Jazz

This week Nick goes for a set of swinging tunes from John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Canadian singer Diana Panton, and Kenny Burrell. Audio

This week Nick banishes those persistent winter blues, with a set of music designed to keep you warm- including Michel LeGrand with ‘Too Darn Hot’, Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith playing ‘Fever’, and… Audio

This week Nick keeps warm in winter- with Wes Montgomery’s ‘Sun Down’, Art Farmer playing ‘Fair Weather’, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s rendition of ‘Summertime’. Audio

On tonight's show Mark pays tribute to the Night Tripper - the late and forever great Dr John. There's also new music from Sturgill Simpson, a live track courtesy of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue… Audio

Nick takes a look at jazz from the US West Coast, including tracks from Anita O'Day, Art Pepper, and Gerry Mulligan. Audio

More jazz from the US West Coast scene, including Shelly Manne, Hampton Hawes, and Charlie Haden's Quartet West. Audio

Funky grooves with tastes of afrobeat, hip-hop, psychedelia, world folklore and more. Recorded at 2019 Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio

Alicia Olatuja brings luscious tone, personal engagement and natural elegance to her Wellington performance. Audio

Journeys in Sound: New music from Aotearoa and the world. Video, Audio

This week Nick features the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, alongside trumpet players Wallace Roney, Wynton Marsalis, and Lee Morgan. Audio

More from the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, as well as Wallace Roney, Hank Jones, and a cameo from Joe Williams. Audio

Herbie Hancock opened the Wellington Jazz Festival last night with a demonstration of just about all the things jazz can be: traditional, experimental, cerebral, emotional, physical, intellectual -…

The 40 Watt Banana was a band who formed in Wellington in 1968 performing Indo-Afro psychedelic music. Trevor Reekie talks to band member Kevin Clark about an album that took 48 years to see the light… Audio

Music commentator Kirsten Johnstone walks us through what to expect from the Wellington Jazz Festival (June 5 - 9), including some unjazzy jazz tunes from Rafiq Bhatia and Ghost-Note Audio