Jazz

Nick checks out a new recording from Pat Bianchi, classics from Stacey Kent, and Tia Fuller’s Grammy-nominated album. Audio

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

Terry Crayford is a jazz pianist who began his career in 1951. As both pianist and bass player, he has toured and recorded with high profile local and overseas jazz stars including Barbara Windsor… Audio

Traditional instruments and technology don’t usually mix but that’s exactly what audiences will experience in Hamilton. Video, Audio

In honour of Blue Note Records’ 80^th birthday, Nick presents a highlights reel of the best in 1950s and 60s Blue Note jazz. This hour: Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Hank Mobley, Lee… Audio

The second part of a best-of compilation from Blue Note Records. This hour: music from Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Clark, Horace Silver, and Duke… Audio

Grant Smithies is along with an earful of a powerful new collection of radical jazz, street funk and proto-rap recorded in the US during the Black Power era (1969-75). Soul of A Nation 2: Jazz Is The… Audio

For Inside Out, Nick Tipping checks out tracks by Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Patricia Barber, and Cassandra Wilson. Audio

Nick Tipping features NZ singer Maggie Gould and Brazilian musician Nanny Assis, who are currently touring in support of their new album, as well as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Monty Alexander… Audio

Portal fest is a new contemporary music festival taking place over two weekends in Wellington, the weekend just gone and this coming weekend. Nick Tipping explores more. Audio

Barney McAll and Bella Kalolo live at St Peters on 9 June 2018 as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio

It's a variety show this week, as Nick plays tracks from Christian McBride, Charmaine Ford and Charles Earland, and a tenor battle between Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons. Audio

The trans-tasman jazz band Antipodes is currently making its way around the country in support of their new album. Audio

Nick celebrates 100 years since the birth of the late singer Joe Williams, plus music from transtasman band Antipodes, who are touring NZ this week. Audio

Nick plays music by bass players, including Christian McBride, Matt Penman, Charles Mingus, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Audio

Music from Red Garland and Christine Jensen, a tribute to the late Roy Hargrove, a preview of the upcoming Lockett Kang Zakaria Trio tour, and a mystery singer! Audio

An hour of classic Blue Note-style hard bop and soul jazz, with Oscar Peterson, Vi Redd, Bill Evans, and Grant Green. Audio

Business is "going really, really well" at the apple, kiwifruit and grape orchard near Gisborne that Tim Egan co-owns. Apples and kiwifruit are replacing traditional crops like sweet corn, peas and… Audio