Inside Out

Nick focuses on jazz manouche, a genre created by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, and carried on by modern masters Angelo DeBarre, Stochelo Rosenberg, and Biréli Lagrène. Read more Audio

It's a variety pack this week, as Nick checks out tracks from Diana Krall, Miles Davis, Esperanza Spalding, and the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra. Read more Audio

Nick Tipping checks out jazz tunes which describe evoke cities and streets, including Jonathan Crayford's 'Skyscraper Scaffold', Duke Ellington's 'Sidewalks of New York', and Myele Manzanza's 'Brixton… Read more Audio

Ornette Coleman's 'Congeniality' stretches the boundaries of mainstream jazz; Goldsmith Baynes present a call to arms; and Benny Green swings. Read more Audio

Wellington saxophonist Jake Baxendale's new album evokes soft rain, vibrant new growth, and the wonderment of contemplating nature. Read more Audio

Errol Garner swings; Abbey Lincoln sings; and Dave Holland and Sam Rivers focus on what's important. Read more Audio

Kāpiti drummer Mike Jensen's new album 'Remembering' is the outcome of his Master's project at the University of Auckland, and examines family dynamics and personal history. Also this hour: music from… Read more Audio

Nick heads to Europe for jazz from Tom Berkmann and Fabrizio Sotti, trumpet player and singer Clora Bryant makes an appearance, and Herbie Hancock gets moody. Read more Audio

Swingers from Herbie Hancock, Melba Liston, Hetty Kate, and Mark Lockett - and an original by Michael Costeloe and the RNZAF Jazz Band. Read more Audio

Nick dips into the classics with John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, and Joe Williams; Alan Broadbent meets the Wellington Jazz Orchestra; and Alex "Honey" Boulton is "The Charmer". Read more Audio

Nick takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and… Read more Audio

Nick checks out tracks from Roxy Coss, Benny Green, and Ingrid & Christine Jensen; an arrangement of a Robbie Burns song by NZ drummer John Rae, and one of the Buddy Rich Band's signature tunes. Read more Audio