Jazz
Nick Tipping: how does Jazz work
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
Nashville Babylon 8 April, 2019
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
All About the Blues
Nick Tipping plays 9 different tunes based on the 12-bar blues, including tracks by Count Basie, Oliver Nelson, and Charlie Parker. Audio
Tierney Sutton & Gregory Porter
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
Nashville Babylon 1 April, 2019
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
The Sweets, Lisa Ekdahl, Nicholas Payton
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
Andrea Keller, James Muller, Herb Ellis
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
Irene Kral, Herbie Hancock, Melody Gardot
Nick plays music by Melody Gardot, Herbie Hancock, and Irene Kral with Alan Broadbent. Audio
Lennie Tristano
Nick celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of pianist Lennie Tristano, and plays tunes by Nancy Wilson and Kenny Garrett. Audio
Nat King Cole turns 100
Nick celebrates 100 years since the birth of Nat King Cole, and plays tunes by Ruben Gonzalez, Buddy DeFranco, and Tessa Quayle. Audio
Herbie Nichols
Nick features pianist Herbie Nichols, as well as Sara Gazarek and Cory Henry. Audio
Nashville Babylon 11 March 2019
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
Twin Talk
Nick plays music from the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Chicago trio Twin Talk, and Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong. Audio
Twinset
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
Melba & Miles
Nick checks out classics from Melba Liston and Miles Davis, country music from John Scofield, and gypsy jazz from Swing 41. Audio
Porgy & Bess
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
Cultural Ambassador - Jazz
Fergus Barrowman joins us in the studio tonight with another look at the best - and probably the coolest - jazz. 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
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
Terry Crayford - Virtuoso piano player
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
