Inside Out

Art Blakey turns 100 this week, so Nick takes a look back at some of his work with the Jazz Messengers. Plus a new album from 89-year-old Ahmad Jamal, and tracks from kiwis Leigh Jackson and The Jac.

This week Nick features new releases from John Coltrane and Brenda Earle Stokes, plus Nathan Haines with “The Poet’s Embrace”. Read more Audio

Dave Brubeck's Time Out manages to be both an exercise in unusual time signatures, and a signature album in the West Coast cool jazz movement. Read more Audio

Nick looks back at an album from NZ band Sustenance, and tracks from Grant Green and Baby Face Willette. Read more Audio

It's a pretty presumptuous title for an album, but Ornette Coleman's 1959 release manages to live up to its name. Coleman dispenses with harmonic accompaniment and frees up his musicians to improvise… Read more Audio

This week: 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’.

More 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

This week Nick features trumpet player Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach, as well as Billie Holiday, Dianne Reeves and Gregory Porter. Read more Audio

This week Nick features trumpet player Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach, as well as Dianne Reeves and Quatuor Ebène. Read more Audio

Nick looks into the archives for tracks from pianist Jann Rutherford, and checks out a new CD from NZ guitarist Alexander Boulton. Read more Audio

Nick checks out a new album from all-female Cuban band Maqueque, tracks from Jann Rutherford and Kirsten McKenzie, one from bass player Drew Gress, and violinist Regina Carter with pianist Kenny… Read more Audio

This week Nick remembers the late trumpet player Clora Bryant, plays a track from Mike Nock and Frank Gibson Jr, and looks at a new album from Laurence Hobgood and the string quartet ETHEL. Read more Audio