Nick Tipping

Nick checks out music by NZ legends Phil Broadhurst, Julie Mason, and Dog, and some Italian-American standards from Joe DeFrancesco's Goodfellas. Audio

Nick checks out jazz remakes of great movie tunes. Dave Brubeck plays Disney, Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer play songs from 'Alfie', and three artists take on tunes from 'Mary Poppins'. Audio

Tracks from Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, NZ pianists Mike Nock and Jonathan Crayford, and Benny Golson plays "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing". Audio

Nick checks out a re-release by the Ford Tipping Wise Trio of an album which originally came out in the early 2000s, and a set by local legend Nathan Haines. Audio

Swingers from the Marsalis Family and Cannonball Adderley, contemporary sounds from Kristin Berardi and Drew Gress, and magic from the Auckland band Dog. Audio

With the coronation in the air, Nick checks out some of the jazz musicians with royal titles - from Count Basie and Duke Ellington to Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues. Audio

NZ jazz from The Jac, Fiona Pears, and the Boptet; and classics from Errol Garner and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Audio

One place jazz musicians have often turned to for inspiration is the women in their lives. Audio

Swinging tracks from Joey DeFrancesco, Wynton Marsalis, and Count Basie. Audio

Nick checks out a new album from award-winning NZ guitarist Peter Koopman, and pays tribute to the late great pianist Ahmad Jamal. Audio

Nick checks out tracks from Billie Holiday and Joe Pass, and an extraordinary recording session from 1962, featuring Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. Audio

Nick checks out the many and varied ways jazz musicians are inspired by light, including starlight, moonlight, and twilight. Audio

Nick checks out the many and varied ways jazz musicians are inspired by light, including starlight, moonlight, and twilight. Audio

Nick checks out jazz inspired by birds, including the Skylark, the Blackbird, and even the Flamingo. (1 of 2) Audio

Nick celebrates 100 years since the birth of trumpeter and bandleader Thad Jones. Audio

Nick checks out pianists from New Zealand, France, Denmark, the US, and Germany. Audio

Music from two Arts- Art Farmer's take on 'Straight No Chaser' and Art Pepper's version of 'Brazil'. Plus NZ jazz from Charmaine Ford and Vaughn Roberts, and the SFJazz Collective plays Michael… Audio

Coleman Hawkins plays the classic standard 'There is no Greater Love'; The Jazz Messengers play Curtis Fuller's 'Sortie', and Kamasi Washington plays his compelling track 'Re Run Home'. Audio

Both Wes Montgomery and Dexter Gordon would have turned 100 recently. Nick celebrates their centenaries with a look at some of their highlights. Audio

Classics from Joe Lovano, Anita O'Day, and Miles Davis, and an original from Dunedin bandleader Bill Martin. Audio