Jazz

This hour Nick features pianist Alan Pasqua, plus King Curtis, Mary Lou Williams, and Ahmad Jamal's curious version of Autumn Leaves. Audio

Dr Rodger Fox, New Zealand's own jazz genius, is about to hit the road with U.S legendary saxophonist, Dick Oatts and the New Zealand String Quartet to pay homage to U.S jazz maestro Charlie Parker. Audio

Nick plays music by NZ jazz musicians Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Glenn Wagstaff, Nick Granville, and the Auckland Jazz Orchestra Audio

Charles Mingus' extended tribute to his ancestors is a masterful collection of tunes, which together illustrate his gruff and uncompromising genius. The best place to start if you want to get into his… Audio

Nick Tipping is an RNZ Concert presenter, a jazz bass player, the former head of Jazz at the New Zealand School of Music and an all round advocate for the genre.  Audio

Your host Mark Rogers plays new music from Calexico and Iron & Wine, Courtney Marie Andrews, Steve Earle and New Zealand's Caroline Easther. There's also blues from Cedric Burnside plus a soul smash… Audio

Nick Tipping plays 9 different tunes based on the 12-bar blues, including tracks by Count Basie, Oliver Nelson, and Charlie Parker. Audio

Nick plays tracks from new albums by Tierney Sutton and Giovanni Guidi, as well as tracks from Gregory Porter, Errol Garner, and Horace Silver. Audio

On tonight's Nashville Babylon Mark spins a selection of country, soul and rock 'n' roll from the likes of the Arlenes, John Lee Hooker, Gil Scott Heron, Dwight Yoakam and Sam & Dave. There's also new… Audio

Nick Tipping keeps it swinging, with music from Harry "The Sweets" Edison, Nicholas Payton, and Charlie Parker- plus a quick set from Swedish singer Lisa Ekdahl. Audio

Nick features Australian jazz musicians Andrea Keller and James Muller, the trans-Tasman ensemble Antipodes, and hard bop from Herb Ellis, Art Pepper and Count Basie. Audio

Nick plays music by Melody Gardot, Herbie Hancock, and Irene Kral with Alan Broadbent. Audio

Nick celebrates the 100^th anniversary of the birth of pianist Lennie Tristano, and plays tunes by Nancy Wilson and Kenny Garrett. Audio

Nick celebrates 100 years since the birth of Nat King Cole, and plays tunes by Ruben Gonzalez, Buddy DeFranco, and Tessa Quayle. Audio

Nick features pianist Herbie Nichols, as well as Sara Gazarek and Cory Henry. Audio

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

Nick plays music from the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Chicago trio Twin Talk, and Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong. Audio

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

Nick checks out classics from Melba Liston and Miles Davis, country music from John Scofield, and gypsy jazz from Swing 41. Audio

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