Jazz

We mark the passing of influential drummer and teacher Roger Sellers, Kiwi Baritone Jarvis Dams wins a major international competition and Peter Mechen reviews the NZSO with Simon Trpceski

Nick checks out the Hard Bop Grand Pop, Horace Silver. Audio

Nick checks out some more Horace Silver, as well as John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, and Allan Holdsworth. Audio

Nick features the great Betty Carter, plus tracks from Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery, and Buddy Rich playing the Channel One Suite. Audio

Nick features Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan, plus a new track from Anita Schwabe, and a couple from Betty Carter. Audio

Last weekend a new album by the great jazz saxophonist John Coltrane was released to the world, 51 years after his death. Nick Tipping speaks with saxophonist and composer Jasmine Lovell-Smith about… Audio

Piano virtuoso Lang Lang comes back after injury, we preview NYO’s weekend performance of The Firebird, Rae de Lisle gives us an insight into the Wallace National Piano competition and we discover new…

Nick checks out music from jazz albums which have been rediscovered and released many years after they were recorded. Artists include Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, Andrew Hill, and Thelonious Monk. Audio

Nick checks out the newly released album by the John Coltrane Quartet, "Both Directions at Once", recorded in 1963 and rediscovered and released in 2018. Audio

On this week's show Mark spins new music from Mazzy Star, more from Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore's latest, sounds from the swamps courtesy of Buckwheat Zydeco plus favourites from the Band and Bap… Audio

Nick checks out the new album "Suites and Moods" from the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band, plays a mini-set by Melba Liston, and includes tracks by Pat Metheny, Alice Coltrane, and the Mingus Big… Audio

Nick looks at the new album "Suites and Moods" from the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band, and plays music by Charlie Parker, Oliver Nelson, and Lionel Loueke. Audio

Nick plays a mixed bag, including tracks from Vi Redd and Bill Evans, a classic from Miles Davis, and a new album by Auckland band Dog, featuring Roger Manins, Ron Samsom, Kevin Field, Olivier… Audio

This week Nick checks out a new album from Auckland band Dog, and a previously undiscovered track by the John Coltrane Quartet. Audio

Bass player and composer Umar Zakaria has won the Recorded Music New Zealand Best Jazz Artist Tui at this year’s Jazz Awards. He may only be young but he’s stepping up in the local Jazz scene. He… Audio

A stable of horses react to the a-mare-zing sounds of Bach, how listening to music at work alters your mind, NZSO with tenor Simon O’Neill is reviewed by Peter Hoar, Jazz Tui winner Umar Zakaria and…

This week plays cosmic country from Gram Parsons, Americana from Richmond Fontaine, spins a new track from Joshua Hedley and goes back in time with Grand Drive's debut single from 1998. Audio

Smashingly off-beat melody, humour, beauty and swing abound, capturing the spirit of Thelonious Monk. Audio

Nick checks out the finalists and winner of the 2018 NZ Jazz Artist of the Year award, with music from Umar Zakaria, Lucien Johnson, and Norman Meehan, Hayden Chisholm & Paul Dyne. Audio

Nick checks out the finalists and winners of the 2018 NZ Jazz Awards, including Umar Zakaria, Anita Schwabe, Lucien Johnson, Callum Allardice, and Jake Baxendale. Audio