Meet John Redman - I'm a lover of all music genres, but since my childhood I have retained a greater feeling for easy listening jazz after being introduced to it by my mother. I have a large collection of music on CD covering music by big bands, smaller groups, solo artists and vocalists, and I introduce these into my programme of 'Easy Jazz' on Radio Kidnappers. As a musician, vocalist, and broadcaster, I enjoy playing, performing, and bringing to air great music that has wonderful melody lines and superb lyrics. I warmly invite you to join me every Friday morning for a feast of the very best jazz. And for the benefit of nocturnal wide-awake jazz enthusiasts in New Zealand, the programme is repeated at 3am Sundays (NZ time). This may also suit overseas listeners who can then listen at a time more convenient to them (eg Saturday afternoon in the UK, Saturday morning in the USA). I would love to hear any feedback or suggestions from listeners, feel free to ring me during the show on a Friday morning if you would like to request a song. John R. more

Twin Spin jazz with a theme that links the two tracks together

Produced at Plains Media. John started listening to Blues nearly 60 years ago. His interest steadily grew to encompass jazz and African music and he now has a massive collection of music that he is keen to share. Reading about and listening to the musical journey of African Americans led to finding out about the repressive social structure within which they existed and still do to an extent to this day. Despite all this jazz has flourished and spread throughout the world, as has blues music and in turn given so many people so much pleasure. Jazz and Blues with John airs every second Monday at 7pm and repeats every second Saturday night at 11. more