Inside Out

Nick focuses on the music of Sonny Stitt, who was described as the heir to Charlie Parker. Read more Audio

Nick checks out NZ jazz legends Linn Lorkin and Paul Dyne, plus tracks from Wynton Kelly, Jonah Jones, and Frankie Trumbauer. Read more Audio

Nick checks out pianist Benny Green, and NYC-based musicians Skyler Floe and Samantha Louise ahead of their NZ shows. Read more Audio

Nick checks out music by saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims, and Al Cohn, along with trumpeter Roy Eldridge - and classics from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Read more Audio

With the release of an album of music inspired by poet Hone Tuwhare by the Rodger Fox Big Band, Nick checks out jazz inspired by Langston Hughes, Bill Manhire, Walt Whitman and Edgar Allen Poe. Read more Audio

Danish pianist Jørgen Emborg has Parkinson's disease, and can no longer play. That hasn't stopped him releasing an album called Swan Songs, with a host of top Scandinavian jazz musicians. Read more Audio

Nick checks out Jazz Alchemy, a new album by Queenstown-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Cliff Leatherbarrow. Read more Audio

Tracks from greats including Joe Henderson and Phil Woods, and contemporary jazz leaders Jason Moran and Vijay Iyer. Read more Audio

Nick checks out jazz renditions of famous TV themes, including Phil Woods playing The Flintstones, Sun Ra playing Batman, and famous theme tunes written by Vince Guaraldi, Nelson Riddle, and Bob… Read more Audio

This week it’s a lucky dip of classics and modern favourites, including Blue Mitchell playing Nica’s Dream, Pat Metheny’s version of Old Folks, the Rodger Fox Big Band playing at Capitol Studios, and… Read more Audio

Just like the Ten Tenors, but much, much cooler. We check out ten tenor sax players you need on your playlist- 5 from New Zealand, and 5 from the US. Featured artists include Nathan Haines, Colin… Read more Audio

Nick celebrates 300 shows of Inside Out, with a look back at some favourite tracks. Playlist includes Count Basie, John Rae, Tito Puente, and Kristin Berardi. Read more Audio