Inside Out

This week Nick looks at some of the many jazz standards written by the dynamic duo of George and Ira Gershwin, including 'Oh, Lady Be Good', 'I Got Rhythm', and 'A Foggy Day'. Read more Audio

It's a very jazzy Christmas, featuring carols from Arturo Sandoval, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Rahsaan Roland Kirk... Read more Audio

The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. This hour Nick checks out tunes which take the blues to some unusual places. Read more Audio

The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. In the second hour of this week's show, Nick checks out tunes which take the blues to unusual places. Read more Audio

Nick checks out some of the great jazz albums released in 1967, including music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, and Joe Henderson. Read more Audio

Nick revisits some of the best New Zealand jazz of the last year, including tracks by Lucien Johnson, Caitlin Smith, and Olivier Holland. Read more Audio

This week Nick features the evergreen pianist Herbie Hancock, along with Illinois Jacquet and "Boss Hog" Kevin Mahogany. Read more Audio

This week Nick checks out some of Herbie Hancock's more recent releases, as well as Sara Gazarek, Vijay Iyer, and the European Jazz Trio. Read more Audio

Nick checks out classics from Charles Mingus and Cannonball Adderley, a recent re-release from Kiwi singer Jennine Bailey, and a fresh take on a Leonard Cohen standard. Read more Audio

Nick checks out jazz from US-based NZ pianist Alan Broadbent, and Christchurch sax player Michael Gordon's Cricketer's Arms Big Band, based in a pub in Sydney. Read more Audio

Nick checks out the Sonny Stitt Quartet playing Ellington, Wellington bands Fire Waltz and The Jac, and Australian singer Michelle Nicolle. Read more Audio

Nick features Benny Goodman's legendary Carnegie Hall concert from 1938 - an event described as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history". Read more Audio