Jazz
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
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
Alchemy
Looking for that last-minute Christmas present for the jazz fan in your life? Nick profiles a new album of great Kiwi pop, played by a who’s who of Auckland jazz. Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Jazz
Fergus Barrowman is back with us with his pick of the best from the Jazz world. Audio
Taking NZ jazz to New Orleans
The Rodger Fox Big Band has been invited to play a concert at the prestigious Jazz Education Network conference in New Orleans in January, Audio
Nashville Babylon 2 December, 2019
On tonight's show Mark says happy birthday to Byrds founder Chris Hillman. There's also a selection of his favourite live sessions and top albums of 2019 plus new music from Bonnie Prince Billy, Gill… Audio
Worlds Of Music featuring Don Was - 80 years of Blue Note Records
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie Audio
Mike NOCK: Embracing you
Mike Nock (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 9 November 2007 Audio
Mike NOCK: Song for the Children
Mike Nock (piano). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 9 November 2007 Audio
Phil BROADHURST: Matai Bay
Julie Mason (voice, piano), Phil Broadhurst (piano), Trudy Lile (voice, flute), Brian Smith (sax), Neil Watson (guitar), Nick Tipping (bass), Lance Philip (drums). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 25 July… Audio
Phil BROADHURST: Jam One
Julie Mason (voice, piano), Phil Broadhurst (piano), Trudy Lile (voice, flute), Brian Smith (sax), Neil Watson (guitar), Nick Tipping (bass), Lance Philip (drums). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 25 July… Audio
Phil BROADHURST: Queenstown
Julie Mason (voice, piano), Phil Broadhurst (piano), Trudy Lile (voice, flute), Brian Smith (sax), Neil Watson (guitar), Nick Tipping (bass), Lance Philip (drums). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 25 July… Audio
Norman MEEHAN: A woman with two heads
Norman Meehan Quartet: Norman Meehan (piano), Dan Ryland (guitar), Tom Callwood (bass), Peter Elliot (drums). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 29 October 2005 Audio
Norman MEEHAN: Festival
Norman Meehan Quartet: Norman Meehan (piano), Dan Ryland (guitar), Tom Callwood (bass), Peter Elliot (drums). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 29 October 2005 Audio
Norman MEEHAN: Two
Norman Meehan Quartet: Norman Meehan (piano), Dan Ryland (guitar), Tom Callwood (bass), Peter Elliot (drums). Recorded by RNZ Concert, 29 October 2005 Audio
Nashville Babylon 18 November, 2019
On tonight's Nashville Babylon Mark celebrates Chicago indie label Bloodshot's 25th anniversary, plays tracks from the reissue of Gene Clark's classic album No Other, says 'happy birthday' to blues… Audio
Queen and Coldplay are the new Beethoven and Mozart
The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Audio
John Coltrane's Giant Steps
Although John Coltrane wrote the tune "Giant Steps" as an exercise, something about it appealed to jazz musicians- and the album it headlines became one of Coltrane's most influential. Audio
Nashville Babylon 11 November, 2019
On this week's show on, Mark has birthday tunes for Neil Young and Vic Chesnutt, blues and country courtesy of Rufus Thomas and Don Williams, a folk-tinged cover of a Joy Division classic and a new… Audio
Nashville Babylon 4 November, 2019
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Josh Rouse, Van Morrison and Vetiver, previews Steve Gunn's New Zealand tour and plays birthday tunes for Gram Parsons and Joni Mitchell. Audio
