Jazz

Opera’s joined the #metoo movement; American jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant brings her unique sound to the capital; Dunedin Symphony Orchestra launches its 2018 season and we play another…

On tonight's show Mark says "happy birthday" to Fats Domino, George Thorogood and Johnny Cash, plays music from Eb and Sparrow's new album and spins classics from Nina Simone and Jimi Hendrix Audio

Hemingway comes to the New Zealand Festival with The Select (The Sun Also Rises).  New York director John Collins explains how he’s bringing Hemingway’s world alive & violinist Amalia Hall plays her…

Today's music feature looks at the history of jazz and how it's spread around the world and managed to work its way into many genres. Audio

Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti makes his New Zealand debut with a full band at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna. The talented artist has worked with the very best in the music business but lives alone… Audio

The annual Art Deco Festival is underway in Napier, embracing everything the era had to offer. Find out about the origins of the word “jazz”, the history of flappers and the Charleston, and New… Video, Audio

Peter Hoar reviews French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra & producer Zoë George and Dr Aleisha Ward explore Jazz era NZ - music, dance ... and sex. Audio

This week Nick features legendary pianist Herbie Hancock, along with singers Kevin Mahogany and Sara Gazarek, and Miles Davis, Illinois Jacquet, and Vijay Iyer.

In this show Nick features the fantastic Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra- plus tracks from Oscar Peterson, Wynton Marsalis, and Barney Kessel.

In a replay of a show from March, Nick checks out brand new albums by NZ jazz musicians Jasmine Lovell-Smith and Neil Watson, along with a side helping of Dave Douglas, Michael Brecker, and Sarah…

Nick channels the spirit of Christmas with carols played by Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Smith, and Billie Holiday- plus Duke Ellington's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite! 

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Nick balances his previous hour of Christmas music with jazz from singers Esperanza Spalding, Gregory Porter, and Kurt Elling, and a tune from Wellington eight-piece band The Jac. Audio

This week Nick gets seasonal, with a selection of Christmas music from Vince Guaraldi, Joe Williams, Kenny Burrell and Bill Evans, plus something from the NZ Army Band’s new Christmas album. Audio

This week Nick remembers the late producer, talent scout and record company executive George Avakian, who was behind many of the greatest jazz recordings in history- including Miles Davis' Kind of… Audio

This week Nick remembers the late producer, talent scout and record company executive George Avakian, who was behind many of the greatest jazz recordings in history- including The Jazz Messengers… Audio

US pianist Steve Barta is hoping to interest a New Zealand orchestra in his arrangement of Claude Bolling's 1975 orchestral crossover hit: Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano. Barta is a composer and… Audio

Violinist Fiona Pears returns to Christchurch for her first major concert since 2011. Her last big gig there was three days before the February 22^nd earthquake when she played the Isaac Theatre Royal… Audio

This week Nick checks out jazz organist Cory Henry and trombonist Melba Liston; and Wynton Marsalis is in bebop mode. Audio