and Phoebe Rings * Tuning Fork 7pm, $70 moshtix.co.nz
EVERY TUE live jazz * The Nightcar, 44 Queen St 7-9.30pm
Tue 16 live jazz * Somm Cellar Door, Shed 22, Princes Wharf 7-9pm
EVERY TUE Vitamin S experimental improv BYO instrument * Whammy Bar, St Kevin's Arcade, K Rd 7pm
Wed 17 Creative Jazz Club presents: Frank Talbot & the Franktastic Four * Nectar Bar (upstairs at The Kingslander), 472 New North Rd, Kingsland 8-10pm, $30/40 https://www.creativejazzclub.co.nz
EVERY WED Joe Kaptein presents The Upside Down Lounge * Goblin Bar, 134 Ponsonby Rd 8-10pm
EVERY WED, FRI & SAT live jazz * Flare Bar, Sky City from 7pm
Fri 19 Hopetoun Brown & the Genius of Finn Scholes * Whammy Bar, St Kevin's Arcade, K Rd 7.30pm, $29 https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/34311/Hopetoun-Brown-And-The-Genius-Of-Finn-Scholes-Live-At-Whammy.utr
Fri 19 Acid Mothers Temple (Japan) * Double Whammy, K Rd 8pm, $75 moshtix.co.nz
Fri 19 Rhythms on Rosebank - ensemble playing jazz, reggae, pop, classical. Fundraising for Jeremy Richardson and Luke Giri-Spence to go to the Netherlands in July to represent NZ at the World Music Contest * Browne St Cafe, 50 Rosebank Rd, Avondale 7pm, $25, all ages
EVERY FRI Live jazz * The New Crown Range, 251 Parnell Rd 4-6pm
Sat 20 Elliot Park "Red Moon" album release * Ponsonby Social Club 7pm, $25 undertheradar.co.nz
EVERY SAT The Junglebirds * Rocketman, Roukai Lane From 9.30pm
Sun 21 Society Jazzmen * Mt Wellington RSA, 104 Queens Rd, Panmure 4-7pm, $10 on door
EVERY SUN Funkorama * Hoppers Bar, 134B Ponsonby Rd 5pm - 8pm
*CHECK OUT THE 95bFM JAZZ SHOW 100% NZ SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!* https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2U3nb0f5Zo8sflWFD5tgO5?si=69b61d0aa3d24599&nd=1&dlsi=83bebc2c9c7b47cf ***THANKS TO SAN RAY, 118 PONSONBY RD, FOR SPONSORING THE JAZZ SHOW***

πŸ‘„πŸ’­πŸ’¬ Me Miss Dom πŸ’‹ & Blind Mango Chutney πŸ₯­πŸ˜Ž are very much looking forward to landing back at Kemuri Hi Fi - & Vibing on...
09/06/2026

πŸ‘„πŸ’­πŸ’¬ Me Miss Dom πŸ’‹ & Blind Mango Chutney πŸ₯­πŸ˜Ž are very much looking forward to landing back at Kemuri Hi Fi - & Vibing on another round of 'Wax On Wednesday' this week (10/06) From 7 pm - come have a Jazz Hangout with us πŸŽΆπŸŽ·β£οΈπŸ’―
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Here are a few album titles from our Sell crates - - that we will be featuring during the evening:
Giles Peterson - Digs America (Brownswood)
2005 - USA Press - 3 LP Set

Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 - Equinox
1967 USA Press

Sly & the Family Stone
Greatest Hits
1972
NZ Press - Classic Stone Bangers

Miles Davis - Champions -
Rare Miles from the complete Jack Johnson Sessions -
Yellow Vinyl 2021 - USA Press Stunning!

Blind Mangos Crates:
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
1957 US
One of the absolute essential jazz albums, from one of the titans of the genre

Don Cherry
Now
1974 UK Press
Spiritual Jazz Spectacular

Azymuth
Outubro
1980 US
Blissed out Brazilian jazz trio at their peak.

Don Ellis Quintet
New Ideas
1961 US
Adventurous jazz stylings from a formidable trumpet talent and composer.

It's a jazzical week on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 8-14 June:EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds * Car...
07/06/2026

It's a jazzical week on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 8-14 June:
EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds * Caretaker, Roukai Lane 9pm
EVERY TUE – SUN live music * Botticelli restaurant, 8 Anzac St, Takapuna
Tue 9 The DeSotos * Auckland Jazz & Blues Club, Birkenhead RSA, Recreation Dr 7.30-9.30pm $15/25 https://www.aucklandjazzandbluesclub.co.nz
Tue 9 Daybus Quartet * The Nightcar, 44 Queen St 7-9.30pm
EVERY TUE live jazz * Somm Cellar Door, Shed 22, Princes Wharf 7-9pm
EVERY TUE Vitamin S experimental improv BYO instrument * Whammy Bar, St Kevin's Arcade, K Rd 7pm
Wed 10 Creative Jazz Club presents: Fresh(est) Faces: Aotearoa Jazz Collective * Nectar Bar (upstairs at The Kingslander), 472 New North Rd, Kingsland 8-10pm, $30/40 https://www.creativejazzclub.co.nz
Wed 10 Vinyl Wednesday with Miss Dom & Blind Mango Chutney * Kemuri Hi-Fi, 1 Queen St 7-11pm
EVERY WED Joe Kaptein presents The Upside Down Lounge * Goblin Bar, 134 Ponsonby Rd 8-10pm
EVERY WED, FRI & SAT live jazz * Flare Bar, Sky City from 7pm
Fri 12 The Circling Sun with Yolanda F Fagan * Pitt St Methodist Church 7.30pm, $45-55 https://www.banishedmusic.com/tours/the-circling-sun
EVERY FRI Live jazz * The New Crown Range, 251 Parnell Rd 4-6pm
Sat 13 Ponsonby Road Vinyl Pop-up * 186a Ponsonby Rd, cnr Lincoln St 10am-3pm
Sat 13 Ozi Ozaa - afrobeat (pictured) * Button Factory 2nd birthday party The Button Factory, 2 Abbey St, Newton 4pm-2am, $26-46 thebuttonfactory.co.nz
Sat 13 Jonathan Crayford Trio * Ato Jazz Club, 3132 Great North Rd, New Lynn 7.30pm, $50, soup at halftime undertheradar.co.nz
EVERY SAT The Junglebirds * Rocketman, Roukai Lane From 9.30pm
EVERY SUN Funkorama * Hoppers Bar, 134B Ponsonby Rd 5pm - 8pm
*CHECK OUT THE 95bFM JAZZ SHOW 100% NZ SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!* https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2U3nb0f5Zo8sflWFD5tgO5?si=69b61d0aa3d24599&nd=1&dlsi=83bebc2c9c7b47cf ***THANKS TO SAN RAY, 118 PONSONBY RD, FOR SPONSORING THE JAZZ SHOW***

Blind Mango Chutney, Miss Dom, & new Jazz Show recruit Max join forces.https://www2.95bfm.com/bcast/95bfmjazzshow-31st-m...
02/06/2026

Blind Mango Chutney, Miss Dom, & new Jazz Show recruit Max join forces.
https://www2.95bfm.com/bcast/95bfmjazzshow-31st-may-2026-mp3
The Trio celebrates in a Jazzy / Soulful style, & fashion playing 100% Aotearoa Jazz.

Also - massive thanks go out to our show's Guest: The good Sir from the incredible, & totally world class - 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 jazziest Jazz Show in Aotearoa!

We have your winter warmers on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 1-7 JuneEVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds ...
31/05/2026

We have your winter warmers on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 1-7 June
EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds * Caretaker, Roukai Lane 9pm
JUNE
EVERY TUE – SUN live music * Botticelli restaurant, 8 Anzac St, Takapuna
Tue 2 Max Crook's House of Green Branches (pictured) * Auckland Jazz & Blues Club, Birkenhead RSA, Recreation Dr 7.30-9.30pm $15/25 https://www.aucklandjazzandbluesclub.co.nz
EVERY TUE live jazz * The Nightcar, 44 Queen St 7-9.30pm
EVERY TUE live jazz * Somm Cellar Door, Shed 22, Princes Wharf 7-9pm
EVERY TUE Vitamin S experimental improv BYO instrument * Whammy Bar, St Kevin's Arcade, K Rd 7pm
Wed 3 Max Crook's House of Green Branches * Goblin Bar, 134 Ponsonby Rd 8-10pm
Wed 3 Creative Jazz Club presents: Michal Martyniuk Trio * Nectar Bar (upstairs at The Kingslander), 472 New North Rd, Kingsland 8-10pm, $30/40 https://www.creativejazzclub.co.nz
EVERY WED, FRI & SAT live jazz * Flare Bar, Sky City from 7pm
EVERY FRI live jazz * The New Crown Range, 251 Parnell Rd 4-6pm
EVERY SAT The Junglebirds * Rocketman, Roukai Lane From 9.30pm
Sun 7 Mini Art & Record Fair - beers, burgers & vinyl * Urbanaut Brewing Co, 597 New North Road 2-4pm
EVERY SUN Funkorama * Hoppers Bar, 134B Ponsonby Rd 5pm - 8pm
*CHECK OUT THE 95bFM JAZZ SHOW 100% NZ SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!* https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2U3nb0f5Zo8sflWFD5tgO5?si=69b61d0aa3d24599&nd=1&dlsi=83bebc2c9c7b47cf ***THANKS TO SAN RAY, 118 PONSONBY RD, FOR SPONSORING THE JAZZ SHOW***

Get your dancing shoes on for the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 25-31 May:EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds ...
24/05/2026

Get your dancing shoes on for the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 25-31 May:
EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds * Caretaker, Roukai Lane 9pm
EVERY TUE – SUN live music * Botticelli restaurant, 8 Anzac St, Takapuna
Tue 26 Caitlin Smith * Auckland Jazz & Blues Club, Birkenhead RSA, Recreation Dr 7.30-9.30pm $15/25 https://www.aucklandjazzandbluesclub.co.nz
EVERY TUE live jazz * The Nightcar, 44 Queen St 7-9.30pm
Tue 26 Trudy Lile Trio * Somm Cellar Door, Shed 22, Princes Wharf 7-9pm
EVERY TUE Vitamin S experimental improv BYO instrument * Whammy Bar, St Kevin's Arcade, K Rd 7pm
Wed 27 Creative Jazz Club presents: Ben Wilcock Quartet with Roger Manins * Nectar Bar (upstairs at The Kingslander), 472 New North Rd, Kingsland 8-10pm, $30/40 https://www.creativejazzclub.co.nz
Wed 27 Joe Kaptein presents The Upside Down Lounge - live album recording * Goblin Bar, 134 Ponsonby Rd 8-10pm
EVERY WED, FRI & SAT live jazz * Flare Bar, Sky City from 7pm
Thu 28 Maritime Silk Road (Chelsea Prastiti, Kat Tomacruz, Na’amah Cheiban and Francesca Parussini) & Joe Kaptein (solo) * Audio Foundation, Poynton Tce 8pm, $15-25 https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/102580/The-Loom-17---Maritime-Silk-Road--Joe-Kaptein.utr
Fri 29 & Sat 30 Jonathan Crayford "Big Foot" vinyl release parties with Riki Gooch, Lisa Tomlins & Joe Kaptein * The Apartment, 202 K Rd 8pm, $35-45, limited to 50 tix each night https://www.ticketfairy.com/event/bigfoot-albumreleaseparties-friday29thsaturday30th-20260423061257999
EVERY FRI Live jazz * The New Crown Range, 251 Parnell Rd 4-6pm
Sat 30 Jonathan Crayford & Riki Gooch live in-store Flying Out Records, 80 Pitt St 2pm
Sat 30 Seun Kuti (pictured) & Egypt 80 * Auckland Town Hall 7pm, $82-92 ticketmaster.co.nz
Sat 30 Ka Mua Ka Muri Live - Phoebe Rings, Mokomokai, Spell, Spdrtwnbby * Auckland Central Library 6.30-9.50pm, free, all ages
EVERY SAT The Junglebirds * Rocketman, Roukai Lane From 9.30pm
Sun 31 Hamin & The Songkoks * I Press Cafe, 421 Mt Eden Rd 4-7pm, $25 https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/102402/I-Press-Cafe-Sunday-Session.utr
Sun 31 Daybus Orchestra * Goblin Bar, 134 Ponsonby Rd 6pm, $10/20
EVERY SUN Funkorama * Hoppers Bar, 134B Ponsonby Rd 5pm - 8pm
*CHECK OUT THE 95bFM JAZZ SHOW 100% NZ SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!* https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2U3nb0f5Zo8sflWFD5tgO5?si=69b61d0aa3d24599&nd=1&dlsi=83bebc2c9c7b47cf ***THANKS TO SAN RAY, 118 PONSONBY RD, FOR SPONSORING THE JAZZ SHOW***

With Jonathan Crayford in the studio, he and Blind Mango Chutney talk through his 2007 album 'Big Foot,' just dropping o...
24/05/2026

With Jonathan Crayford in the studio, he and Blind Mango Chutney talk through his 2007 album 'Big Foot,' just dropping on vinyl. Also welcomed to the studio is DJ Carlotta, celebrating her dad, Grant Chilcott aka Wentworth Brewster. Taking us home, on what would have been his 100th birthday this week, is a quick trip through Miles Davis's career. @100
Here's the show in full: https://www2.95bfm.com/bcasts/the-95bfm-jazz-show/1439

We gonna take you hiiiigher on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 18-24 May:EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds...
17/05/2026

We gonna take you hiiiigher on the 95bFM Jazz Show Auckland Gig Guide for 18-24 May:
EVERY SUN, MON & TUE The Junglebirds * Caretaker, Roukai Lane 9pm
Mon 18 Jazz Jam with Peter Wood, Rick Roff & Linn Lorkin * Puen Thai Eatery, cnr Mt Eden & New North rds 6.30pm
EVERY TUE – THU live music * Botticelli restaurant, 8 Anzac St, Takapuna
Tue 19 Warkworth Big Band * Auckland Jazz & Blues Club, Birkenhead RSA, Recreation Dr 7.30-9.30pm $15/25 https://www.aucklandjazzandbluesclub.co.nz
EVERY TUE live jazz * The Nightcar, 44 Queen St 7-9.30pm
TUE 19 Goldsmith Baynes * Somm Cellar Door, Shed 22, Princes Wharf 7-9pm
EVERY TUE Vitamin S experimental improv BYO instrument * Whammy Bar, St Kevin's Arcade, K Rd 7pm
Wed 20 Creative Jazz Club presents: Alex Pipes Group * Nectar Bar (upstairs at The Kingslander), 472 New North Rd, Kingsland 8-10pm, $30/40 https://www.creativejazzclub.co.nz
Wed 20 Crystal Chen Quartet (pictured) * Goblin Bar, 134 Ponsonby Rd 8-10pm
EVERY WED – SAT live jazz * Flare Bar, Sky City from 7pm
Thu 21 Notes on Tāmaki: Ella Jean Jazz Combo * Auckland Central Library 12-1pm
EVERY FRI Live jazz * The New Crown Range, 251 Parnell Rd 4-6pm
Sat 23 Iggy Nama Ruci Quartet * Ato Jazz Club, 3132 Great North Rd, New Lynn 7.30pm $50, snacks at halftime, BYO beverages https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/102495/Iggy-Nama-Ruci-Quartet.utr
Sat 23 The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong Tribute * Hollywood Avondale 6pm & 8.30pm $42/59 https://feverup.com/m/502486
EVERY SAT The Junglebirds * Rocketman, Roukai Lane From 9.30pm
Sun 24 Jazz Sundays ft Joe Kaptein Trio * Queens Rooftop, Level 21/1 Queen St 2-5pm
EVERY SUN Funkorama * Hoppers Bar, Ponsonby 5pm - 8pm
*CHECK OUT THE 95bFM JAZZ SHOW 100% NZ SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!* https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2U3nb0f5Zo8sflWFD5tgO5?si=69b61d0aa3d24599&nd=1&dlsi=83bebc2c9c7b47cf ***THANKS TO SAN RAY, 118 PONSONBY RD, FOR SPONSORING THE JAZZ SHOW***

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