Jazz
Inside Out Part 1: Journey Through The Jazz Spectrum
Nick Tipping begins this week with spiritual heavyweight John Coltrane; features a couple of classic Blue Note recordings and gets happy with the Vaughn Roberts Big Band. Audio
Inside Out Part 2: Journey Through The Jazz Spectrum
Nick talks jazz standards; features two vocalists you may never have heard of; a live recording from the late great Michael Brecker; and finishes with one of his favourite bass players Dave Holland. Audio
Trip to the Moon
Trip to the Moon is Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie assisted by a crew of long-term musical friends. Their new album A Traveller’s Tale is a highly produced, jazz based, inter galactic and eminently… Video, Audio
Inside Out Part 1: It’s Jazz Time
Nick Tipping lines up tunes from some of the grandmasters of jazz – Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk and Sarah Vaughan. Audio
Inside Out Part 2: It’s Jazz Time
In the second hour Nick cues contemporary sounds from Roy Hargrove, Seamus Blake, Drew Gress and the SF Jazz Collective.
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The Joffrey Heritage
The Joffrey Ballet School is auditioning in New Zealand for the first time. The New York based academy offers training from classical through to contemporary and jazz and prepares dancers for… Video, Audio
Jazz treasures found on musicians’ shelves
New Zealand label Sarang Bang Records has been unearthing some historic jazz recordings and receiving international acclaim. Video, Audio
Jake Baxendale takes jazz to the next level
Alto sax-player Jake Baxendale has recorded with the Rodger Fox Big Band, the Richter City Rebels, as well as his own group, The Jac. Now he's taking it to the next level, in Sydney and New York… Audio
Recreating the Jazz Classics
Wellington Jazz Festival is a mecca for local players to get together for dozens of free events. Bass player Nick Tipping has multiple gigs including recreating two classic albums Charles Mingus' 1959… Audio
Mulatu Astatke, the man who created 'Ethio-jazz'
Mulatu Astatke composer, multi-instrumentalist and all round music pioneer discusses what it's like to create an entire musical genre. From special guest appearances with Duke Ellington in the 1970s… Video, Audio, Gallery
The Jazz Man
Jazz guitarist Larry Koonse is a popular musician for hire by big names. The Los Angeles born guitarist has been playing since the age of seven and has featured on more than 100 albums. Larry is in… Audio
Wayne Shorter - Jazz Legend
Wayne Shorter is one of the world's jazz greats - he's played with Miles Davis and was discovered by John Coltrane. He talks about his stellar career playing saxophone, ahead of his upcoming… Audio
Fantasy fables told through music
You just have to hear the opening music of Star Wars to know you're going on an adventure. It's tunes like that which inspire Jake Baxendale to delve into fantasy music with his Midi-eval Orchestra at… Audio
Transforming the classics
From 70s heart throb, 80s glam rock to 90s soul, singer Mark Williams has shape-shifted many times. The boy from Dargaville is back this time to transform classic kiwi tunes with other pop stars like… Audio
An electric mix
Punk, jazz and grunge don't often go hand in hand, but inventive jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford has a band with friend Ross Burge that does just that. Spanner has had a month long residency in… Audio
Sisters of Swing
NZ Society heads to Christchurch for some swing - southern style. The city has a new, all girl big band and its members range in age from 17 to the mid-70s. Audio, Gallery
Bookmarks: Ian Christie
The former head of Saatchi & Saatchi and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ian Christie loves jazz. He's combined his love of music and business expertise in a book "In the Groove: Applying the Principles… Audio
A new way to tell stories
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Grammy award nominated American jazz singer Karrin Allyson is in New Zealand to perform with the Roger Fox Big Band. She tells Eva about her transition from classical to jazz… Audio
Legendary backing singer Lisa Fischer
Hers in the voice that backed the Rolling Stones for 25 years, but Lisa Fischer has also established herself in her own right. Lisa mesmerized movie-goers in Academy Award-winning documentary Twenty… Audio
