Inside Out

In this show, rebroadcast from May, Nick features Cannonball and Nat Adderley- hard bop kings. Read more

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… Read more

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. Read more 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. Read more 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… Read more 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… Read more Audio

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

Nick Tipping hosts a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. This hour features a new album from Nick Granville with high-flying Kiwi… Read more Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Johnny St Cyr to Cécile McLorin Salvant, a new US/NZ collaboration, and classics from Miles, Trane, and Prez. Read more Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Buddy DeFranco and Stochelo Rosenberg, next year's NZ Festival headliner Cécile McLorin Salvant, and David Friesen with Reuben Bradley and Dixon Nacey. Read more Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks invoking and evoking the sea and the sky - including Nat King Cole with Orange Coloured Sky, Oscar Peterson with Wave, and Bobby Darin's Beyond the Sea. Read more Audio