Jazz

This week Nick features legendary pianist Herbie Hancock, along with singers Kevin Mahogany and Sara Gazarek, and Miles Davis, Illinois Jacquet, and Vijay Iyer.

In this show Nick features the fantastic Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra- plus tracks from Oscar Peterson, Wynton Marsalis, and Barney Kessel.

In a replay of a show from March, Nick checks out brand new albums by NZ jazz musicians Jasmine Lovell-Smith and Neil Watson, along with a side helping of Dave Douglas, Michael Brecker, and Sarah…

Nick channels the spirit of Christmas with carols played by Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Smith, and Billie Holiday- plus Duke Ellington's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite! 

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Nick balances his previous hour of Christmas music with jazz from singers Esperanza Spalding, Gregory Porter, and Kurt Elling, and a tune from Wellington eight-piece band The Jac. Audio

This week Nick gets seasonal, with a selection of Christmas music from Vince Guaraldi, Joe Williams, Kenny Burrell and Bill Evans, plus something from the NZ Army Band’s new Christmas album. Audio

This week Nick remembers the late producer, talent scout and record company executive George Avakian, who was behind many of the greatest jazz recordings in history- including Miles Davis' Kind of… Audio

This week Nick remembers the late producer, talent scout and record company executive George Avakian, who was behind many of the greatest jazz recordings in history- including The Jazz Messengers… Audio

US pianist Steve Barta is hoping to interest a New Zealand orchestra in his arrangement of Claude Bolling's 1975 orchestral crossover hit: Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano. Barta is a composer and… Audio

Violinist Fiona Pears returns to Christchurch for her first major concert since 2011. Her last big gig there was three days before the February 22^nd earthquake when she played the Isaac Theatre Royal… Audio

This week Nick checks out jazz organist Cory Henry and trombonist Melba Liston; and Wynton Marsalis is in bebop mode. Audio

Nick Tipping hosts a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. This hour features a new album from Nick Granville with high-flying Kiwi… Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Johnny St Cyr to Cécile McLorin Salvant, a new US/NZ collaboration, and classics from Miles, Trane, and Prez. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Buddy DeFranco and Stochelo Rosenberg, next year's NZ Festival headliner Cécile McLorin Salvant, and David Friesen with Reuben Bradley and Dixon Nacey. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks invoking and evoking the sea and the sky - including Nat King Cole with Orange Coloured Sky, Oscar Peterson with Wave, and Bobby Darin's Beyond the Sea. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks invoking and evoking the sea and the sky, including Danilo Perez with Across the Crystal Sea, Katya Sourikova's December Sky, and Mike Nock's Land of the Long White… Audio

This week Nick takes a trip 50 years into the past, checking out some of the great jazz albums of 1967 - including Miles Smiles, Jobim's Wave, and McCoy Tyner's The Real McCoy. Audio

This week Nick takes a trip 50 years into the past, checking out some of the great jazz albums of 1967, including Joe Henderson's The Kicker, Stan Getz's Sweet Rain, and Bill Evans' Further… Audio

Pianist Jonathan Crayford is gearing up to hit the road with a Steinway D concert grand; not the usual way of doing things as a pianist but then Mr. Crayford has a fondness for being unique. And when… Audio