Inside Out

Nick Tipping checks out the wide variety of jazz from the year 1964. In Part 2: albums by Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, and John Coltrane. Read more Audio

Nick takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and… Read more Audio

Nick checks out tracks from Roxy Coss, Benny Green, and Ingrid & Christine Jensen; an arrangement of a Robbie Burns song by NZ drummer John Rae, and one of the Buddy Rich Band's signature tunes. Read more Audio

Nick Tipping pays tribute to NZ jazz legend Rodger Fox, who has died aged 71. Read more Audio

George Shearing and Dakota Staton play "I Hear Music" from their album 'In the Night'; Buddy Rich plays Horace Silver; and a new album from music industry insider Adam Blackstone pushes the… Read more Audio

In the last show for NZ Music Month 2024, Nick plays a mix of his personal favourites from the world of NZ jazz - including tracks from Callum Allardice, Allanah Goldsmith and Alchemy, and Jonathan… Read more Audio

Thelonious Monk joins the Jazz Messengers; Carmen McRae sings the classics; and Roy Hargrove grooves hard. Read more Audio

Jazz musicians often explore their own identity through their music. Nick looks at the connection between jazz and whakapapa through the music of Harry Harrison, Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Umar Zakaria… Read more Audio

Nick checks out Lester Young's signature tune, Benny Green playing Sonny Clark and Sonny Clark playing Miles Davis, some classic Coltrane, and two songs about yesterday. Read more Audio

Nick plays tracks from eight NZ women leading their own jazz bands - including pianists Charmaine Ford and Anita Schwabe, saxophonist Louisa Williamson, singer Alannah Goldsmith, and drummer Lauren… Read more Audio

Nick checks out a handful of tracks from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, as well as numbers by Errol Garner, Alice Coltrane, and Marquis Hill. Read more Audio

Lucien Johnson looks to the past; Peter Koopman explores the guitar trio setting, and the Auckland Jazz Orchestra plays Phil Broadhurst.

Nick checks out recent releases from NZ jazz musicians,… Read more Audio