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Inside Out
Nick Tipping brings you classic recordings and modern masterpieces from the world of jazz.
5-7pm Saturday on RNZ Concert, and 11pm-12am Sunday on RNZ National
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John Coltrane's Giant Steps
16 Nov 2019Although John Coltrane wrote the tune "Giant Steps" as an exercise, something about it appealed to jazz musicians- and the album it headlines became one of Coltrane's most influential. Read more Audio
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Jeff Goldblum goes ultralounge
16 Nov 2019Nick checks out Jeff Goldblum's new album, as well as some Diana Krall, Cannonball Adderley, and Hugh Laurie. Read more Audio
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Phil Broadhurst, Hetty Kate, Dixon Nacey 1
9 Nov 2019Nick checks out three new albums from Auckland pianist Phil Broadhurst, France-based Australian singer Hetty Kate, and Auckland guitarist Dixon Nacey. Read more Audio
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Phil Broadhurst, Hetty Kate, Dixon Nacey 2
9 Nov 2019Nick checks out three new albums from Auckland pianist Phil Broadhurst, France-based Australian singer Hetty Kate, and Auckland guitarist Dixon Nacey. Read more Audio
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Milt Jackson, Charles Tolliver
2 Nov 2019This week Nick Tipping features music by trumpeters Duško Gojkovic, Miles Davis, and Charles Tolliver, and vibes legend Milt Jackson. Read more Audio
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Art Blakey, Sinne Eeg, Sumo Jazz
26 Oct 2019Nick celebrates Art Blakey's 100th birthday, plus tracks from Denmark's Sinne Eeg and Sumo Jazz from Christchurch. Read more Audio
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100 years of Art Blakey
26 Oct 2019Art 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.
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John Coltrane's Blue World
19 Oct 2019This week Nick features new releases from John Coltrane and Brenda Earle Stokes, plus Nathan Haines with “The Poet’s Embrace”. Read more Audio
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Dave Brubeck's Time Out
19 Oct 2019Dave 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
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Sustenance
12 Oct 2019Nick looks back at an album from NZ band Sustenance, and tracks from Grant Green and Baby Face Willette. Read more Audio
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The Shape of Jazz to Come
12 Oct 2019It'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
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Rainy Day Jazz 1
5 Oct 2019This 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’.
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Inside Out
From Armstrong and Adderley to Zorn and Zawinul... indulge your ears with a sultry ballad, liven up with a samba, or lift off with a burning big band number. Nick Tipping's weekly picks will leave you with a spring, and a swing, in your step.