Inside Out

This week Nick goes around the world in two hours, with tunes inspired by cities, states, and countries, including Cedar Walton's Bolivia, Thad Jones with April in Paris, and Phil Broadhurst's Matai… Read more Audio

This week Nick plays tracks inspired by places around the world, including Cassandra Wilson with the Tennessee Waltz, Chick Corea's Spain, and Bill Charlap with Autumn in New York. Read more Audio

Jonathan Crayford, Roger Sellers and Paul Dyne feature with a couple of tracks from their 2012 album, plus Swedish jazz from Nils Landgren, Lars Danielsson, and Jessica Pilnäs - and a quirky blues… Read more Audio

Nick explores the often-hidden world of Soviet jazz, from the 1930s to the 1980s. Artists include Yakov Skomorovsky, the Allegro Jazz Ensemble, and the Uzbek jazz fusion ensemble Sato. Read more Audio

Standards from Coleman Hawkins, Eric Dolphy, and Joe Lovano; a throwback to 1990s Wellington band Tardis, and Eliane Elias gets loco. Read more Audio

Nick celebrates 100 years of guitarist Herb Ellis, with a dive into his back catalogue. Read more Audio

Given their nocturnal lifestyle, it seems logical that jazz musicians would be inspired by the night. Tracks include Oscar Peterson's 'Night Train', Cole Porter's 'In the Still of the Night', and… Read more Audio

Jazz tunes about the night. This set features Dizzy Gillespie's 'A Night in Tunisia', André Previn playing 'I Could Have Danced All Night', and Charmaine Ford's 'Midnight Chardonnay'. Read more Audio

Big band jazz from Count Basie and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and great small group classics from Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Emily Remler, and Eddie Higgins. Read more Audio

Two new albums from two singers, featuring two great New Zealand big bands. Caitlin Smith sings with the Auckland Jazz Orchestra, and Steve Carlin swings with the Rodger Fox Big Band. Read more Audio

Jazz inspired by the rain, including Wes Montgomery with 'Come Rain or Come Shine', Paul Motian with 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', and Dee Dee Bridgewater singing 'Here's That Rainy Day'. Read more Audio

This week: jazz inspired by the rain, including Joanne Brackeen with Jobim's 'Waters of March', Glenn Miller's 'Blue Rain', and Herbie Hancock with 'Rain Dance'. Read more Audio