Jazz
Herbie Nichols
Nick features pianist Herbie Nichols, as well as Sara Gazarek and Cory Henry. Audio
Nashville Babylon 11 March 2019
Mark Rogers plays new music from Townes Van Zandt, Tami Neilson, Tom Russell and the Willard Grant Conspiracy. There's also classic jazz from Herbie Hancock, a preview of Alejandro Escovedo's NZ dates… Audio
Twin Talk
Nick plays music from the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Chicago trio Twin Talk, and Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong. Audio
Twinset
Nick plays jazz standards with identical or near-identical names, including two ‘Moanin’s, two ‘Milestones’, a ‘Lazy Bird’ and ‘Lady Bird’, and ‘Sunday’ alongside ‘Come Sunday’. Audio
Melba & Miles
Nick checks out classics from Melba Liston and Miles Davis, country music from John Scofield, and gypsy jazz from Swing 41. Audio
Porgy & Bess
Miles Davis' partnership with Gil Evans was a match made in jazz heaven. Evans' atmospheric arrangements perfectly suited Miles' fragile trumpet tone, and nowhere more so than on their take on the… Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Jazz
Fergus Barrowman joins us in the studio tonight with another look at the best - and probably the coolest - jazz. Audio
Tia Fuller, Pat Bianchi, Stacey Kent
Nick checks out a new recording from Pat Bianchi, classics from Stacey Kent, and Tia Fuller’s Grammy-nominated album. Audio
Yonathan Avishai, Samsom Nacey Haines
Nick heads to the Netherlands with the Koninklijk Conservatory Band, to Israel and the Congo with Yonathan Avishai, and back to NZ with Samsom Nacey Haines. Audio
Terry Crayford - Virtuoso piano player
Terry Crayford is a jazz pianist who began his career in 1951. As both pianist and bass player, he has toured and recorded with high profile local and overseas jazz stars including Barbara Windsor… Audio
Violin wizard brings his bag of electronic tricks to Hamilton
Traditional instruments and technology don’t usually mix but that’s exactly what audiences will experience in Hamilton. Video, Audio
Blue Note Records: part one
In honour of Blue Note Records’ 80th birthday, Nick presents a highlights reel of the best in 1950s and 60s Blue Note jazz. This hour: Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Hank Mobley, Lee… Audio
Blue Note Records: part two
The second part of a best-of compilation from Blue Note Records. This hour: music from Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Clark, Horace Silver, and Duke… Audio
Radical jazz, street funk & proto-rap
Grant Smithies is along with an earful of a powerful new collection of radical jazz, street funk and proto-rap recorded in the US during the Black Power era (1969-75). Soul of A Nation 2: Jazz Is The… Audio
Oscar, Art, Patricia, Cassandra
For Inside Out, Nick Tipping checks out tracks by Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Patricia Barber, and Cassandra Wilson. Audio
Maggie Gould & Nanny Assis
Nick Tipping features NZ singer Maggie Gould and Brazilian musician Nanny Assis, who are currently touring in support of their new album, as well as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Monty Alexander… Audio
Portal Fest strikes a chord in the capital
Portal fest is a new contemporary music festival taking place over two weekends in Wellington, the weekend just gone and this coming weekend. Nick Tipping explores more. Audio
Live: Barney McAll & Bella Kalolo at the 2018 Wellington Jazz Festival
Barney McAll and Bella Kalolo live at St Peters on 9 June 2018 as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio
The Chase
It's a variety show this week, as Nick plays tracks from Christian McBride, Charmaine Ford and Charles Earland, and a tenor battle between Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons. Audio
Antipodes tour Good Winter album
The trans-tasman jazz band Antipodes is currently making its way around the country in support of their new album. Audio